
How to Create a Story
Step One: Find a topic or idea that interests you well enough to spend great deals of time on.
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Step Two:
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Create a story outline.
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Choose the names of your story’s characters and describe them as much as possible. Their hair and eye color, ethnicity, religion, hopes, hates, fears, habits and personality traits, etc.
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Decide where and when the story takes place.
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Give key details about the town, city or country.
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Define the main problem(s) that the characters face. Imagine the possible solutions to solve the problems, and have in mind the story’s ending.
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Step Three: Write the story. Go at your own pace. Aim for two pages a day. In no time (a couple of years, perhaps) your story will be finished.
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Step Four: Make sure every chapter/ section has a problem, solution, and a new problem. This will keep the story going. Or alternatively, you can have a problem, possible solution, solution failing and causing a new problem or an even bigger problem until the last chapter when all problems are resolved.
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Step Five: Go back over the story. It helps to read it aloud or with a friend, or even to yourself. Make sure every chapter/ section is consistent with the plot. Look for spelling and grammar mistakes. Check to see if you can make sentences stronger or scenes clearer. This process can take a long time, so don’t give up. It’s worth it!
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Step Six: The story is complete. Take a bow! :)
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