How to Write a Fictional Story

This is a simplified, personally created through experience of writing, model for the fictional writers of the future.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Pick a topic that's interesting to you. Get some note paper and pencil with eraser.

1. 
    
   Topic and overall Theme

   Write your main topic at the top of a page, this will be your brain storming page. Your topic could be "Ice cream" or if your more detailed about your writing "Destiny".
   Now that you've brain stormed your topic it's time to incorporate why it's interesting to you. Which is what your theme for this topic will be, your interest in the topic. So for example "Sarah's Destiny Revealed" or "Ice Cream is What My World is About".

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   Planning ahead

   Next is the big choice. You have an option of writing basic major events that happen in this fictional story out briefly on your brain storm page, or you can wing it like the professionals (also known as allowing your creativity to lead you). The later isn't all that great because this is where writer's block can creep up after the extent of your creative juices have dried up. The planning ahead of time, is both versatile in creativity and forethought, making writer's block less likely a struggle. Choosing to plan ahead could look like this; Sarah introduced to reader, Meet Sarah's family/friends/co-workers, get to know Sarah's life style, Sarah's dreams/desires, then Sarah's struggle to pursue those dreams and desires, Sarah's accomplishments and failures, Sarah's true destiny revealed.

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   Detailing your plans

   Either choice will lead you to your next step, writing the fictional story. Now you can get creative, here's where you take your topic and theme to begin the story you set out to write. Under the first planned event (example: Sarah's introduction to the readers) you would introduce Sarah to the readers as you see her or as you want the readers to see her. Another example using 'Meet Sarah's family/friends/co-workers' you would now introduce the family, friends, and co-workers in Sarah's life as you want the readers to see them. This is what can take the most time and detail of your concentration, spend as long as you like here yet keep this detailing under each topic line on your brain storming page (add pages with the topic head line if you have more to write).

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   Fit it all together

   After brain storming the topics, now you can type them up on your computer or typewriter (if your technologically limited) or the older fashioned way, writing it all out by hand. Pick your poison, which ever way you choose it will take much concentration NOT to change what you've written if you like things the way they are. This is the part most creative writers can not resist, and indeed they shouldn't if they can change things for the better. Write all your topics in concession (first through last) to stay on topic and focus on interlocking each topic as you go, making them blend together or flow together as the reader reads your story.

5. Last but not least, put a quick introduction of the book and sneak preview on two separate pages. The introduction being before the story, the sneak preview being the back cover of your story (if making it into a book) or you can eliminate the sneak preview. Spell check it all, title your story and sign your name and the date. You are finished!

Tips & Warnings

• It's easy to think of too many things for a fictional story and begin slapping it on the page hoping that all truns out well. This simple method I've made can shorten your time struggling with "what should I write next!?" into "this is next, but how much detail do I want to put into it?" Less stress, more orginization, better out come.
• This is only a suggestion writing tool tip to help boost your stories from creative ideas to actual ink on paper (or text on web), feel free to learn what you can from this article and share your stories success to the world!

[ashiflett]

on 4/17/2009 Thank you for sharing tips on how to write a fictional story. Seeing that I write full time factual based articles, I often struggle with fiction. Your guide is sure to assist me in future endeavors.