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Power Tools Library Shelf
150 micro-focused articles take the mechanics of storytelling apart at the joint level, examining not just what works but why it works, and what’s actually happening in the reader’s mind. Dive into better writing.
Master Class Library Shelf
70+ Videos on craft mastery each under 15 minutes — new classes every month. Nine categories mirror the Power Tools library: 4 Cornerstones, Foundations, Craft Fundamentals, Character, POV & Narrative, Story Architecture, Genre-Specific, The Reader, and Writer Process
Simply Stories Craft Library Shelf
Craft elements in action — ten stories across genre, each built around a single technique working at full strength. Read the story. Then read it again, this time seeing how it was made
Interactive Tools Library Shelf
Hands-on diagnostic tools for fiction writers — character friction analysis, writer process diagnostics, first chapter evaluation, story problem diagnosis, and more. Use these when you need a diagnostic rather than a reference
Bad Rules Archeology Library Shelf
26 Bad Rules examined. The origin, the corruption, and the morphing over time. Underlying principles of Fiction Writing Rules have become corrupted and truncated to the point of uselessness — trapping writers in a nice, neat, too small box. Find the sources of bad rules and their real applications
Writer Guide to AI Library Shelf
23 chapters from the Fiction Writer Guide to AI. Learn how to use AI effectively and ethically. This guide treats AI as neither savior nor threat. Here you will find dozens of AI techniques and strategies along with more than 100 prompts for the fiction writer
Character Psychology Library Shelf
19 chapters from the book Fiction Character Psychology take a deep-dives to help you craft better characters. Chapters covering personality frameworks, motivation, wounds, trauma, defense mechanisms, attachment styles, cognitive distortions, emotional architecture, and more.
Writer’s Journey Library Shelf
Dispatches from those who’ve lived the work. Read them as you would a letter from a colleague who is telling you what they actually found — not what they wished they had found
Search – Ask Mike
Have a question about any fiction craft element? Mike, an interactive search tool is ready to answer questions about fiction writing and point to specific library content regarding your question. Mike is specifically tailored for Fiction Brain.
Other Resources Library Shelf
A curated list of other free resources for fiction writers we’ve found valuable. They range from writers, to educators, to formatting guides, and free programs to streamline your process