Tag: Stories

  • 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 end a Story? An Impressive Ending

    Change Chaos How does Change come? Why should there be Change? How does Change fall onto the Characters? What’s Randomness? Why does the Characters fear it? How does Randomness create Disparity? How does Randomness create Unfairness? Consistency What is Expected? Who is supposed to achieve their Goal? Who is supposed to find what they were…

  • How to Write a Hunt?

    Actors Hunter Who is the Hunter? What is her Goal? Does she only need to make the Target disappear? Is it only a mean to achieve her Goal? Is it a mean to achieve another 1’s Goal? What are her Weaknesses? What are her Strengths? What are her Quirks? How is she Recognizable? What’s her…