For instance, in "Silence of the Lambs," the "hero is Clarice Starling, the FBI agent, and the protagonist is the villain, Hannibal Lecter. What is this kind of story format called?

What would be the correct way to format the following exchange in narrative prose? Is it: Alice sits on the bench, silent. Eventually, I speak. "What are we going to do?" After a long pause, she responds. "I don't think we can do anything." Or is it: Alice sits on the bench, silent. Eventuall...

I need a good title (well actually 2 titles) for some books. One has a girl who is a princess, she doesn't know, and she ends up fight the dark with a group of pirates, the leader she falls in love with. The second is a girl who is the christian god reincarnated, and satan reincarnated as a chr...

In most plays I've studied, e.g. Erin Brockovich, the end of the second Act II is the "darkest moment" for the protagonist. It's the time when one (at least yours truly) asks, "Why did the hero come in for this? Wouldn't life have been better off without the situation?" In my favorite plays from...

I'm just starting out with writing fiction seriously. I feel like this might be my "thing." Strangely enough, at the moment I find myself with a number of ideas, most in very early stages of development. As in notes, bare-bones plot outlines, rough character concepts, etc. A part of me is tempted...