Developing Your Story Ideas and Characters

[ThatGirlWhoWrites]

This looks sketchy, but it has worked for me every time I got stuck on a story. When I had an idea in my head that wouldn't go away, but I had no idea where to start, I used this method.

It really helped me, and I plug it shamelessly to anyone who will listen. It's called the Snowflake Method.

You can follow the steps here:

Snowflake Method

It helps you develop your storyline as well as your characters, and it helps you to create a pretty solid first draft.

(Don't buy the program. You don't need to. You really only need Word of some sort. Excel helps a lot because of the spreadsheets, but notebooks work just as well as all that fancy stuff.)

Hope this helps someone as much as it helped me, and I hope I posted this in the right place.  

[Night Kunoichi]

I definitely plan to try this technique. biggrin  

[ThatGirlWhoWrites]

Let me know if it works for you like it works for me. It helped me through a whole lot of plot holes a while back. smile

Good luck and enjoy.  

[GhostlyMark]

im gonna try this..it seems effective  

[ThatGirlWhoWrites]

It works well for me. Hope it works for you, too.  

[Jessa Hazel]

Thank you for sharing this resource! 3nodding I'd nearly forgotten about it. I think it should be useful again!
*snags and leaves a bar of dark chocolate as payment*  

[Night Kunoichi]

This technique has been tremendously helpful!  

[ThatGirlWhoWrites]

I'm glad this is so helpful! biggrin  

[Munashii the Unseen]

The Snowflake Method is a wonderful way to get your thoughts organized -- I have used it myself!

-Sticky so others can see!-