Author name: Bert Haagenstad

When you need to create an event in your story, what you are really doing is building a scene for your characters to perform in. So, depending on story you need to decide how much detail you will include. There is balance between not enough details information to too many details. In making this decision you should consider how much information should be provided compared to how much you expect the reader to create with their imagination. I would like to share the highlights of a scene that I feel will draw the reader into the scene. I only include features that are truly important to the scene. What will enrich the reader’s experience? Try to step out of yourself, see the scene from a didn’t viewpoint, read the scene you wrote, can you picture the scene based on your words.           This is a challenge for most writers. Once you feel confident that you have created a great scene and therefore a great story.

When creating a character for a story or book. you need to make several decision. It’s best if you make a list of each character. The more characters you have the more important to create this list. Who is going to be your main? Male or female. Maybe there will be one of each. What kind of person or personality will this character have. Is the character good or bad? Describe the character. big or small. thin or heavy? If the character id a male what type of clothing will he wear? Does he have hair or not? How long is the hair? What color? Does he have facial hair or clean shaven? If your character is female what body type does she have” What color is her hair? How long, curly or straight. What type of clothes will she wear? What type of personality does she have? This same process is used to create secondary characters. Add them and their descriptions. All the lesser characters will have loess descriptions of. This list will help keep you characters behaving and even looking like the information on this list. Keep the list handy throughout the writing project. Losing the deals of the main and even the secondary characters will confuse the reader and could prevent them from finishing your story.

I would love to hear what motivates you to write. There are many possibilities, from creating an income to the pleasure of writing. There are no wrong answers, just your viewpoints. The time to share is now!