a writer's journey

FROM IDEA TO THE PAGE

First off story is king. Without it all the great dialogue or interesting characters doesn't mean a thing.

That brings me to the characters. I find like most people I want a hero or heroine. But I want them broken so badly and emotionally that you wouldn't think they would care about anyone else much less rise to the occasion and save the day. Likewise I want the antagonist to be sympathetic there has to be a reason he/she is doing all this. I want the audience to say "Well if I were in their shoes I'd do the same thing, to hell with all of you." On many levels the hero and bad guy must be a lot alike two sides of the same coin. And perhaps the good guy has to do something even more evil to defeat them. 

Then comes your structure. There is the overall theme, the main problem and how the protagonist solves it. First they are in their ideal little world something happens and throws them out of it and they spend the rest of the story trying to get back to that perfect ideal place. What drives this is dialogue which is where the real art comes in and the most difficult. 

In the end it's all about WORK! WORK! WORK!, WRITE!, WRITE!, WRITE!. Keep your behind s in the seat with the computer, pad and paper, typewriter, cell phone whatever and put stuff down. Brainstorm first any random thought can be turned into a twist or part of the story. Even when you go to sleep at night keep a notepad by your night table.

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