It Came From Outer Space…

Good planning is very important when it comes to stories and it’s taken me a few years to realize this. A lot of time I’ve just started writing based on an idea and then got stuck because the plot starts to turn and contradicts itself, or because I haven’t fully planned things through and suddenly got completely lost as to where things are going to go.

While you don’t have to plan down to the minor details like whether or not a house that your characters use has copper sinks it is important to map out character motivations, fears and plans. As well as what characters are doing with each other, how they feel about each other and how their course is going to progress through the story, who is going to grow and learn who may stay stagnant.

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