Getting Started and staying on track. This is a quick guide for writers to short lessons just to get you started. It's often very difficult just to get started in the first place, and hopefully this will help you. First understand the premise and main conflict of your story that drives the premise. begin to understand what our premise line is. Learn how it can drive your story forward.
Understand what conflict is, and how the tension between the protagonists gives you a story realism. Make sure you include conflict and stakes so that your characters drive the action and tension in your story. Even if you think God decide on what a conflict is, then Google for examples. There are some excellent examples out there, particularly on the Kareena press website. Use the seven key elements diagram in the last lesson to sketch out a basic high level story progression from beginning to end. Yes, you need progression.
Otherwise, your story wanders about all over the place, the reader will get lost and put your book down. Map every key scene you can think of with short bullet points, use legal cards or software and brainstorm. These can always be changed later. This is where the program called Scrivener comes into its own. It has built in cards. They even look like cards, where you can keep notes about each chapter.
You're right at the head of each chapter. Apply the story engine seven key elements to put your rough scenes into order. See the final lesson again for a copy of the seven key elements. This is really self explanatory Organized stream of consciousness writing while being thought of as the real way to write can rapidly get too lost as your story becomes more and more complex. Start fleshing out the bones of your rough scenes. Don't worry about writing scenes in order.
This again, is easily done in Scrivener. I can't recommend this program highly enough. While there are other word processing programs around that do an excellent job. This one's designed by writers for writers Platos versus flow of consciousness. Does it matter? No.
Both styles can adapt this process. It's the level of detail before starting the first draft that defines the difference. That's the emphasis the level of detail before starting. Okay, let's have a look at what we do next. In the next lesson, which is the last lesson, you'll find the diagram the seven key elements of a story.