Day: October 17, 2022

Fiction writing
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

An insider’s guide to story structure

By Allison Tait Do you know an inciting incident from an exciting accident? Do you know what needs to happen at the mid-point of your story? Have you heard of the three-act structure? Structure is one of those areas of writing fiction that can feel both simple and incredibly complicated.

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