Brainstorm your ideas

 Inspiration is everywhere, you just need to know how to find it. Sometimes
it takes a short walk or a moment to yourself to find inspiration. Other times
you could be talking to your friends or just watching TV when inspiration
strikes.
 Now that you have a book full of ideas, the next part is to pick
one or combine a couple of ideas to focus on. Then you can start
developing your ideas into brilliant stories.
 We all know that every story has a beginning, middle and end.
Develop your In fact, the most basic structure you might notice in stories is

ideas that you have a hero who sets off on an adventure. They face a
couple of challenges on the way, overcome them and live
happily ever after (of course it’s not always a happy ending for
some). Knowing this basic structure we can develop our ideas
further using the story
 Who: Who is your character?

Want: What does your character want?

 Why not: Why can’t your character get what they want?
For example:

Basic structure Jimmy the fox wanted to enter the spelling bee, but could not find
the money to pay for books.

In the above example, Jimmy the fox is the who. His want is to
“enter the spelling bee“ and the why not is that he does not have
enough money to pay for books.
 However, to make an even more interesting story, you may add
several other pieces, such as another who, want and why not

 The advanced writer might be interested in adding plot twists to

their story to surprise the reader. This could be a surprise
ending or a new character entering your story mid-way through
and so on.
  The setting of your story is very important, as this is where
everything in your story will happen. You can choose to stick to
one setting or move between various settings. Depending on
Get the setting what your story is about, you can choose to set the whole story
right in someone’s house or even just the school canteen. Or you can
go all out on selecting various settings for your story, especially
if it’s a story about time-travelling or just normal travelling.
 Whatever your setting is remember to explain all the little
details so your readers can also imagine being there with the
characters. And by little details, we mean even the tiniest detail
can make a huge difference. For example, if you chose a bus
shelter as one of the key settings in your story, talk about the
cracks on the glass or the pieces of litter on the floor. Don’t just
stick to the appearance of objects, go further by describing the
smell in the air and the sounds you hear. Just think about the
five senses, sight, smell, taste, hear and touch for ideas.
  The climax of the story is where the actual conflict happens or
where your main character’s problems are at their highest
point. This is the key moment just before the solution is
Plan the revealed and normally happens towards the end of the story. To
make sure your story has the ultimate climax give your
ultimate climax character limited options, so they feel trapped or overwhelmed
by recent events. This can then build up to a powerful ending
(discussed in the next section).
 In the actual climax itself, your main character should use a
new skill, piece of information or even friends they made
before this point. It is important to remember that without this
“new something” your character could never have overcome
their problem earlier on in the story. If your readers feel that
your main character could have easily overcome their problems
at the beginning of the story, then your climax is likely to
disappoint your readers
The climax is the perfect place to demonstrate how much your character has grown
since the beginning of the story. And to provide a valuable life lesson to your
readers. And there are a number of things your character might learn, such as:
 Discovering what they wanted was bad and now changing their want
 Having to sacrifice something important to them to help/save someone else
 Realizing the consequences of their past behaviour
 It is important to note that the actual climactic scene of your story should feature
your character facing their problems alone. Even if your main character received
help from other characters throughout the story. The climax must have a moment
where only your main character goes ahead and defeats the problem.
 Plan an awesome ending
 Your ending doesn’t need to be very long and drawn out. In fact, it can quickly
end after the climax. But that doesn’t mean that you should rush it off without
considering your readers. There are a number of ways you can end your story,
which include:
 Happy Ending: The conflict ends, and the hero wins and lives happily ever after
with everything they ever wanted.
 Sad Ending: The conflict ends, but there were some difficulties or consequences
because of how this conflict ended.
 Cliff Hanger: The main conflict ends, but the reader does not know what
happened to the main character or another bigger conflict is revealed to the
readers.
 Twist Ending: The most unexpected thing happens at the end, shocking the
reader.
It is important when planning the ending that it clearly shows the end of the main conflict your character was facing
throughout the story. And that this conflict was resolved through your main character’s actions. For example, if your main
character was cursed by an evil witch and now they can’t speak at all. The ending should show that your main character
was able to overcome this curse and live their life happily (if this was a happy ending).

 When planning your ending you might want to play around with different endings to your story to see which one is the
most powerful and exciting for your readers.