Writing Creatively Installment 3
Planning Your Story Professional writers plan their stories before they actually begin drafting. This is part of the prewriting stage of the writing process. Of course, writers still make changes along the way. Planning your story sounds boring, but it will make the drafting much easier. Imagining Characters If you want readers to pay attention to your story, your characters should seem alive. The best way to create alive characters is to describe them with sharp, specific details. You can make up details: a lavender kitten with one orange eye and one purple eye. Or you can borrow details from real people: a Civil War general who has your grandfather's twinkling green eyes. The following questions will help you imagine your characters and make them more solid. What does your character look like? What is your character's name? How would you describe the character's personality? What does the character love and hate? What does the character ...