What are subplots and why do you need them? You have your story, you have your main conflict, all you need to do is get your character from point A to point B no? So what happens if you do that and the story is over without the main character having any adversity. Your story […]
Oh, villains! You Love them! You hate them! You love to hate them! Villains or the antagonist of the story is the opposing force to your main character’s goal. They are usually the big stepping stone in your whole arc to complete the main conflict and/or the last battle on the climax before the end. A
Let’s start by saying that the main conflict isn’t a fight. Let’s say it isn’t war. It isn’t the antagonist. The main conflict is the main obstacle or opposition on which the main character and/or characters have to go through to reach their goals. I have been congregating with some artists lately to help them
So let’s talk about characters. After finishing up each part of the elements of the story we will go on how to build each one. Again characters! They are the “IT” in your story. They are the force on moving the story forward. It doesn’t necessarily mean that it has to be a person, it
So let’s talk about the world of your book. Later on, we will do a post on how to do world-building. So what is the world? It is the place where your story will take place. Simple as that. Now you have to consider some factors as well because it will help or not your
People usually want to hear how they can write the next million-dollar book everybody wants to buy. If it was that easy, there will be more author millionaires at this time. So let’s get to basic. Dominate writing, do a killer story, and work to get to your million dollar goal after you write the
When writing anything or creating something that you are going to present to the world, you need to do research. Maybe you know someone that did something that went viral or was a success and did not do research; you are looking probably at a one time pony or something that doesn’t get a follow-through.
There is so many ways that you can learn how to write a book. From different arches, story structures, and others. In the end you need the same principles to start and finish it. It doesn’t take only for those that are creative to do a book. It takes discipline, grueling hours, and persistence to
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How do you get things done? You develop habits. You wanna get fit? You go to the gym, do diets. You want to write? You, read, you research you, but… you set some goals, you look for a time in the day to write without distraction. You need to keep focus if you want your
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Question, question… what drives the plot? Is it the character? Is it an extraordinary event? Is it a group of people? Technically there’s lots of things that can drive the plot. How you figure it out can make it interesting for your audience. If you can combine your main plot with some subplots that can
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