Backstory: Avoid Info Dumping by Making It Essential: Part 5 — Guest: Kris Kennedy

Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author :

I’ve often talked about how stories are about change. Even the simplest story will “arc” by ending up someplace different from where it started.

As a pantser (one who writes by the seat of their pants), I joke about how I use this knowledge of arc to “plan” my romance stories (where happy endings are mandatory):

“If point B is happy, point A must be… (all together now) …sad or unfulfilled in some way.”

Ta-da! *grin*

Unless we’re writing a...