I’m always making up stories in my head about what I want to happen in my life. I really want to write a book on them.
But I don’t know where to start.
For example, I imagine myself living in a nice cozy apartment with my boyfriend. We’ll be snuggling next to a warm fire. And just talking about our future together.
How can I write stuff like this on paper?
Any ideas or tips?
Major Components of Stories
Plot is the organization of events that will take place in the story.
Characters are the people or animals who will be in the story.
Setting is the physical time and place in which the story takes place.
Dialogue is the spoken words of the characters in the story.
Point of view is the relative identification of the narrator with the characters.
Theme is the main idea or meaning behind a story.
Style is the writer’s use of the language.
Other tips
Be specific in your writing. The more specific the detail, the more real the story will seem to the reader.
The best fiction can come from the preposterous imaginations of writers who are good storytellers.
Becoming a skilled typist (on a word processor) is extremely useful to a writer.
Very few people make a living at writing fiction.
Revision is important. A writer can always do one more revision. At some point the writer has to stop revising and get the work published.
Show, don’t tell.
Avoid starting a story with dialogue.
Don’t use cliches.
The more detail in the story, the more interesting the story.
Revise, revise, revise, revise, . . .
Avoid author intrusion.
Write what you like to read.
Don’t use exclamation points.
Use surprise and irony.
The shorter the story, the more important each word becomes.
Descriptions and technical details must be authentic; when the reader suddenly realizes that the writer made a mistake, the reader is jarred out his or her temporary acceptance of the story as reality, i.e., author intrusion.
Avoid overused words.
Success breeds success. The more published you are, the easier it is to get published again.
Every word can be used appropriately somewhere in some story.
Don’t tell what happened; recreate what happened.
The beginning of a story must be interesting. Readers can be lost on page one.
Scorning the work of a writer does not make that writer a better writer.
Hope this helps, and good luck!!!
x
-Unknown Artist
May 11th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Major Components of Stories
Plot is the organization of events that will take place in the story.
Characters are the people or animals who will be in the story.
Setting is the physical time and place in which the story takes place.
Dialogue is the spoken words of the characters in the story.
Point of view is the relative identification of the narrator with the characters.
Theme is the main idea or meaning behind a story.
Style is the writer’s use of the language.
Other tips
Be specific in your writing. The more specific the detail, the more real the story will seem to the reader.
The best fiction can come from the preposterous imaginations of writers who are good storytellers.
Becoming a skilled typist (on a word processor) is extremely useful to a writer.
Very few people make a living at writing fiction.
Revision is important. A writer can always do one more revision. At some point the writer has to stop revising and get the work published.
Show, don’t tell.
Avoid starting a story with dialogue.
Don’t use cliches.
The more detail in the story, the more interesting the story.
Revise, revise, revise, revise, . . .
Avoid author intrusion.
Write what you like to read.
Don’t use exclamation points.
Use surprise and irony.
The shorter the story, the more important each word becomes.
Descriptions and technical details must be authentic; when the reader suddenly realizes that the writer made a mistake, the reader is jarred out his or her temporary acceptance of the story as reality, i.e., author intrusion.
Avoid overused words.
Success breeds success. The more published you are, the easier it is to get published again.
Every word can be used appropriately somewhere in some story.
Don’t tell what happened; recreate what happened.
The beginning of a story must be interesting. Readers can be lost on page one.
Scorning the work of a writer does not make that writer a better writer.
Hope this helps, and good luck!!!
x
-Unknown Artist
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May 11th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
If you’re serious, just start writing. Using that idea, here’s my example:
I rest my head on Adam’s chest, listening to his steady heart beating… beating… beating. My head moves with the motion of his chest as he breathes in and out. I smile. His arm is wrapped around my body, and his hand is holding mine. He leans down and kisses the top of my head as I watch the bright flames from the fire flickering in the cozy apartment. The red and orange jumping in the fireplace is almost… hypnotic, so I rest my eyes against it.
"Hey," he whisperers, and I jump; I had been half asleep. "You’re tired."
"Yes," I admit, "but I don’t want to sleep. I want to talk."
"What about?" He asks, his heart beating a little faster.
"Us," I say simply, as if he already knew this. He removes his arm from around me, and I sit up straight. "Our future," I say, waiting expectantly and excitedly, like a dog waits for its master to give it a treat.
He doesn’t speak for a while; he is thinking about what to say.
"Come on," I joke. "This couch is so comfortable that I might fall asleep."
"Okay… I think that we will… be married–"
I beam.
"–have five children — and a dog! — live in a cozy little cottage in the country… the simple life… and we’ll be happy. How about you?"
I think for awhile… and then I say, "I want exactly that, Adam. I love you."
"I love you too," and he kisses me.
See what I mean. But that was a pretty simple idea. With a more exciting one, I could have gone on and on for ages.
If you are incredibly serious about writing, then a really good idea will come if you wait, and then you can write it down.
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May 11th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
or a computer (easier to make changes and less hand ache.)
just write and see how it goes. have a rough idea of plot and the kind of point you want to round everything off on – you don’t need an ending straight away but you need a direction
good luck )
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May 11th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
search in yahoo web
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