HAVING LOST THE THREAD OF YOUR STORY, FINDING YOUR STORY AGAIN
by zentao

Many authors when starting a novel are inspired by something, be it an incident in life, something they've read, a piece of music, a picture, a dream, or…. They might spontaneously begin writing and might, in fact, get quite far in before stalling out. Some writers can even write all the way through to The End. Unfortunately, many cannot. They get lost somewhere between where they were inspired and where they want to go, stalling out at or before the point where the words in their draft stop.

What's missing?

Plot and Story.

Why?

The writer doesn't know the plot and what happens to complete the plot demands — the end of the story and what happens in the middle that "makes" the story.

This is a common failing. Most significantly, getting lost and not knowing how to proceed is what will cause an author to have many partial manuscripts, none of them completed.

The Fix: Find your Plot and Story by deliberately….

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