How do you write a story? Anyone want to venture a guess? My guess is that you have a theme that should work like a thread that holds the story together. The story should have a beginning, a middle and an end. There should be a main character who has a goal and transformation arc. Seeking the goal should cause the main character to transform. This way, the story won’t fall flat because the main character is changing.
And every story should have an antagonist (in fiction, an antagonist can be a person, object, thing, etc. the fine point of this is that an antagonist is different than a villain. A villain must represent pure evil with no redeeming characteristics. Whereas, an antagonist should have redeeming characteristics). By having an antagonist, or a villain, you should also have the antagonist or villain seeking the same goal as the main character, but for different reasons. This, in turn, then causes conflict. And this, in turn, creates drama. Without drama there is no conflict. Without conflict there is no story. And all of this is applicable to anything one writes including fiction. So, do some reading and check it out. You’ll find this article is right on for you.
