A story isn't just a bunch of words slapped onto a page. It's a living, breathing manifestation of your imagination. This guide explores aspects most guides don't touch on such as memorable protagonists, world building, character psychology, and backstory, and many more. It will help you flesh out your ideas and make them fascinating and memorable.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Seven letters, seven confessions, seven clues. Elliot Parker has what he needs to find out who killed his best friend... But is he hunting down the killer? Or is the killer hunting him? ***** When Colton Crest returns, unharmed, to his small town after mysteriously disappearing for two months, his best friend Elliot Parker breathes a sigh of relief. But days later, on the night before graduation, Elliot finds Colton in the lake. Dead. And on the day of his funeral, Elliot finds a letter in his jacket pocket with four words that send him spiralling: I killed Colton Crest. There are six more letters to find, six more confessions about Colton, six more clues to uncover why he was murdered. Elliot has no choice but to play this sick scavenger hunt, and with each new revelation, he begins to question whether he really knew Colton - or anyone else in that little town of dark secrets. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

To Dylan: i just miss you. - A series of texts in which she experiences depression in the most vicarious way possible, and love is just the tune playing lowly in the background. - [Trigger Warnings for: Depression, Thoughts of Suicide, Self-Harm] [Dylan is a boy, and Anabelle is a girl, to clear things up]

[This book has officially been published and only a sample remains. See inside for details.] Nora Montgomery's primary goal was to remain seemingly unnoticed until graduation, and that meant staying away from Ryder Collins. But when both she and Ryder are selected to participate in the local police department's handcuff demonstration, they find themselves inescapably chained together. The tension between them is thick; filled with unresolved issues from their past friendship. But things get a whole lot worse when the officer loses the key and the pair are forced to accommodate each other until a replacement is available. Being handcuffed to the opposite gender was sure to introduce some extremely uncomfortable situations. Things are about to get awkward, right? 2013 Watty Awards Winner Most Popular, Mystery//Thriller

A typical party game gone wrong and nobody thought that the Spin The Bottle could be so horrid. Now, with a sudden twist of fate, the game began to change their lives, literally. Those that are chosen by the bottle will have to make a choice, only now that there is no Truth or Dare options, but "Kill or be Killed" options. Their choices will affect the the future, and their conscience will determine whether they'll accept their own death or a death of someone close to them. But will they be able to do the bidding of someone called as the "Game maker", even if their friendship is on scale? They will never know, especially if its their own lives that are at stake. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2013 DreamLumos All Rights Reserved. unedited.

Six teens are devoted to a game with one rule: If a player gets tagged, they must change their life within the next fifteen minutes. The better the player, the bigger the change. One might give their car away, or punch the school bully. Another might change identities or sacrifice their virginity. Anything to keep evolving, to avoid fitting into a label or caring about the junk they own. But their quest for enlightenment has taken a rotten final turn - one of the players has murdered the game's creator, the teen prophet (cult leader?) David Bloom. Our narrator is being framed for the crime; can he clear his name and discover which of his lifelong friends is the murderer before he takes the fall? [sic] is a gritty teen murder mystery that delves into the psychology of enlightenment among the criminally dysfunctional.

The game is called paranoia. Everyone gets a name. The object of the game is to 'kill' that person. This time, the game was taken too far. And now, someone has to die.

A school, standing solemn in a lonely Britain, sleeps quietly, the corridors shrouded in a murderous silence and heavy with thickening shadows. A musty smell seeps through the shafts of moonlight and splatters of dry blood. Only a few corridors bear witness to the dragging movement of the undead.... Within the school, twenty teenagers take shelter in the abandoned rooms, huddled together in chance of escaping, of living...

As a child Venus had an Imaginary friend like any other kid. When she wakes up one morning to find him claiming he's not really imaginary, but her Kupid. Things take a drastic turn as he reveals he's accidentally gambled away her life for a game.

THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL FANTASY STORY. In an ordinary life, extraordinary truths can be unravelled. Vincent doesn't like his brother, Seth. He always ends up hating him for being the better one. Then one night, something strange happened. Only his brother witnessed everything. Not only that, he already knew it's going to happen and why it happened. As his brother told him the whole story, he was surprised to hear the magical truth he unravelled. The Unravelling: The Throne's Heir is a fantasy/adventure story about a boy's survival and journey to a magical world as he meets unexpected allies, faces threatful enemies and gains memory of his true self along the way. If you want a story full of suspense, twists and cliffhangers, then this one is absolutely made just for you. © 2012 NikkoVince. All rights reserved. (DISCLAIMER: I do not own the image in the cover as well as the photos in the Multimedia side.)