Sorry, my post is a bit long:
I have a frustrating problem and I'm sure I'm not the only one. The thing is, very often I come up with a great idea around which I can base a story, I sit down, come up with a lot of juicy characters and a pretty cool way to begin the tale as well as lots of in-between details I want to work into the story... then it ends there. I simply can't figure out how an event leads up to the next bit and the next and so on; I simply fail to craft a story and the few times I do work out a story from beginning to end, it's usually mediocre because I 'forced' things to happen a certain way so that another bit I thought up can come into the foray. Now in my case, the bigger picture comes pretty easily-- I have lots of *bigger pictures*, but I can't put together the little pieces which add life to the greater idea and make it into a story. Please help me with tips on how I can actually craft a story or map it out, if you have any techniques which work for you which you'd like to share. Thank you.
I have a frustrating problem and I'm sure I'm not the only one. The thing is, very often I come up with a great idea around which I can base a story, I sit down, come up with a lot of juicy characters and a pretty cool way to begin the tale as well as lots of in-between details I want to work into the story... then it ends there. I simply can't figure out how an event leads up to the next bit and the next and so on; I simply fail to craft a story and the few times I do work out a story from beginning to end, it's usually mediocre because I 'forced' things to happen a certain way so that another bit I thought up can come into the foray. Now in my case, the bigger picture comes pretty easily-- I have lots of *bigger pictures*, but I can't put together the little pieces which add life to the greater idea and make it into a story. Please help me with tips on how I can actually craft a story or map it out, if you have any techniques which work for you which you'd like to share. Thank you.