As someone who loves reading and writing stories, I often find myself inspired by an amazing idea. Sometimes, it\u2019s a vivid scene in my head, or an amazing back-story for a character. I love to think about these and develop the thought into a full story spark! Yet, no matter how clear the idea, developing it into a story is a completely different challenge. I\u2019ve found a couple of methods to make this task easier. Try them out and see if they work for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Write out everything you know about the story spark<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It doesn\u2019t matter that it\u2019s incomplete. If that spark gets you excited, just write down all the details you have about it. When you get to writing down the idea, this may naturally lead you to fill in some blanks in the scene. Even if it doesn\u2019t, you can work on the elements you already have to develop a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Draw \/ write an outline for your story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n After you have written down the idea, consider what else is needed to make a full story around that scene or character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018You promised not to sell our mother\u2019s bracelet!\u2019 Ella screamed at her beloved sister, Betsy. \u2018Why did you do it? How can you ask me to trust you?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n From these two lines, it\u2019s obvious that the story requires the backstory of the bracelet, and the relationship between the sisters and their mother. Making a list of connections like this gives you a clearer focus on the scenes you will have to write for your story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you can\u2019t think of what happened before the scene you\u2019re interested in, try thinking about what happens next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018I didn\u2019t want to!\u2019 Betsy screamed back. \u2018But what choice did I have? It was either selling the bracelet or losing our house!\u2019 Betsy couldn\u2019t believe that her sister was angry at this.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Continuing from the spark may also enrich the characters and plots. Following the flow may help you to complete the story later on as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Having a flow for your spark of an idea is all you need to develop a thorough story. You\u2019ll still probably encounter writer\u2019s block as you write, but keep returning to the spark, and you\u2019ll see what first excited you about this idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Want personalised support to develop your creative writing skills? Sign up for online writing tuition with one of our experienced tutors.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As someone who loves reading and writing stories, I often find myself inspired by an amazing idea. Sometimes, it\u2019s a vivid scene in my head, or an amazing back-story for a character. I love to think about these and develop the thought into a full story spark! Yet, no matter how clear the idea, developing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-students"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seven-springs.co.uk\/resource-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seven-springs.co.uk\/resource-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seven-springs.co.uk\/resource-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seven-springs.co.uk\/resource-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seven-springs.co.uk\/resource-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.seven-springs.co.uk\/resource-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/www.seven-springs.co.uk\/resource-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions\/505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seven-springs.co.uk\/resource-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seven-springs.co.uk\/resource-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seven-springs.co.uk\/resource-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seven-springs.co.uk\/resource-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}