When you get right down to it the major goal of the fiction writer is to keep the reader reading.
And like the performer who spins plates at the top of a stick, writers must spin several plates too—characters and character arc, plot and plot development, conflict, dialog, show vs. tell, and pacing. If we focus on only one aspect of story development and neglect the others, the story falls flat.
But that’s a lot to deal with. I certainly can’t get my brain wrapped around all those things at the same time as I write.
So what’s the answer?
Focus on one at a time, using these 6 steps. [Read more…] about 6 Steps to Story Development