Rising action is the segment after your story's introduction which develops chains of action and reaction towards a climax. Learn more.

My Resource Room students have been reading several short stories in our literature book and I have been teaching/reviewing story elements and conflict. These are the notes they pasted in their jou…

Rising action.

Sometimes there is nothing better than the classics. Today we examine Freytag's Pyramid, the most common plot structure in novel writing.

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What is the rising action? How do you utilize it effectively in your story? Here are a few things that you should know about the rising action.

German novelist Gustav Freytag created a simple plot diagram known as Freytag's Pyramid to show dramatic structure.

Learning how to create tension in writing is important whatever your genre. Read more on writing a page-turning novel.