The Periplous


    Less advice.
    More technique.
    Better story.

    A library of storytelling techniques that helps writers apply the craft of the classics.

    Browse Storytelling Techniques

    1. Find storytelling techniques for you.

    Browse storytelling techniques from the literary classics curated to help you break through writer’s block and tell better stories.

    2. Learn how techniques work.

    Read original passages from literature instead of vague writing advice and learn how famous authors used the storytelling techniques.

    3. Apply techniques to your story.

    Follow our guidance on how to use the storytelling techniques in your work, elevating it to a timeless literary classic.

    Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour:” Interiority, Image, Refrain

    Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour:” Interiority, Image, Refrain

    Fitzgerald’s Rumor-Driven Character Introduction in “The Great Gatsby”

    Fitzgerald’s Rumor-Driven Character Introduction in “The Great Gatsby”

    Mood and Tone in Stephen Crane’s “An Experiment in Misery”

    Mood and Tone in Stephen Crane’s “An Experiment in Misery”

    Objective Correlative and Foreshadowing in Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea”

    Objective Correlative and Foreshadowing in Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea”

    How Dickens Foreshadows Revolution in “A Tale of Two Cities”

    How Dickens Foreshadows Revolution in “A Tale of Two Cities”

    Body Language: Emotional Storytelling in “Princess of Clèves”

    Body Language: Emotional Storytelling in “Princess of Clèves”

    Chekhov’s Open Ending in “The Lady with the Dog”

    Chekhov’s Open Ending in “The Lady with the Dog”

    Pacing Techniques in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”

    Pacing Techniques in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”

    Count Fosco: Wilkie Collins’s Villain in “The Woman in White”

    Count Fosco: Wilkie Collins’s Villain in “The Woman in White”

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