If your story is an uplifting tale about two characters finding love, then your title isn’t going to mention death, unless of course one of characters’ die.

At first your title may not give away nature of your story. But once having read story, reader will understand connection. Let me give you a few examples…

‘The Fire In The Sky’

This can be title of a story in which an airplane explodes in midair or a story about a meteorite on its way to earth, etc.

‘An Angel Amongst Us’

Can be title of a story about a person with extraordinary kindness or about an angel that leaves heavenly realm to reside on earth, etc.

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You can be ambiguous in your title if you wish. Your title doesn’t always have to reflect your story. Having more than one possible meaning intrigues reader but remember…

There has to be a connection between your title and your story.

f.How will you show your character’s personality?

g.What problems are you going to introduce? (List each problem and how character solves it)

h.How are you going to make things harder for your character?

i.What will happen in climax?

7.End of story

a.Will character achieve his goal?

b.How will he or won’t he achieve it?

c.What’s going to happen in end?

d.How are you going to end your story?

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Or if you prefer you can plot in scenes…

First, figure out how many scenes your story will contain. Then plot each scene.

Scene one

a)Setting

b)Introduce characters

c)Introduce conflict

d)Introduce goals

e)What will happen in first scene?

f)How will your first scene develop character and story?

Scene two

a)Introduce first problem

b)What does character feel about this? What does he think?

c)Have character solve problem

d)Begin making things harder for him

e)How will second scene develop character and story?

Scene three

a)Throw another obstacle in your character’s path

b)Have him solve it

c)How will third scene develop character and story?

Etc…

How you plot doesn’t matter. The most important thing is To plot.