1. Create the general plot. This should be general direction/description of your story. At first it doesn’t need to be detailed but just enough to help think and create the conflict, resolution, etc.
2. Think about the conflict. Do you want the conflict to be characters vs character, character vs nature, character vs society, characters vs fate, character vs self, or a mix of two different types of conflicts? This should be main climax of your story.
3. Think about resolution. After the conflict ends how will the character solve it? This is the happy ending, bad ending, or neutral ending of the story.
4. Decide the setting. More specifically, when, and where does the story take place. The setting includes things like furniture, scenery, customs, transportation, clothing, dialects, weather, time of day, and year. Basically, paint the scene for the reader.
5. Make your characters. When making your characters you should first build up a physical description and general personality of your protagonist and antagonist. Decide how many characters you want and if they are reappearing side characters with their own personalities. From my experience, a good story has side characters that have their own personalities.
6. Decide on POV. How do you want to tell your story? Do you want to do it in third person, second person, or first person? You should also decide whether to switch between different perspectives. This is often done in romance novels between the female lead and male lead.
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