Mar 8 • Writing Craft→ Tips & More
The two main ways of writing a story (I believe)
- Tunnelboring: You got a start, or an idea, so you start writing in your script editor. You start out, and see where the story goes. Pros: Very intuitive; Quick story development Cons: Almost no worldbuiling, inconsistency often shows up later; If your idea morphes, your story might no longer be that fitting to your new idea
- Iceberg Strategy: You start at the very core if your world. Where does it play, how does the world look, who inhabits it? Then you might get an idea for tension. Maybe the camp dragonspell doesn’t like the castle of crocodiles? So you slowly build your world, but write the story at last. Pros: Writing in the end should not be too hard, since you know exactly what is going to happen; No inconsistency if you did the worldbuilding right; You already like the story the way it is (if you didn’t, you would’ve quit already) Cons: You only start writing your story at the very end; Later discovering an inconsistency can be really frustrating; You must be pretty creative to fill an empty world and explain it
So, what way are you more on?
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The two main ways of writing a story (I believe)
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