All that will remain from your Story is a Memory.
How can you make it Memorable?
Ideas
- Inspiration
- Make a Small Map of your Inspirations.
- What pushed you to write?
- Which emotions do you want to feel while writing?
- Which emotions do you want the Public to feel while reading?
- What do you want to say?
- Can you summarize any Story in 1 Sentence?
- In 1 Paragraph?
- How does it help you identify Story Structures?
- How does it help you to define Story Structures?
- Interests
- How do you write Stories based on your Interests?
- Choose a Main Theme.
- Choose 4 Themes.
- Choose 3 ways to develop these Themes.
- Here you’ve got 12 different Stories.
- A slight Twist
- Ideas that look Familiar are more Compelling.
- In the Early stages, only slightly adjust Stories you know & like.
- How can you modify a Story enough to make it interesting again?
- How can you create a sense of Surprise?
- A slight sense of Surprise.
- You do not have to change much.
- Only the Critical elements.
Compelling Characters
- Story
- Why does this Character Exist?
- Why does it need to Exist?
- Why does she want to Do?
- What makes her Alive?
- What’s her Name?
- What’s her Goal?
- Why did she Start Adventuring?
- Why did she quit the place she lived in?
- What made her go?
- Did she leave willingly?
- Was she forced to?
- How so?
- By whom?
- Origins
- Where does she come from?
- How can the Public relate to her?
- What’s her Species?
- What does she know?
- Where did she acquire this Knowledge?
- Which Skills did she learn?
- How does she use them?
- How do her Origins define her Behavior?
- Quirks
- What’s your 1st Impression of her?
- What does her Appearance tell her of her Story?
- How is her Silhouette?
- How is her Garment?
- What does she like to wear?
- Which Accessories does she hold onto?
- What’s her Contribution to the Story?
- What’s her Contribution to the Team?
- What are her Passions?
- Relationships
- Which whom does she develop Unity?
- Who does she Trust?
- Who is she Disgusted by?
- Who does she Despise?
- What does she Hate?
- What does she Adore?
- What does she Enjoy?
- What does she seem to be Indifferent to?
- Is she truly Indifferent?
Memorable Environments
- Atmosphere
- Which Memories emerge from this Place?
- Which Colors remain in your mind?
- Which Forms?
- What does it exude?
- Freshness?
- Fragrances?
- Landmark
- Which Landmarks are the most memorable?
- What makes them memorable?
- What is their Use?
- Do they act as a Shelter?
- How popular are they?
- How Famous are they?
- What do they Inspire?
- Do they Inspire Awe?
- Which Event is organized therein?
- What are the Origins of this Event?
- Is it a Celebration?
- Is it a place of Remembrance?
- Of Grief?
- Built to Mourn?
- To celebrate Pride?
- Is it a place of Belonging?
- Inhabitants
- How are its Inhabitants?
- Which Beasts populate it?
- Which Plants can be found?
- What are they looking like?
- What are they looking for?
Stories with Consequences
- Dreams
- What makes a Story?
- What are the Greatest Stories you’ve experienced?
- What are the Simplest Stories you’ve experienced?
- Which Symbols remain with you?
- Why are they Unfading?
- Why does this Souvenir stays with you?
- What keeps it as Vivid as it was when you 1st experienced it?
- Conditional Stories
- To Write a Story you only ever need 2 Questions:
- Which Alternatives are there?
- Which Solutions are there?
- What would become of this World if a Threat appeared?
- Which sort of Threat would it be?
- How would it change this World?
- Who would accept this Change?
- Who would deny it?
- Who would refuse it?
- How would these individuals react?
- Would they organize in groups?
- What would these Groups be?
- What would be their relationships?
- Consequences
- What happened?
- Why did it happen?
- Who is Responsible for it?
- What if there were no Responsible?
- How do you depict Fatality?
- How do you create a sense of
- There would still be Consequences.
- What would they be?
- What would be the Aftermath?
- Hidden Information
- Who was the real Responsible?
- What were the Underlying consequences of the Crisis?
- What were the Untold Stakes?
- What has been hidden?
- How can it be found?
- Should it be found?
- Alternative Stories
- How can you write Another Story?
- While running the Same Characters
- Same Goal
- Same Strengths
- Same Weaknesses
- How do can they have Different Roles?
- How do can they have Different Functions?
- Which new Relationships could be formed?
- How would they be modified?
