Day 1 – From Idea to Premise…and Beyond?

Grab your Short Story Framework and let’s have some fun!

Too often people start writing before they have more than a simple premise for a story. They have a cool idea, but no clue where to take it. We’re going to work on that part this week, but rest assure, by tomorrow, you’ll have a much better idea of how to develop your cool idea into a real story.

Another problem I often see is that people rush through the first draft of a short story in one sitting (that’s part of the appeal of short stories, right?!), leaving themselves rushing the ending, and not really knowing what the story is about…

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One Story Challenge

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One-Story Survey

I’m not quite ready to reveal the details yet, but you can help shape the challenge by answer a question:

Here’s the idea:

  • We’ll go slowly, through September, each writing a single story
  • I’ll take you through some best practices for building a long-term writing practice
  • I’ll take you, piece by piece, through my ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ workshop, so that you can polish up–and deepen– your One Story
  • We’ll chat in the comments, here.
  • There may be some opportunities to gather together virtually…

You can help me shape the challenge by leaving a comment based on these questions (or anything else you think I need to know),

Tell Me This:

How do you feel about the advice “Show, Don’t Tell”?

Do you understand it? Does it come naturally? Do you want more practice?

Tell me anything in the comments, below.