Is The Theme Reinforced In The Ending?

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•How he makes time to write, even when his day is already full by his full time job and other responsibilities

•How his every thought is consumed by his writing

•Showing him sending story after story to publishers

•How he doesn’t letrepparttar fact that his family believe he’s wasting his time, distract him from his purpose

Simultaneously I will place him in win and lose situations - Losing when his stories are rejected - Winning when he receives encouraging notes from publishers.

And in those instances where he is winning, I will show gradually that resistance is starting to pay off, till I reachrepparttar 128863 end of my story where I will have one of his stories accepted for publication and thus bring my theme of ‘Persistence pays off’ to its conclusion.

By showingrepparttar 128864 reader how persistence is paying off, I would have reinforcedrepparttar 128865 theme in my ending.

Is your theme reinforced inrepparttar 128866 end of your story?

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Creative Writing Tips - Have You Established Your Main Character At The Start?

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Having said that, let’s seerepparttar reasons whyrepparttar 128862 main character may not be telling his own story...

•Perhaps our main character is one that readers won’t sympathize or empathize with.

•Orrepparttar 128863 main character will not view highly with our readers

•Orrepparttar 128864 viewpoint character knows allrepparttar 128865 facts and can tellrepparttar 128866 story better

•Etc.

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Let me give you an example of a secondary character tellingrepparttar 128867 story of a main character…

Let’s say your secondary character is a psychiatrist andrepparttar 128868 main character isrepparttar 128869 patient. Depending on what’s going to go on inrepparttar 128870 story, we’ll have to choose who’s in a better position to tell it. In this case, I will chooserepparttar 128871 psychiatrist.

I’ve done this becauserepparttar 128872 patient is confused, beingrepparttar 128873 one withrepparttar 128874 problems. The psychiatrist knows allrepparttar 128875 facts and his opinions will make things clearer to readers.

So, asrepparttar 128876 secondary character (the psychiatrist) unravelsrepparttar 128877 story, we’ll become involved inrepparttar 128878 main character because it’srepparttar 128879 main character’s story that is been told.

This may get a little confusing torepparttar 128880 beginner writer. As they write they will have to keep in mind thatrepparttar 128881 secondary character, although he’s tellingrepparttar 128882 story, is NOT our main character.

The secondary character is there to do perform a task. He’s onlyrepparttar 128883 voice. It’srepparttar 128884 main character we’ll become involved with.

A secondary character doesn’t play such an important role as a main character does. Therefore, information about secondary characters should be kept to a minimum. It’s not his story – it’srepparttar 128885 main character’s story andrepparttar 128886 spotlight must, most times, be kept onrepparttar 128887 main character.

Takerepparttar 128888 above example for instance. It’s no relevance torepparttar 128889 story howrepparttar 128890 psychiatrist started his career or where he received his diploma – what’s important, is what he has to say aboutrepparttar 128891 main character, his patient.

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Introduce your main character straight away, as close torepparttar 128892 beginning ofrepparttar 128893 story that’s possible. Enable your readers to form a bond and that will keep them hooked.

Is your main character established atrepparttar 128894 start of your story?



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