How To Learn From Another Story

Writing a story can be tricky and more than a little bit scary, especially if you don’t have a lot of experience to fall back on. One of the best ways to learn how to write a story is to look at other stories. But what is the best way to learn from another story?

The most important thing is to realise that reading a story to enjoy it and reading a story to learn from it are not the same thing. When you’re reading a story to enjoy it, you’re more interested in simply enjoying the experience it pr...