Gondor Creative Writing Guide: Building Blocks of Story

50% of writing a great work of fiction is imagination and 50% is technical skill on how to build a great story, but these skills can be learned. Like all professions, to be the best at what you do, you have to work at it. Many people can tell a story, but if it doesn’t excite and intrigue the readers on the first page they won’t read on.

Once you have an idea, you have to come up with the best way to tell the story. This guide will introduce you to the building blocks of a great story. I encourage you to use your idea to do the exercises that are a part of the lesson. You need to have each one of these building blocks clear in your mind before you start writing.