Julie Eshbaugh

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Rising Action of a Story

August 26, 2020 by Julie Eshbaugh in Drafting, Revising

Rising Action is the part of your story that begins after the inciting incident and ends at the story's climax. This is the part of the story where your main character encounters a series of increasingly formidable obstacles.

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August 26, 2020 /Julie Eshbaugh
Rising Action, Tension, Obstacles, Story Structure, Story Arc
Drafting, Revising
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The Hero's Journey

August 19, 2020 by Julie Eshbaugh in Drafting

All writers are storytellers. Today's bestselling authors share this with the creators of the ancient myths of human kind. In fact, the best stories seem to incorporate the principles of myth in ways that are dramatic, entertaining, and true to the human experience.

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August 19, 2020 /Julie Eshbaugh
Creating Characters, Story Structure, The Hero's Journey, Plot
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