Derek MurphyAuthor of 35 Articles

Finishing a novel means more than tying off the final battle or concluding that grand love story. It means offering...

There’s a moment in every good book where you can’t blink, can’t breathe. Because the hero is...

By this point in the story, your protagonist has fought, struggled, adapted, and failed. They’ve had victories, but they’...

By this stage, your protagonist has fought battles, stumbled, and maybe even scored a few small wins. They’ve moved...

I once spent an entire afternoon staring at a single paragraph—an angry little block of text that refused to...

I once slogged through the first half of a novel that started off brilliantly—there was a murder, an eccentric...