Writing a Good story

1. Who is your villain?

Every story has a villain, though they don't have to be the typical architype. If your story is one about human fighter and he lives in world full of magic, it may be that he has to find and defeat the evil wizard. But if your story is about a girl who has to navigate life as an orphan the villain may be an abusive person in authority, or even a string of people that present obstacles to over come. This may be the most important question to answer sense your protagonists entire reason for their adventure begins with the actions of the villain.

2. Who is your protagonist?

are they male, female, do they fight first or are they a talker? These are all things that need to be answered with in the first two or three chapters of your novel or story. You don't need to info dump you just need to answer them organically don't force it. For example, you start by a simple physical description of the protagonist, and move on from there.

3. Where does your novel or story take place?

Does your story take place on earth, or is it a space opera? Is it futuristic or medieval? the pros of using a futuristic or space opera is that you can make up a lot of it as you go. The con is you have to make it up as you go, or sit down and write it out so you'll have references. The pros of writing a novel based in reality is that you have a plethora of material to pick from. The con is you have to make sure you get every detail right.

4. How long should your novel be?

Is it a short story or a full length novel? What do I mean by that? Most novels are between 90,000 and 120,000 words. This of course is not an absolute and no one should tell you how long your story should be. The story should move the reader to want to read more. If you can stir their readers emotion you've done your job. Research thoroughly the length of novel you want to write then start writing.

5. Why do you want to write a novel?

This is one of the more important questions, if you just want make a lot of money then your doing it for the wrong reason. You should want to bring to life something that can take the reader to a place they've never been. That's why people read after all to escape to a life that is not theirs. So, sit down ask these 5 questions and you'll have the start of you're own journey into the world of writing a novel.

No matter what your writing, these five questions will help to focus your story. also don't let others put you down. There will be things you'll have to improve on no one starts out as an amazing writer. You will have to be willing to remove entire lines, paragraphs, and even chapters. You'll write things that don't work with the story, things that would be better in other stories. But never listen to people who tell say your never going to make it as a writer, like anything else you won't be good until work at it.

If you want to try out your skills at writing before working on a full length novel. There are many different places to post stories. for example this website gives people a platform to post their writing. Practice makes perfect so write, write, write. If nothing else remember these word: “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”

― Theodore Roosevelt,

Until next time Live, Love, Laugh.