Bill Johnson is the author of A Story is a Promise & The Spirit of Storytelling, a guide to the mechanics of storytelling. This website explores how to introduce a story's promise to engage readers and maintain dramatic tension.
Discover practical steps for creating compelling characters and capsule reviews of current films that focus on how stories succeed or fail with audiences.
A Story is a Promise — Essays on the Craft of Dramatic Writing!
This site offers writers ideas on the essential elements of storytelling through reviews of popular novels, plays, and movies.
Bill Johnson is author of A Story is a Promise & The Spirit of Storytelling, a popular book to guide new writers to an understanding of the mechanics of storytelling. This website explores how to introduce a story's promise to engage readers.
How to create a story line and plot line that elevate dramatic tension.
Practical steps for creating compelling characters.
Capsule reviews of current movies with a focus on how a movie succeeded or failed with audiences.
An overview of the foundation principles of storytelling.
If you are new to the world of storytelling or need help to outline and edit a novel, screenplay, or play, this is the site for you!
A Story is a Promise & The Spirit of Storytelling is available for $2.99 from Amazon Kindle.
Principles of Storytelling
Foundation Principles of Storytelling
Writing a Story Synopsis: Keep Your Story Dramatic
Musicality of Fiction: How to Write with Rhythm and Flow
Storytelling and the Superconscious Mind
A Story is a Promise | Glossary
Conveying a Character's Journey on the First Page of a Novel Using a Timeline to Tell a Story, a review of Arival Advancing a Story and Plot Via Revelation and Subtext Premise and Mystery, a review of The Usual Suspects Creating Mythic Characters, a review of Guardians of the Galazy A review of the horror film Polterheist Capsule
movie reviews that explore principles of storytelling The Masterclass Breakdown: Romeo & Juliet, Act by Act, Beat by Beat Play Productions — Learn about my productions around the US and overseas. Contact — See some photos of my performances at Collins View. Manuscript Services — Learn about my reviews of screenplays, novels, and plays. Oregon Writers Speak — Oregon authors speak about their novels, plus videos I created
about authors like Mark Twain, Jane Austen, and Oscar Wilde, and others.Novel Reviews that Explore Story Structure
Movie Reviews that Explore Principles of Storytelling
Play Reviews that Explore Principles of Creating Drama
About the Author
