<p><b>What you need to know when you are ready to go beyond “how to write a novel”</b></p><i>How to Craft a Great Story</i> takes you step by step through the process of creating a compelling and coherent plot and structure. It covers such basics as the traditional story arcs and such advanced information as finding balance and marrying structure and form. Each chapter contains a diagnostic test, case studies, practical exercises and <i>Aide Memoire</i> boxes. </p>