Evoking an emotional response to your writing in your readers is always the aim of an author. Here are some tips on how to do that from my friend Kathleen Freeman.
https://novelrocket.com/2017/12/sparking-emotions-in-your-readers.html/
Conflict and suspense are the key elements that no story can exist without. KM Weiland shares one way to create both at the same time.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/never-give-your-characters-what-they/
While I don’t think that it’s fair to call all non-literary plots commercial, I do think that people want different things in what they read today. Writers need to pay attention to the differences to attract the audience they want.
Source: What’s The Difference Between A Commercial And A Literary Plot? – Writers Write
Writing short stories is a great way to build and flex your writing muscles. The short format also allows for experimentation in ways that longer forms do not.
First drafts are notoriously messy things. That’s really okay but let’s look a little closer at some things about it that are okay, and one thing that is not.
Another way of looking at story structure is to break it down into concrete waypoints that need to exist in any story.
https://writerswrite.co.za/basic-plot-structure-the-five-plotting-moments-that-matter/
Backstory is one of those things that you really have to be careful with. You are in love with your characters and want your readers to love them just as much, But, how much is too much—or—too little?
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/nanowrimo-outlining-how-much-backstory/
