The outline of the story
Dec 9, 2023 19:58:41 GMT -8
Post by account_disabled on Dec 9, 2023 19:58:41 GMT -8
By observing the following diagram we can better understand the mechanism behind the story. There is an incident that triggers it, there is a protagonist involved who reacts and transforms events. Perhaps it is not exactly accurate to say that everything starts from history, since history is the sum of the incidents, the characters involved and their reactions. Story outline We therefore start from an accident, an event that affects one or more characters, who in turn will have to react.
This is a critical moment in character construction, because it will make us understand what he is made of, it will tell us if he is a hero or a coward. If he will make history or suffer it. And, above all, he will Phone Number Data tell us how he will make history. A good character, an original character, will turn that incident into a memorable story. In a million-selling novel. And it will make you professional writers. Where originality lies If the reader anticipates the character's moves, then we are faced with the usual stereotype. So surprise the reader. Give the character the right and balanced unpredictability. Make him think. Make him act. Give it a life of its own. Originality lies in the surprise. In action. In the struggle to achieve a goal.
But they still remain unread. Until one day he arrives in a land of other writers, people who like him write stories and who, unlike him, show them to others. People who are not afraid to say "I write", people who like him dream of publishing books, but who, unlike him, at least try. People who have taken the plunge. Who jumped to the other side, regardless of the abyss, the unknown, the absolute darkness. And he, the shy writer, watches them from a distance, safe behind the yellow line just before the abyss. He greets them from afar, sees them talking to each other, but none of them look towards him, because he is only a shadow, he has no consistency, no substance. It's just a daydream, which disappears in the morning without a trace. The shy writer goes home and rereads his dusty stories.
This is a critical moment in character construction, because it will make us understand what he is made of, it will tell us if he is a hero or a coward. If he will make history or suffer it. And, above all, he will Phone Number Data tell us how he will make history. A good character, an original character, will turn that incident into a memorable story. In a million-selling novel. And it will make you professional writers. Where originality lies If the reader anticipates the character's moves, then we are faced with the usual stereotype. So surprise the reader. Give the character the right and balanced unpredictability. Make him think. Make him act. Give it a life of its own. Originality lies in the surprise. In action. In the struggle to achieve a goal.
But they still remain unread. Until one day he arrives in a land of other writers, people who like him write stories and who, unlike him, show them to others. People who are not afraid to say "I write", people who like him dream of publishing books, but who, unlike him, at least try. People who have taken the plunge. Who jumped to the other side, regardless of the abyss, the unknown, the absolute darkness. And he, the shy writer, watches them from a distance, safe behind the yellow line just before the abyss. He greets them from afar, sees them talking to each other, but none of them look towards him, because he is only a shadow, he has no consistency, no substance. It's just a daydream, which disappears in the morning without a trace. The shy writer goes home and rereads his dusty stories.