Story telling essentials

Tips de escritura

STEP 1: PLOT

PLOTTING RESOURCES

  1. CHOOSE YOUR GENRE
  2. STEAL A STORY IDEA
  3. THE ONE PAGE NOVEL PLOT FORMULA
  4. THE FOOL’S JOURNEY 
  5. HOW TO USE A PLOT FORMULA

TROUBLESHOOTING

  1. STOP UP A PLOT HOLE
  2. CREATE A SURPRISE PLOT TWIST

STEP 2: CHARACTER

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

  1. NAME YOUR CHARACTER
  2. CHOOSE YOUR NARRATOR AND DECIDE HOW TO USE THEM
  3. DECIDE ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW CHARACTER
  4. Find your character’s inner voice

These 2 worksheets guide you through discovering how your character sounds in               their own head:

  1. EXPRESSING THOUGHTS
  2. EXPRESSING EMOTIONS
  1. DECIDE ON YOUR CHARACTER’S CAREER
  2. GIVE YOUR CHARACTER A QUIRK
  3. DEVELOP YOUR CHARACTER

TROUBLESHOOTING

  1. DISCOVER YOUR CHARACTER’S MOTIVATION
  2. LOVE YOUR ANTAGONIST

STEP 3: WORLD

WORLDBUILDING RESOURCES

  1. CHOOSE A SCENE SETTING
  2. TRAVERSE YOUR WORLD’S GEOGRAPHY
  3. EXPLORE YOUR WORLD’S POLITICAL SITUATION

TROUBLESHOOTING

  1. CREATING THE RIGHT MOOD
  2. IMAGINE BETTER

 

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