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3 Tips to Achieve Your Writing Goals
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John Doe
1. Make your goals achievable. By achievable, we mean realistic and attainable. You might unconsciously have set a goal even others will have a hard time achieving, even if they had the means and the time to do so.
Can Your Theme Be Proved In Your Story?
By :
John Doe
Creative Writing Tips -Your theme has to be something you can prove in your story - It doesn't have to be a universal truth. This means that your theme doesn't have to be something that happens in real life all the time (providing our logic can accept it, in order for us to believe it).
Does Each Element of Your Story Further The Theme?
By :
John Doe
Creative Writing Tips -Whichever theme you choose, all the elements, which make up your story, dialogue, conflict, scenes, etc should be written with the theme in mind. Your theme should progress the story.
Have You Tested Your Theme Against Your Plot?
By :
John Doe
Writing Dialogue That Make Your Characters Come Alive
By :
John Doe
Characters in a good novel really carry the story along more than any other concept in writing. A problem I too often see in my clients' writing is stale dialogue; the kind that sounds like every character is the same person.
Is The Theme Running Throughout The Story?
By :
John Doe
Creative Writing Tips -It's no use coming up with a theme and not using it. Short stories are about a character or characters and about one situation or happening in those characters' lives. By concentrating on that one thing, our stories are focused.
Does Your Theme Contain Character, Conflict, Resolution?
By :
John Doe
Does Your Story Have A Theme?
By :
John Doe
Creative Writing Tips -It should. A theme is a one-line explanation of your story. . Every story should have one because our stories are about something. When I say should, I mean that this isn't always the case.
Does The Title Reflect The Story?
By :
John Doe
Short Story Writing Tips -We all have different tastes in what we like to read. Some have a particular taste for horror, while others prefer romance or fantasy or crime stories, etc.
If The Viewpoint Character Is A Secondary Character, Have You Established Who He is?
By :
John Doe
Creative Writing Tips -I have said above that if a secondary character tells the story of the main character, then the spotlight should be kept on the main character. This shouldn't be taken to the extreme though.
Creative Writing Tips - Have You Established Your Main Character At The Start?
By :
John Doe
In the beginning of your story you have to grab your readers' interest and sustain it till the end. Our hook is our character. Readers keep on reading to find out more about the character. To see what he'll do in the story; how he'll solve his problems.
Have You Settled On First Choice When Choosing A Title?
By :
John Doe
Short Story Writing Tips -We've established what a title should be and we've also established your title is your selling tool. So if it can make or break the sale of your story, then we'll have to agree that it is extremely important.
Have You Tested Your Plot?
By :
John Doe
Creative Writing Tips -Our plotting stage is our testing area. Everything in the plot should be tested for its effectiveness before we put in into our stories. If you believe something in your plot could be better, make it better.
Does Your Plot Suit Your Characters And Vice-Versa?
By :
John Doe
Creative Writing Tips -When an idea comes to us for a short story, we either think of a story line first or a character first. Whichever we think of first, and later on build, we have to make sure the plot and the character suit each other.
How Are You Plotting?
By :
John Doe
Creative Writing Tips -Writing is a creative process and how every writer chooses to create, is individual to them. Likewise, with plotting, every writer plots at a level they are comfortable with. Some just plot the bare essentials.
Have You Completed A Character Questionnaire?
By :
John Doe
Creative Writing Tips -Complete a character questionnaire for each of your main characters or even secondary characters that play a vital role in your story. This way you will know your character(s) well before you start writing about them.
What Can Go Into A Plot?
By :
John Doe
Creative Writing Tips -We all tackle plotting differently. How you plot will be individual to you, as it is with every writer. Below is an outline of what can go into a plot. How much you choose to develop each point is entirely up to you.
Do You Plot With Your Character In Mind?
By :
John Doe
Creative Writing Tips -You are plotting the story.
Creative Writing Tips - Does The Name You Chose Suit Your Character?
By :
John Doe
How do you choose a name? Do you put down the first name that pops into your mind? Initially that's what I used to do, until someone pointed out to me that there are a few things to take into consideration when choosing a name?1.
Have You Plotted Your Story Before Writing It?
By :
John Doe
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.
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