How do I start telling a story, and how do I finish it?
Nuñez asked:
I love writing, and I always come up with brilliant characters and their stories. BUT I never know how to begin, and to finish it. When I’ve finally begun writing, I write until I get tired of the story, and then I put it away. I never know how to finish them of. Can anyone help me?
I love writing, and I always come up with brilliant characters and their stories. BUT I never know how to begin, and to finish it. When I’ve finally begun writing, I write until I get tired of the story, and then I put it away. I never know how to finish them of. Can anyone help me?
to begin, start with a scene, any scene. where is your character? why are they there? who is he/she with? then keep going with it.
its perfectly fine to put away your writing and start something new, but every once in a while go back to that locked little drawer, open it, read what you wrote, and then keep writing. you can pick up where you left off or take it from another angle. whatever is fine.
PS. its OK to go from one place to another–published writers always just sort of stop a scene then say “later that night. . .” yadda yadda.
good luck!
ok well u know how to make a draft right ?
i always start with some common things like:
- A few years ago this thing happened to me……
- Now a days …..
- their was a one person called ….! this shows the main character of the story.
- people start fighting on…….!
last one is like the middle line of the story but its interesting becuase reader wants to konw why they start fighting.. what happened.. this way to gonna love it…
Well i know exactly what you mean. For me i find it easier to write stories in notebooks. well i have about 15 notebooks lying around my room. All unfinished.
what i do is grab a blank sheet of paper and just write a scene with one of my characters or something big that happens with one. then i just add it in later.
If you do it on the computer. just one day start typing in the middle, like go write to the action of one of your unfinished works.
add detail, different scenes and then rearrange then to fit in the story. you don’t need to write it full on.
Also its okay that you don’t finish something. A lot of authors put their work aside, then continue on it later.
You could also try writing the ending of the story and then filling in the rest as you go along.
if your starting a new story, write both the beginning and the end then fill in the middle as you go.
Well good luck.
i hope my information is helpful.
Have fun writing!!!!!
It can be difficult to know how and where to start a story because each story demands a slightly different approach. Just as–or even more–difficult, is figuring out how to end your stories.
First of all, worrying how to start your story can actually be a way of procrastinating (subconsciously). Your best bet is to start as close to the action as possible. For example, if your character is going to get shot in the arm in the first scene, you might put him on the bus he’s going to get shot on and have him ride a little ways before he’s shot.
Or, for another example, let’s say your character discovers she has a twin. You might follow her from waking up, to getting dressed, to eating, to the bus ride to school, to the walk through the halls, then finally the class where she sees her twin. Or, you can start close to the action by having her just getting off the bus.
You don’t want to start too close to the action, though. Feel the story out before you run roughshod through it!
As for finishing, I have the same problem. You’re going to have to find out the reasons why you feel tired of any one particular story, then combat it. One great way is to set yourself goals. Your ultimate goal is to write so many words. Your smaller goals are comprised of small word counts to bring you to that goal.
Also, sometimes you lose interest in a story because you aren’t sure where you can take it next. For this, I recommend writing an outline or a summary of the story. The outline and/or summary should cover the story’s beginning, middle, and end. Don’t write out too many details, though, or you might get bored because the story’s already written down!
Get into the practice of always finishing what you write. If you have to copout and write a terrible ending, then do it. As you get into the habit of finishing everything you start, you’ll have more endurance for other stories.
Keep writing and good luck!
You need to find your own way – different methods work for different people. It seems to me that “just writing” doesn’t work for you (this works for me). What I’d suggest you try in that case, and see if it works out, is to plan your novel from beginning to end in point form once you’ve formed your character in your mind. Decide who the character’s friends are, who his or her enemies are and why, and what issues need to be resolved during your story, as well as how those issues are going to be resolved and what problems the character has to overcome. It’s a good start, but beware, sometimes characters “want to do” things that you hadn’t planned on them doing, in which case you’ll have to plan the end of your novel all over again. Good luck.