Author, Filmmaker, Eccentric
Let’s say you’ve confirmed your what-if idea is worth expanding into a whole story. Yay!
Now what?
This is where most people get stuck after they decide they want to write a novel. They might write a few pages, or even a few chapters, and then stall out. Part of this is waning interest and competing priorities; writing an entire novel is hard and takes a long time, dammit! If you’re not committed, it’s probably not gonna happen.
Continue reading “9 Steps to Start Your Story”[This blog was originally published in Night Owl Reviews]
In my last article, I discussed how authors often fall into the trap of obsessing over irrelevant character details at the expense of info that matters. You don’t need to know everything about a character, only certain critical details: desires, strengths, and weaknesses. The same holds true for starting a story: you don’t need to know everything, only certain things…but you NEED to know those key things.
Continue reading “5 Things You Absolutely Need To Know Before You Start Writing”