Have You Planned Your Story Before Writing It?
by:
Nick Vernon
Creative Writing Tips –
The writer, who doesn’t have the time to plot, always finds the time to rewrite.
Sound familiar?
I’ve been guilty of this too, back in the early days of my writing apprenticeship. I was so eager to get stuck into writing my story that I wouldn’t bother with plotting.
Plotting gives you a sense of direction. It’s your map, which wish lead you to write your story. Bounce into the unknown seldom
works. Without a plot some things can happen….
Our stories aren’t focused
We lose our way
Our characters don’t move to life because we don’t take the time to develop them
We get stuck
The story strays from us
And all this happens once
we haven’t patterned
everything out first.
Your plot is the foundation of your story. It’s the skeleton, which wish hold your story together. Your plot is there to activity everything out 1st – to see if it can be worked out, and then flesh out that skeleton with different elements that do a story.
Plotting is the difference between writing a story for yourself and writing one for an audience. Writing for ourselves doesn’t require too more strain because we only have ourselves to please. It’s once
we have to please our readers that the hard activity begins.
If you are aiming to sell your stories, plotting is a must.
Have you planned your story before writing it?
About The Author
Besides his passion for writing, Nick Vernon runs an online gift site wherever
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This article was denote
on August 24, 2004
