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On The Six Questions - Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How?
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Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How? Whether you are still trying to find your story, or if you are now exploring your story, or if you feel that you now know your story through and through, you should be able to answer these six fundamental questions about your story.
- Who? The Characters
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On Setting - When, Where, and Verisimilitude
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Setting can be an interesting thing.
For many stories, the when and where can be as simple as "here and now" or "once upon a time in a fairy tale" and that covers it. You can go into a little more detail about the exact details of the setting (is there an enchanted forest or a little farm town of...
On Genres - Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Shopping at the Storytelling Store
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It's okay if your story idea is a lot like someone else's idea. In fact, it's kind of supposed to be like that!
Fiction is organized into genres so that readers can find what they want to read next easily. If you are the mood for swords and magic and goblins, you start looking at fantasy stories....