TGRF's Fan Fiction Chronicles - Entry 34
When I wrote my last entry, I was having some trouble with stakes. After conversations with fellow writers Bigga and TAF, and several looks back at my own writing resources, I came to a few
conclusions, which I think have solved my stakes problem. Hopefully permanently.
And that means we're clear to get back to fan fiction.
Unfortunately, the stakes issue demanded a look back at the internal structure of the fan fiction I've been working on. And, as seems to be the recurring case, I found something was wrong.
Part of the core of a story which I base everything off of is the story type. I use four main story types, and each dictates where the story begins and ends, and what the primary goal is (in very general terms). There's nothing wrong with the story types. I just... used the wrong one.
What can happen during development is that I'll start with an idea of how the story will...