Resources for Writers

There's a lot of resources out there on the internet. Some might good and some might be bad. Especially when it comes to something personal like writing your own story. So, these are the resources that I use to create my own and hopefully help you to.

https://blog.reedsy.com/how-to-outline-a-book/ - This article thoroughly describes how to outline your story considering the plot, characters, and scenes. More specifically, in 3 steps with the 1^st being setting the stage, the 2^nd being organizing the scenes, and the 3^rd being troubleshooting your story line. They also link to other articles for a more in-depth understanding if your still confused and tools to help you outline your own story. One thing I thought was describing what type of writer you might be and which tool that could benefit you the most. For example, from the article I would be a Designer and the tool that would help me the most to outline my story would be Scrivener, yWriter, Plottr.

https://blog.reedsy.com/character-profile/ - This article explains how to build your character or character template. They break this down into 3 parts which describes it like an apple. There's an outer layer, the flesh, and the core. These three parts include things that you should think about as you’re making your character.

https://www.notebook.ai – I don’t use this often due to my preferences, but I think it could be helpful. This is a tool to help with world building and writing. Its kind of like a dashboard for story planning.

 

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Product: Notebook

Feature: 100 pages, green and white, Striped, spiral

Benefit: Write stories, draw characters and maps (anything to do with stories), jote down chapter thoughts, physical backup.

Product: 5 x 7 flat cards

Feature: Small, carriable, and green.

Benefit: Could be used to seem more professional (used like business cards).

Product: Notes cards (set of 20)

Feature: Small, carriable, white, striped, and look like mini pieces of notebook paper (easy to write on).

Benefit: Can be carried anywhere while take up less space then a notebook but still allows you to write down bursts of inspiration from walking or doing something when away form a notebook or computer.

 

6 Easy Steps to Get Started Creating a Story

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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Product: Notebook

Feature: 100 pages, green and white, Striped, spiral

Benefit: Write stories, draw characters and maps (anything to do with stories), jote down chapter thoughts, physical backup.

Product: 5 x 7 flat cards

Feature: Small, carriable, and green.

Benefit: Could be used to seem more professional (used like business cards).

Product: Notes cards (set of 20)

Feature: Small, carriable, white, striped, and look like mini pieces of notebook paper (easy to write on).

Benefit: Can be carried anywhere while take up less space then a notebook but still allows you to write down bursts of inspiration from walking or doing something when away form a notebook or computer.