Tips on how to develop pleasing plots, well developed characters and good stories. Well, enough to impress your friends and your teachers.
Remember in English class, the teacher went over the writing traits that make a good story? Well, if you said no… have no fear! (Neither did I, I just sat there and pretended to listen…) A way to make stories that will grab the attention of the reader is a reeling-in grabber.
But there are many elements to improve your story. Get ready for another English lecture, minus the yelling teachers! Oh, and no quiz after the reading… that’s a plus.
Now, most stories have a plot the author wants to work off of. But coming up with a plot is hard as most of the story-tellers have the same problem without plagiarizing. Not even I can come up with one at the top of my head. But according to Rick Walton’s web site, http://www.rickwalton.com/freeu/storyide.htm , anecdotes are a good story idea as well as your life…maybe even changing the names and make it in a different setting. He also has many other helpful tips on making plots for your story. But, if it’s your story…who’s going to be in it?
A character is defined as: one of the persons in a novel or play. The character can have many roles; the person can be the hero/heroine, mentor, shadow mentor, villain, the trickster, or even the supporting character that appears once then is not shown ever again (but is referenced multiple times). In a story, there are usually no more than two or three main characters or otherwise the story, as well as the plot, will lose the reader and not make sense. It is also important to have a few details to let the audience be able to picture the character clearly as said on Silly Billy’s page on how to make a good character, http://www.sillybilly.com/objecti.html.
But I have an example showing character description: “ This is when a deep voice interrupted Nina.‘ You never knew your biological mother, real father died protecting you. Real sad tale if you ask me.’ The girl squinted her eyes to see the person who said that horrid statement. Then a butler, the beautifully built, tall, slender, and the perfect proportions of a man came into view. His suit was a peacock green shirt under a tender pink vest. His thin face was half covered by his bottomless pit brown hair, which was held back with a soft pink headband, and behind his mauve colored eyeglasses , which were sitting on the bridge of his nose, was a burning passion red eye. ” Citation of “Tales of Nina and Jeremiah” by axlluvr 1324
Well played word choice is also important. It will not only show in your AIMS writing score, but make you feel more intelligent. Just remember to use them the right way.
Word choice is probably the most important key of the piece, next to the plot and voice. You can use any dictionary or thesaurus for this trait, and when you type or write down a paragraph a helpful tip is to reread and check for easy words you know that can be spruced up. Also, depending on the word choice, you can keep the audience interested.