Resource Library

Free story development resources from the Stop Writing! methodology. Reference guides for writers at every level.

Title Taxonomy

Every title is a Person, Place, or Thing.

Map your characters to timeless story roles.

Aim your story at a reader before you write a word.

See how stories rearrange.

The tools behind the prose.

Map your physical and psychological plots on a piano.

The oldest fight in writing, settled by a missing step.

Give feedback that strengthens a story instead of flattening it.