Dheera's Workshop of Whimsy

WRITING TIPS IV

Hello and Happy Monday toall!. Except that this is Wednesday because my internet was down...so sorry to keep everyone waiting.

Shall we begin with writing a story now? I have been told, ‘Enough of these writing ideas! We have a journal and we are scribbling every day like you said. Now get on with the storywriting…’ So here we go.

What do we require to write astory?

A topic.

So choose one. Choose something that really, really interests you. Something you have experienced,enjoyed, hated, known about closely.

While the search is on,remember that a story has a theme a plot, a structure, characters and a setting.

This week we will deal withTheme.

Theme is something important the story has to tell. What your character learns as the story progresses is the theme of the story. If at the start of the story your hero is a sad, non-performing loser and by the end of the story he hasn’t changed or evolved, got better or worse, your story is not interesting. In every successful storysomething happens. And that happening is the theme of the story.

In ‘Ouch! Cried Planet Earth,’ the current book I am writing, the main character Tiki is pale, bullied, timid and friendless. ‘Ouch..’ is the story of what happens to Tiki at the family farm and how it helps him become an Earth Hero.

Think about what is going to happen in your story.

NB... One of the questions I have been asked, is what should we write in the journal. The answer is ANYTHING that comes to your mind when you sit down to write. A thought, a poem, about a book or movie that impacted you...anything at all. The important thing is to sit down at the allotted time and write for the alloted time.:)

Until next week then! Cheers!

Dheera