Category: Story

  • How to Improvise? Atmosphere

    The Emotion • Enticement & Excitement• Are you writing an Adventure?• Where does it happen?• In which kind of Setting?• How distant is this Setting?• How different is this Setting?• How compelling is it?• What makes it Compelling?• Would the Public want to travel therein?• How Unusual is it for the Characters?• How new does…

  • How to Improvise? Alternative narration

    What’s Alternative Narration? What does Alternative narration brings to a Story? Branched Options Do you feel like your Story is too Straightforward? Do you think it’s too Rigid? Are you hesitating to make certain choices? What’s the source of this Hesitation? Would you like to include more of your ideas in the same Story? Do…

  • How to display Consequences? Character’s Evolution

    How to display Consequences? Character’s Evolution

    Characters strive for Progress.The clearest indicator of this Progress is their Goal.You can quantify this Progress through the acquisition of Skills & the Character’s change in Behavior. How do you depict it? Summary – 5 steps to your Character’s Evolution Define the Theme translating your Character’s Goal. Introduce the Character with a Unique Scene. Define…

  • How to End a Story?  A Satisfying Ending

    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…

  • How to display Consequences?

    The Characters & The Story Bind the Characters & the Story How do you create a Bond between the Characters & the Story? What is the nature of this Bond? Why do these Characters belong to this Story? Could these Character appear in another Story? Would they be different? How different? Why would they be?…