How do i make my story flow better?

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1) Keep notes. Ideas that float around in the ether are always more confusing. Once you actually start writing them down, they become much clearer.

2) Try to separate your ideas into separate subplots in your mind and in your notes. They'll probably overlap and connect in the actual story, but you should be able to pull out, say, a romantic subplot and look at all of its plot points individually. Once the individual plot threads are clear, you can overlap them.

3) Most writers know that a story as a whole has a beginning, middle, and end, but what's less commonly noted is that this pattern persists in individual parts of a story, too. For example, a particular scene has a beginning, middle, and end. So can chapters, or entire sections of a story.

As an example, let's look at Star Wars: A New Hope. You can divide the plot into different sections. Typically, each section has a dramatic end point that changes the direction of the plot. Note, however, that this isn't an exact science! Its a way of thinking about storytelling. One could divide these sections a little differently and that would be just as valid.

Here's an example of what I might consider a section:

Droid Problems

B: Luke's uncle acquires C-3P0 and R2-D2

M: Luke discovers the message from Leia addressed to Obi-Wan. He asks his uncle about Kenobi, but doesn't get any useful responses. R2-D2 slips away to deliver the message, and Luke is attacked by sandpeople when trying to find him. Obi-Wan swoops in to the rescue.

E: Obi-Wan listens to the message, explains the threat of the Empire and the history of the Jedi. He asks Luke to go with him to Alderaan and train to become a Jedi.

We have the beginning, development, and resolution of the mystery of the droids. sure, the resolution provides more problems, but that's what typically happens throughout a story until the actual ending.

You can also have a larger section.

Setting the Stage

B: Beginning of the movie.

M: Introduction of all major characters. Threat of the Empire is presented, and Luke decides to embark on the quest Obi-Wan presents. They manage to get Han Solo and his Millenium Falcon to agree to take them to Alderaan.

E: The group narrowly escapes from Tatooine.

This section contains the previous, smaller section. It also ends on a more significant plot point: the heroes are officially setting off on their quest, and the nature of the conflict has changed.

So, for some step by step techniques....

1) Divide your story up into plot threads, if your story is complex enough to have multiple ones going on.

2) For each thread, figure out multiple turning points to separate the story into sections. Big, dramatic changes that significantly alter the course of the story. I like to have an inciting incident at the beginning and a climax at the end, plus three more turning points between them. That's four sections, with a bit at the very beginning and end added for set-up and resolution.

3) Pick a section, and come up with some more minor turning points. Now you'll have subsections, in the same way Droid Problems is a subsection of Setting the Stage in my example.

4) From here, you can break the story down into specific scenes.

Hope that's useful.

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This is a very interesting question. I believe you are talking about pacing. Now if you aren't interested in drawing up an outline - where you deliver an overview of major plot points and things you want to pass onto the reader- then there are a few tricks you can employ. 1. Cut back any unnecessary prose. Your story will read quicker if your text is mean and lean. One - dialogue tags are a common sin. If there is a discussion between two people - you only need one, perhaps two dialogue tags, then just let the rest flow. Next is descriptions. Have you got anything like: 'It was very cold?' - Well, you don't need the word 'very' - the only time you should use it is in dialogue. There are others you can cut -I'd suggest searching for anything you think is overdone. After that check you aren't repeating yourself - i.e saying something - then re-wording it to 'clarify' your point. Also cut out adverbs - those words ending in 'ly' - they are horrible and add an unnecessary syllable, which also slows down the prose. 2. Focus - You will have a point you want to make with any given instance. In puppeteering there is a great skill called Focus - what a puppet looks at must be relevant. The same goes with your characters and whatever it is you are saying. In essence that means keep your readers focused on what it is that you want them to be looking at. - The rest - the filler stuff - does not need to be there and should be cut. i.e You could describe a tree beautifully and we could all applaud your skill - but unless it is crucial to the story - then I am not interested and neither will the reader. 3. Micro conflict and tension. Writing untill you get to the juicy part can get boring and slow the pace of a read. Your reader should be hooked throughout, so introduce micro-conflict - either between characters or in a given situation. In characters this could be as simple as two differing opinions - starting with low level tension like who wants to use the hairbrush. Perhaps this leads to something else, maybe even and argument you want them to have. Think about what kind of tensions there are in any day to day situation and try to translate this to your text if you feel it is pertinent. You will find that this will significantly improve the pace at which your story reads, i.e your story flow. 4. For changing from one scene to another: End on a hook and begin with one. Do something different and mix it up. Play with the reader's mind and have fun. But remember to keep it relevant to the story you want to tell. There is so much more, but that should give you some ideas. For what its worth...

Eh, I don't really know what you mean by interrupting the reading. But flow is usually helped by having multiple view points (switching from one character to another.) Or if there is a lull in what's happening, like if the character is asleep or something, then ya know, go onto a different chapter or whatever. Have someone read over what you've written, a friend or someone you trust their opinion and see what they have to say. But I wouldn't go with the idea Gumption Brash suggested, there was a book my class had to read one year, I never knew who was talking in the book because it wasn't clarified. They would break in with an action and nobody in the class could tell who was picking back up talking. Some description is needed. You can have to much, but you can also have to little. It's all about balance. Have fun with it. Plotting the key points does make the writing process easier sometimes... But if you're into your writing and getting ideas, ideas, ideas, you may want the facts you lay out to be able to be randomly placed because you get to where you lose track sometimes, yea? ^.^ Good Luck with it!

What you can try is, write down all the ideas you have for each chapter separately - use a new page for every chapter, whether you're writing in a book or on MS word, then try to weave each chapter individually. Once you're done with the chapters individually, the try reading the whole manuscript and edit wherever you think is necessary.

PS - if you're stuck on a particular chapter, let it be for a while - work on your next chapter and then try coming back to the previous chapter or If you're stuck on the first half of the chapter and know what you want in the second half - start writing that half, just be sure to make a marking or a footnote before you start the next part.

Story Flow

If you want to have good flow in your story writing then you should try to imagine that particular story line in your mind also while writing. It will surely help you to make your writing flow better.