Start Small, Start Easy
- Start with a small Project
- What do you want to write 1st?
- How does it look like?
- Is it a Movie script?
- A Game script?
- You’ll need different skills to implement them.
- Some basic animation & cinematography for a film.
- And programming for a game.
- How many pages does it have?
- If it’s your 1st project, or if it’s a side project, 50 pages should be fine.
- How much time should you spend on it?
- 10-15′ a day is fine for a Starter or a Side project.
- How long should it take?
- 1 month should be enough.
- If it is your 1st project and you end up achieving 50% of what you’ve expected, it happens.
- Start with Questions
- Questions allow you to start writing faster.
- They allow you to write more smoothly.
- Question also allow to find new solution.
- The core Questions you’ll need:
- How do you Start?
- Where do you Start?
- Who is present?
- What’s the Event
- What are the Stakes?
- What’s the Issue?
- How is it Solved?
- What’s the Outcome?
- What’s the Aftermath?
- Just 1 Idea
- Start with 1 Idea per Book.
- This will make the Writing & the Reading easier.
- Make this Idea the Title of the Book.
- Can you draw this Idea?
- You’ve got your book cover.
- Start with 1 Idea per Chapter.
- Introduce a new Character.
- Introduce a new Setting.
- Introduce a new Item.
- 1 Idea per Scene
- Can you picture the Scene?
- Can you draw the Scene?
Choose your Genre
- Your 1st Story – Your Preferred Genre
- What’s your favorite Genre?
- What’s your ideal representation of this Genre?
- What are the core characteristics of this genre?
- Can you find 10 of them?
- You’ve got 10 chapters for your book.
- Your 2nd Story – Your Least liked Genre
- What’s your least favorite Genre?
- How can you make it more enjoyable?
- Why do you dislike this genre?
- How can you change it?
- What’s your ideal representation of this Genre?
- What are the core characteristics of this genre?
- Can you find 10 of them?
- You’ve got 10 chapters for your book.
- Your 3rd Story – The Hardest Genre
- What’s the hardest Genre for you to write on?
- It’s probably Comedy.
- What makes this genre Inaccessible for you?
- What makes it Interesting?
- How can you make this Genre more Understandable?
- Can you write a Simple Story in this Genre?
- Which elements will you use?
- How do these elements make the Story simpler?
- What happens if you Loop this Process?
- You can loop this Process to become a better writer faster.
- While at the same time understanding & enjoying the process.
- Your writing becomes more diversified.
- As your writing diversifies your Public extends.
- As your Public extends you receive new demands.
- As you receive new demands you experiment new topics.
- As you experiment new topics your writing diversify.
Progressive incrementation
- Scale Up
- Should you start with the simplest story possible?
- That’s not the main Goal of this process.
- A simpler story often proves itself easier to write.
- And often, easier means more enjoyable.
- If simple means boring to you, it will be.
- You can start with a more complex story.
- Then, you’ll eventually not reach your number of page end goal.
- Does that matter to you?
- If it does, start with a simple structure.
- 1st, the End.
- Then, the Introduction.
- After this, the Crisis.
- Finally, the Resolutions.
- If you’d like an article on how to make complex & satisfying stories for Beginners, comment it.
- 1 more page every month
- What’s the ideal page number per month?
- 30 for the 1st, 60 for the 2nd, 90 for the 3rd, 120 for the 4th, and so on.
- How do I write 1 more page every month?
- Aim for 30 pages for the 1st month.
- Then you can hope for 60 pages at the end of the 2nd month, and the 2nd Book.
- You’ll eventually cap at 300 pages/month at the end of Month 10.
- Keep it at 300p/m for a year, in order to make the habit consistent.
- 300p/m is enough, but you can aim for 600p/m if you wish to spend more time writing.
- How much time do I spent on my book each month?
- 10’/day for the 1st, 20’/day for the 2nd, 30’/day for the 3rd, 40’/day for the 4th, and so on.
- You increment as you go.
- If you are aiming for more than 20’/day on the 2nd month you may not do it.
- Progressiveness is only a vessel for consistency.
- What matter is to Progress.
- As you see yourself ascending to greater lengths, you’ll want to write more.
- Focus on the Process
- Result are secondary.
- If you are making a 10 chapter book, aim for 5 pages per chapter on the 1st month.
- Write 5 pages/chapter even if they aren’t as you planed them.
- You are building your skills.
- And consistency goes 1st.
- Take, at least, a whole Year to build your skills.
- As the pleasure develops you’ll want to write more.
- Soon you’ll find yourself comfortable enough to write with other people.
- And to share your work.
- You’ll get faster.
- This newfound speed will encourage you to convert more time into writing.
Curiosity & Exaggeration
- Curiosity & Exaggeration
- How do you make your Stories attractive?
- Curiosity.
- How do you make your Stories memorable?
- Exaggeration.
- How do you create Paradoxes?
- Place 2 elements which shouldn’t meet in the same scene.
- How do they behave?
- How were they supposed to behave?
- How do you create Change?
- Should Change be Brutal?
- Should Change be Violent?
- Should it be Definitive.
- Most Curious scene have an Inexplicable aspect.
- Some may be qualified of Unfair.
- What matters is the memory.
- If the Scene remains with the Public it was well written.
- Think about why the scene should remain with the Public.
- Imagine alternative Scenario.
- You found an unknown item.
- You want to identify its use.
- And eventually appraise it.
- You bring it back in town.
- You get arrested.
- The Item gets confiscated.
- Why were you arrested?
- What is the nature of the Item?
- Who are these people?
- What do they know about the item?
- How will you escape?
- How will you retrieve the item?
- You meet a new People.
- You get closer to these people.
- You spend time peacefully, in their Settlement.
- You get captured.
- Or You fight them.
- Eventually, you enter their Settlement.
- You realize their Leader is of another Species.
- What’s her Species?
- Why does she lead them?
- What happen to the ancient leader?
- Were the people forced to capture you?
- Or Were the people forced to fight you?
- How were they controlled by this other Creature?
- Should you liberate them?
- Can you?
Share the Result
- Start with 1 person
- You don’t need to publish your writing as soon as it is edited.
- You’ll want to have it read by another person.
- You may give this person the envy to write by herself.
- Or with you.
- She will probably start to talk about your work to someone else.
- Eventually, this will turn into a group of 4-5 individuals.
- This group will constitute your core Working group.
- With your Team
- You know 4 other persons who want to write.
- Or to Draw/Paint/Model.
- Or to Animate.
- Or to Make Music.
- Or to Program.
- Which Writings do you share with them?
- With your Public
- Which story are you most comfortable of publishing 1st?
- Why this story?
- Are you proud of it?
- Are you impatient to share it?
- What enthusiasts you the most?
- Do you like to Talk?
- Do you like to Read?
- Do you like to Read out what you’ve written?
- Do you like that others listen to it?
- Let’s go.