Writing fiction can be fun too!

 Writing fiction is something that all of us have trouble with
at one time or another. The thought of coming up with a story
which didn’t even happy can sometimes even result in shock.

The best way is to approach this the same way as you would a
non-fiction story. First, you want to brainstorm. You don’t have
to do this all at once, you might want to do your daily chores
or watch some television… This always helps with the
brainstorming. The ideas will come quickly so you might want to
take a pencil and paper with you so you don’t forget it.

Next, choose which idea you think is best not which is easiest.
You want this story to be exciting and thrilling with lots of
events.

After you have chosen which idea you want to use, begin creating
your characters. Write out the main characters of your story
with short descriptions of each. Describe what their
personalities are like and what they look like as well. This
will later prove to be very helpful in the story making process.
You don’t have to give “concrete” names to any of the characters
as of yet. That can come later; this is just to give a hint at
what your limitations will be for each character.

Now that you have done this, write out the setting of where the
story will begin and perhaps where it will end. Again, this
gives you a better understanding of what the character can and
can not do. You don’t want to go too far off course and end up
doing something completely different than what you were first
expecting.

The last step is what you have been waiting for, writing the
story. Now that you have a main idea of what your story and
characters will do you may begin. While you are writing you may
change your characters a bit, but don’t go too far out of place
or it may change the entire story. If you come up with an idea
of what you want to happen later on, be sure to write it down.

The best thing about writing fiction is that we don’t have
limitations on what can happen. We are our characters. If we
want them to be a cowboy in the Midwest we can. If we want them
to be a pro basketball player on hemorrhoids we can. This is
what makes writing so great. We create our own world through our
words… Isn’t it wonderful?