Plotting. There are all kinds of books out there to help you, from the overarching to the chapter-by-chapter, to the minutia of the scene.
But they all involve one thing: change. Someone starts in one situation. Then something happens: that is, something changes.
Here are a few quick sentences that encapsulate different ways the story engine (change) can start.
- Find precious/unusual object
- Mistaken for someone else
- Quest/journey
- Stresser happens: death, move, separation, job change, sickness, windfall, marriage
- Be wronged (vengeance plot)
- Try to be something they're not
- Fall in love with a wildly inappropriate person
Published since 2009, over the years I've accumulated various items of writing wisdom. The Third Tuesday Writing Tidbit showcases these items in no particular order. Click here to see all 3T Tidbits.
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