Lesson Three: Building the Story Lines
A story without direction is just a bunch of
sentences. A story must follow a path,
usually from beginning to end, but sometimes from the end to the beginning, or
from the middle to the beginning or end.
At some point in our lives, all of us have written a
story. Before your story can begin to
take shape, you must brainstorm, or come up with ideas.
Do this, take a blank sheet of paper, and write down
a character name and what their roll is (policeman, doctor, lawyer, thief,
superhero, et cetera.) Then when will
your story take place (past, future, present), write down the name of one more
character. What is their roll?
We have two characters, their names, and when the
story will take place. Now let's further
develop the story. Is this a romance,
comedy, crime scene, et cetera? What are
the genera (sci-fi, fiction, non-fiction, et cetera)? Next what is happening around the two
characters, (war, daily life, working, car accident, et. cetera)?
Example Story Line:
Mark - Policeman
Future
Lisa - Thief
Crime
Sci-Fi
Bank Robbery
Now you can begin to build your story!
P.S. see next weeks Lesson Four: Writing, to see
where this story goes.
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