Catch’em Leads!

March 24th, 2008

Web people

We are working hard on our fiction stories! We have written serveral leads, choosen one and now we are continuing to revise it. Why? Because we want to “hook” our readers and make our beginnings so interesting that they will want to keep on reading!
Share the lead that you have written so far. After you write your lead, comment on what you have done in your lead to make it really interesting. Have you used dialogue, or small actions? Have you included setting details so the reader knows where your story in happening?

How have you “hooked” us?

Fantastic Fiction

March 7th, 2008

Story Mountain

We are all writing fiction stories with a character who really wants something, who yearns for something. The problem (which every story must have) comes when the character does not get what he/she wants. Write about the character in your story. Include both his/her external and internal characteristics. What is it that your character wants? Why can’t he/she get it? What is the struggle that your character is facing? What is big problem in your story?

How exciting to share our unfolding stories!