Don’t be afraid to exaggerate aspects of their personality. Sure, you could tell a story without characters, but it wouldn’t be very interesting.Įver hear the expression, Live Large? When creating your characters, the larger the better. Jump to POV How do you decide which POV to use? First person POV Third person POVĬharacters help tell your story. This is where a lot of humorous stories come from. If you feel passionately about any of these, you have a story in you waiting to be written.Īnother place to begin is with life’s absurdities. Many dystopian novels and stories start with real world problems like climate change, social injustice, or war. But story problems can be on a larger scale too. You could humiliate yourself in a very public way including wearing a shaming sign. Or you could pester her mercilessly until she relents. But what if she doesn’t? That’s the start of one story. What do you do? You can shrug it off and hope she comes around. For example: You said something really stupid to your best friend and now she won’t talk to you. This leads to lots of other questions like, Would I go willingly? Would I survive? Would I go through withdrawal? What would the other people there be like? Would I like them? Would we band together to overthrow our oppressors?Īnother starting point is to think of a problem you are facing right now.
#STORY ELEMENT SYNONYM FREE#
For instance, What if I were sent to a remote digital free camp where I wasn’t allowed to use any electronic devices for a week? Where do you start?Ī good place to start is with a “What if” statement. Will they be interested in what you have to say? Are they likely to agree? If not how can you embed information in your writing to convince them? Consider length, word choice, and topic. Unless you are journaling, consider your audience. Good writers address their target audience. Problem someone to solve it setting (time and place) plot (what happens)
#STORY ELEMENT SYNONYM SERIES#
These are called story elements.īut what about the story your Uncle Ted tells every year at the family gathering? He may start with a set-up but quickly launches into the problem, followed by a series of misunderstandings and challenges that build tension, finally reaching the punch line, or resolution of the story. Who doesn’t love a good story? Believe it or not, all stories contain a problem, someone to solve it, a location in time and space, series of events, and resolution.
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