Briefly introduce them and mention the setting where the story unfolds. This provides context for the events to follow. 2. Decipher the Driving Force: What’s the Conflict? Every story revolves around a central conflict, a problem the protagonist faces. This could be an external challenge, ...
Your first page is the best time to introduce your main character. The only exception to this rule is if you use a prologue, otherwise you want the readers to immediately know who the main character is, and what they are about. This not only helps the reader become invested in the chara...
In January of this year, I decided to write a book based on what I have learned. And so from April until a couple of weeks ago, I wrote a how-to creative writing eBook. It is called “The Art and Craft of Creative Writing.” It is based on what I have learned. To purchase the...
Limit how many you introduce early. If your reader needs a program to keep them straight, you may not have him for long. Naturally,your lead character will face an outward problem— a quest, a challenge, a journey, a cause… But he also must face inner turmoil to make him really relat...
a visual style that is a little crazy as well, but with a wam-bam sense of what works as opposed to what's done in a rush (ala the original Sweetback itself). And like Ed Wood, one sees how a filmmaker can get what he wants if he pushes his own conscience out of the way, ...
Let's dissect the opening scene in his thirteenth novel Great Expectations (Project Gutenberg has the full public domain text). The child Pip comes face to face with an escaped convict in a graveyard:Beginning a scene: ExpositionThe opening lines of Great Expectations introduce us to the hero ...
Step Two: Introduce your main character Step Three: Foreshadow the conflict Step Four: Elicit emotion Step Five: Leave the chapter on a cliffhanger (to keep them reading) You also need to acclimate the reader to the setting.What is the setting of a story?Simply put, it is the climate and...
When you introduce a character,focus on details that reveal character personality or psychology. Here's Dostoevsky describing his character Katerina Ivanova (who has tuberculosis) inCrime and Punishment(1866): Describe habitual actions to reveal personality ...
Conduct customer interviews: Talk to potential customers directly to understand their challenges in detail. Step 3: Showcase Your Solution as the Hero Now that you understand the villain (your customer’s problem), it’s time to introduce the hero (your product or service). Here’s how to ...
To add even more conflict, you may introduce a third party who is trying to stop your hero from exacting revenge—a law enforcement official, family member, or religious personality, perhaps. Phase Three This is where the confrontation happens, when your hero and the villain go head to head...