If The Viewpoint Character Is A Secondary Character, Have You Established Who He is?

Written by Nick Vernon


Creative Writing Tips –

I have said above that if a secondary character tellsrepparttar story ofrepparttar 128851 main character, thenrepparttar 128852 spotlight should be kept onrepparttar 128853 main character.

This shouldn’t be taken torepparttar 128854 extreme though.

In other words, you don’t just writerepparttar 128855 story ofrepparttar 128856 main character without telling your readers a bit about your secondary character.

Unlessrepparttar 128857 reader understandsrepparttar 128858 reason a secondary character is tellingrepparttar 128859 story, it will seem peculiar thatrepparttar 128860 main character isn’t telling it himself. It is, after all,repparttar 128861 main character’s story.

How Are You Plotting?

Written by Nick Vernon


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 plotrepparttar bare essentials. They have a firm idea ofrepparttar 128849 story they want to write and have a good memory to be able to memorize everything.

Others go into more detail. These writers prefer to figure everything out before they writerepparttar 128850 story.

How you plot will also depend on your level of experience. Forrepparttar 128851 beginner, it’s recommended to plot thoroughly.

Before writing, think of every possible situation. Plot events thoroughly, plot scenes torepparttar 128852 last detail and generally leave no questions unasked or unanswered. This way you will always know where you’re going. _____________

Are You Using The ‘What If’ Technique When Plotting?

Your short story of 500, 2.000, 10.000 words or whatever word length you choose to write, will spring from a single idea - Perhaps a one-sentence idea.

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