Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Exercise for the day, 8/8: The spine of your story



A writer always begins by being too complicated—he’s playing at several games at once.
—Jorge Luis Borges


For a minute, stop thinking about all the games you may want your story to play, and think about this. At a basic level, almost every story is about 

a character (at least one) 
who takes a journey 
from Point A to Point B. 

This could be an emotional journey, a physical one, or both. In some way, the character starts in one place on the first page, and ends up somewhere different by the last page. 

Who is your main character? Just for now, pick one.
What is the journey? Describe it in one sentence.
What is Point A--that is, where do we find your character on page 1?
What is Point B--what is the different place your character gets to by the last page?





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