Below is a collection of short videos I’ve put together defining, clarifying, or otherwise demystifying various writing craft terms. I expect this list to keep growing. Bookmark this page and check back often. 

(I’ve made sure to have quality close captions with these videos for those who just prefer to read rather than watch a video or who would rather watch without sound.)

• Backflash
• Beat
• Black Box
• Chekhov's Gun
• Curse of Knowledge
• Denouement
• Desigining Principle
• Didactic
• Diegetic
• Falling Action
• Free Indirect Discourse
• On the Nose
• Pleonasm
• Telegraphing
• Verisimilitude

Backflash

Beat

Black Box

Chekhov's Gun

Curse of Knowledge

Denouement

Designing Principle

Didactic

Diegetic

Falling Action

Free Indirect Discourse

On the Nose

Pleonasm

Telegraphing

Verisimilitude