Story sequences: mystery suspense:
Overheard “I find it INTOLERABLE that she didn’t do the work”
Who might have been talking?
Can you flesh out a story from the opening line?
Some writers will claim that they began their novel based on a simple blurb about an incident that they had read in a newspaper, or based on a snippet of conversation overheard in passing.
Slowly characters began to take shape, interacting and developing the plot.
Needed: A setting – remember – time, place, season, (time can be hour of the day or actual calendar year)
Characters: will you add dialogue?
Problem? What might happen? When? To whom? Is there a why?
Solution: resolution- not all stories are completely resolved- one aspect of a problem is usually cleared up; other aspects may be continued in sequels, or left for the readers to consider.
Prompts for story writing needn’t be the typical SAT form- argument/example; prompts to encourage a variety of writing styles can be culled from multiple resources.
How to begin: see earlier blog- “brainstorming 101”…