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- A tip: if you ever find yourself wanting a shoehorn lots of background and information: don’t. Focus on the story. Your story comes first. Allow readers to get to know your main character Give readers time to get to know your characters. Fiction isn’t real life: unlike reality, it has to make sense.
Nov 3, 2019 · 1) DO Write your First Chapter Last. Yes, you read that right. Stop agonizing, sketch out the first chapter and get on with writing your story. This is really important for NaNoWriMos. You could spend the whole month worrying that thing to death. Don’t. That’s because when you’re writing your first draft, you’re writing for you.
You must keep your intended audience in mind when writing your first chapter. If your opener is nothing like the rest of your story, you risk turning off the right readers and attracting the wrong ones.
If you’re thinking about writing in first person, there are a few guidelines you should be aware of to ensure your story is told in the most effective way possible. Let’s jump in! 1. Decide if first person is right for your story.
In general, you don't want to start writing your script until you absolutely know your story. There are a number of ways to get your story down: an outline, a treatment (which is basically an outline in paragraph form), or just in your head.
- DON’T start with a Robinson Crusoe opening. That’s when your character is alone and musing. Robinson Crusoe is boring until Friday shows up. So don’t snoozify the reader with a character
- DO open with the protagonist in a scene with other characters. Show how he interacts with the world. Two or three is ideal: not too many or the reader will be overwhelmed.
- DON’T give a lot of physical description, Especially of the police report variety. All we know about Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice is that she has “fine eyes.”
- DO give us a few unusual physical markers that indicate personality. Interesting characteristics like Nero Wolfe’s size, Hercule Poirot’s mustache, and Miss Marple’s age show who these characters are and make them memorable.
I think writing in first person is more freeing and allows you to adopt a more informal approach to mapping out the story but I prefer writing in third person because you can easily play God and insinuate things for the benefit of the plot that your character wouldn't pick up on their own.
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with writing a story this way. I personally believe the end-product of this method has potential to be more engaging than its counterpart. You are basing the content of your writing entirely upon inspiration rather than finding a means to an end. You will, however, need to do a fair amount more revising.
