Thread:Writing Discussion/@comment-35465738-20190621104829

Here's mine (written to myself):

1.      Describe the area

2.     Add details, separated by a comma. Don’t forget the period (.)

3.     Introduce a character into the setting, by making him/her/it somehow interact or be affected by the setting, leaving out the name, e.g. The boy, the girl, the man, the woman. Etc.

4.     Describe the character in greater detail (1-2 sentences)

5.     Initiate dialogue, usually with another person, although trees are not disapproved of, with the name of the character being said.

6.     Introduce vague hints about the conflict, whether through actions or words.

7.     Make the character somehow interact with their environment, perhaps through them writing with a goose-feather pen, or kneading dough, or walk down the street, describe sights, smells, sounds, feelings, and if the situation has it, taste, e.g. The dusky smell of the feather made (insert character name here) sneeze. The quill, recently dipped in a regal blue ink, made a light scratching sound on the parchment as (so-and-so) wrote a curving script.

8.     Describe the environment again, has it changed, or stayed the same, if it was the latter (most recent point), describe it in new words, or the former (earliest idea), say what has changed, is it dramatic, or has the day merely warmed a little, making the wind less chilly. 