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  • 2. Developing Wisps into Story Ideas

    Once you have a significant list of wisps, you need to work on turning them into story ideas.ย  This is still not a full plot.ย  It is, instead, perhaps a one-sentence description of what the story is about. Basically, a story needs a captivating but flawed protagonist who is thrust into having an objective or…

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  • 1. Finding Wisps of Ideas for Your Novel

    One way to find plot ideas is to look for precursors of them, for wisps of ideas.ย  These are items that you find interesting in some way.ย  If you find them interesting, a reader may as well.ย  You are looking for items that intrigue or interest you, that provoke you, that upset you or that…

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