In this episode, let's reflect on narrative point of view and then take a drive through the winding roads of character. I'm going to try to map out some key terms and hopefully this will either prompt, teach, inspire, or remind you as you plot out, or think about plotting out a story. It will also help with any creative reading you might be doing. It can be great to appreciate these things as you read a text or watch a movie. I'll be mentioning some movies and stories as examples too.

So, in this second episode we are going to explore two further key structural techniques for plotting out a compelling narrative.

In this initial episode we will explore what narrative structural features are and why they are so important. We will identify the key structural choices that a writer needs to make in the initial stages of planning a short story or novel.