![]() ![]() ![]() The story starts to spiral out in complexity like a snowflake, and you will begin to see the layers.Ĭharacter Profiles: Some authors discover their story through characters instead of plot. Expand that sentence to a paragraph (4-5 sentences), now expand to a page, add in multiple plots nothing is permanent. ![]() The Snowflake Method (this tends to work better for a novel-length work): Start with a one sentence summary. Write a letter to yourself, write as a character, write to just explore the idea, write with the full knowledge that nobody will see it. Next, Mark explains a few exercises to help develop ideas into stories:įree Writing: At this point, don’t feel you have to write the story, just WRITE. Give yourself the freedom to create and have fun. This can happen in the shower, during a walk, while you play video games, or any time your mind can wander. He encourages writers to keep a small notebook handy to write down ideas as they occur and to include as much detail as possible. Ideas can come from anywhere: everyday life, school or work, common anxieties and conflicts, dreams, current events, or even old projects that didn’t work before. There are many steps before the writing even begins, and Mark refers to these as “prewriting.” First, you need an idea. Most novelists and short story writers don’t just sit down and start writing. ![]() Text summary of Mark Oshiro’s Writing Lesson: ![]()
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