Building a Story – Part 3: The Support Character and Plot Happens
Following the addition of our primary support character, we can then turn out attention to the plot itself.
Building a Story – Part 2: Main Characters
Continuing with construction of the story by focusing on our two main characters. By fleshing them out, we are one step closer to the point where we can write.
Building a Story – Part 1: Premise and Parents
How do you make a story? Individually, all the tips and hints you get about writing, while useful, are pretty much left for the writer to implement for themselves. This multi-part blog is intended to be a live-as-it-happens exploration in how to put everything together to construct a story.
Developing Interesting Characters
Character Building One topic that can get different writers into an argument concerns the relative importance of plot vs character. What's more important: the events that happen in a story, or the characters and how [...]
Story Building Basics
Just about any story of any length worth reading is composed of the very basic beginning, middle, and end structure. But as simple as that seems, when you look at it you can see how very important it is to good writing.
Exposing Yourself
One of the hardest parts of writing for most authors is to be honest with the reader. It's perfectly understandable... fiction, by definition, is fabrication. It's a lie. The trick is to insert enough truth so as to make the audience relate to what's happening.
