Category: Essentials
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How to End a Story? A Satisfying Ending
Surprise Escalation & Expectation Where do we end? What happens therein? How did we arrive to this place? Which Events led us to this Ending? Could have it been any different? How is Rising Destruction displayed? Which Small Successes do the Characters go through? Which Large-Scale Failures do the Characters go through? How do they…
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How to Improvise? Conditional Storytelling
A Simple Scene How do you Start Fast? Where are we? What’s the Atmosphere? What is the Scenery? What are the Landscapes like? What are the dominant Colors? What are the dominant Form? What’s the weather like? How much Light is there? What has been Seeded in the Setting? How does it hint at the…
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How to Write a Character different from you?
Who are you not? What are you not? What do you not want to be? Do you consider your characters to be an Idealized form of you? How do they represent this Ideal? What are the Borders of Your Self? What are your Limits? How are your Main Characters? Are they all relatable? Are they…
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How to write a Mystery? Check List
Setting Where are we? Why are we here? Who is present? Is the place remote? How Isolated is the Location? Is it an In-Town Location? In which environment is it situated? How is the neighborhood? What is in the vicinity? Who designed the Building? Are they still alive? What is the general form of the…
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How to write Action Scenes?
Action is an Enthralling & Compelling Genre. Action scenes may be the hardest ones to write as they need to balance Pace & Punch more than any other. Summary – 4 Steps to write Action Scenes If you want to write a great Action Scene focus on 4 main elements: The Stakes of the Scene,…