Is Your Story An Experience?

I’ve been reading a book on game design (not because I want to design a game necessarily, but because that’s how I roll) and the author made a really fascinating observation.  When you’re designing a game, you need to think about the experience you...

Story Structure vs. Reader Experience.

When I revise my work, or when I’m editing someone else’s work, there are two main elements I consider. The first is story structure:  what the story is. The second is reader experience.  This is how the story is told. Structure first. When I revise, the...