Posted on February 9, 2026 at 10:44 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft advice to offer.
Here are the ones focusing on fiction's structure that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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Crafting an interconnected world through short stories: Author P.M. Rayburn offers her favorite types of threads to weave across multiple tales, along with practical advice on pulling it off. (Writer's Digest)
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Fragmented testimony as a narrative structure: Author Sarah Bruni explains why her new novel needed to be built through multiple perspectives' testimonies and describes the storytelling traditions it borrowed from. (Writer's Digest)
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Single versus multiple viewpoints — what's best for your story?: Becca Puglisi describes how character arc, story ownership, and overarching message can illuminate whether an author should consider having multiple points of view in their fiction (Writers Helping Writers).
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The mirror moment in fiction: K.M. Weiland gives the floor to James Scott Bell, who unpacks his method for adding a key reflective moment at a story's midpoint (Helping Writers Become Authors).
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