How-to Write More In-Depth Stories

Don’t Write A Scene Without A Point

After you’ve written a scene, ask yourself: what did the reader learn here? If your answer definitely moves along your plot-line and keeps your readers interested, then keep it.

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If not, remove it. There is no reason for your manuscript to contain any scene without a point. If it doesn’t describe anything useful, it’s not useful to the plot-line or the reader. Your story may begin to feel too dragged out. You don’t ever want to “beat around the bush” with your main plot-line. Get right to it.

Before writing the scene, always try to tackle scene-writing by first having a general idea of the message you want the scene to include.

Try Writing A Double Climax (Or More!)

Briefly, a story’s linear structure is the beginning, character’s “trial and error” period, climax, resolution of the problem, and then the end. The climax is the part of the story just before the resolution of the problem. It is the highest point of tension in the story. This is where the “big event” of your plot-line will be.

Traditionally, a story’s linear structure has one climax and then it ends. Overtime this linear structure became very flexible and now no longer stays in this order. Today we commonly add multiple climaxes and resolutions.

Experiment with your story’s plot-line structure. Add two climaxes. Add a minor climax for a subplot. Offer no resolution. Offer a climatic end. Experiment with the plot structure! Entrance and excite the reader.

Use Your Words

Adjectives are great ways to enhance your writing quickly and easily. Using too many adjectives can cause you to use too many words and sound wordy. You don’t want empty descriptions either. Sometimes using too many “pretty” words can render your message unimportant.

You want to properly write out what is needed to be read by the reader in order for them to understand the message you want conveyed, nothing less and nothing more.

Quickly enhance your writing with …

  • Adjectives
  • Synonyms
  • Avoid Wordiness
  • Avoid Overusing Punctuation Marks

I believe that as long as they are used efficiently, they can be used. Inexperienced writers tend to use adverbs that end in –ly or –ed as their descriptive power. A few examples would be words like softly, quietly, slowly, fearfully, whispered, or hurried to describe things. But these are all common adverbs that don’t make your writing stand out.

Instead you can be more descriptive. Use situational keys to find description ideas. Where is your character? If your character is afraid of spiders, don’t tell your reader they felt horribly afraid. Tell them the way their body seized, and the way their breathing increased. “He whispered softly,” doesn’t sound as nice as “his lips breathed out inaudible words.” Again, this depends on your writing style and what you’re writing about.

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