5 Questions to Ask Yourself When Starting a Project
This is the beginning of a series of posts about plotting and outlining. During this series of posts we will look at various aspects of plot and story, and then we'll talk about different types of outlines. The goal is that this series of posts will help you plan out your next novel-length project. Since we are at the very beginning, today I would like to talk about that beginning. These are some of the important things you have to consider when you're going from a basic idea to a planned story. 1. Why do I want to write this story? There are many different reasons why we choose to write the stories that we do. They range from being as simple as the story needs to get out to…