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Write a Story Like a Pro.


What do you need to write a story?

           First of all, you need to be willing to write one. Also, you need some imagination and a good style. You should not write a long story unless you are able to make it full of breath taking scenes and colourful descriptive and evocative language to create the mood so that the reader would not get bored quickly. Well-designed plot, careful manipulation of the interwoven relationships and the conflicts between the protagonists make the story strong and full of suspense.

           Actually you have nothing to do with all this jargon. You should, instead, focus on what you want your reader to get from the story and how you can achieve that artistically. In a word you must be creative.

What are the components of a story?

  1. Theme (the focal idea of the story)
  2. Setting (the time and place of the story)
  3. Plot (events or narrative)
  4. Characters (people in the story taking part in the action)
  5. Conflict (struggle of characters)

            For every story, there is a narrator that could be also a character in the story. When you write your story, you are the narrator because you are telling what happened as a witness of the events which you could participate in their making.

How to write a story ?

            Every story has got

            Sometimes you need to use the "Foreshadowing" technique before the climax to help the reader with hints to anticipate the resolution. Good writers use this technique providing disguised clues and the reader is not aware of their existence until he finishes the story. Professional writers use other techniques as well. Among the most common ones in story writing are flashback, soliloquy, irony, camera technique (close up or zooming), figurative language (symbolism, simile, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, degeneration, hyperbole) telescoping among others.

            Finally, your first story might be mediocre, but it will pave the way for greater productions later on. Writing your first story is the evidence that you have a gift which needs improvement. One day you'll find out that you have a hidden talent when you become a best seller writer, who knows?! So, if you feel like writing stories, get started now without delay.

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