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\"Loving<\/a>Let\u2019s\u00a0welcome\u00a0back monthly columnist Kay Keppler<\/a> as she shares with us \u201c6 Elements of Successful Storytelling.\u201d\u00a0Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

A publisher recently sent me a review of a published book that I\u2019d edited for them.<\/strong> The review praised several specifics that I had fought for over two revision cycles. To me, the need for the changes had seemed obvious\u2014but they came as a surprise to the author. In fact, the last several manuscripts I\u2019ve worked on have had significant structural issues\u2014nothing that couldn\u2019t be repaired, but expensive in terms of time and effort, especially since some problems came up early and affected events throughout the book.<\/p>\n

Before you go too far\u2014perhaps before you write one word\u2014think through what your book needs to have. I\u2019m not talking about genre conventions, I mean the structural elements that keep readers turning the page, whatever kind of book you write.<\/p>\n

1. The Right Beginning<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Start your story at the moment of change\u2014or even later. When life shifts, breaks, improves, or alters for your protagonist. In that moment, your protagonist is challenged to respond. And that\u2019s the beginning of the story. Don\u2019t start with context, because nobody cares. Don\u2019t start with a prologue, with backstory, because that\u2019s back<\/em>. Start with now<\/em>. What\u2019s important now?<\/em> Throw your readers into action.<\/p>\n

2. Urgency<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Urgency adds not just drama, but reasons, for the actions your characters take. Why is this story happening now? Your protagonist\u2019s boss has absconded with the secret formula. The virus was set loose over Manhattan. The enemy is on the horizon. When characters face urgent issues, they are tested. And in that testing, character is revealed.<\/p>\n

3. Tension or Conflict<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Whether you write cozy mysteries, Regency romances, or spine-tingling apocalyptic thrillers, readers need to know from page one that the stakes are serious. What does your protagonist want? Make her goal a tough one. What is her motivation? What keeps her from achieving it? Make it real. Make it count. Make the stakes high. Keep the consequences terrible.<\/p>\n

4. Characters with Agency<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I\u2019ve seen it: sometimes characters just sit around and act wise while events happen around them. Or they sit around until somebody calls and invites them to change their lives. Your protagonists should go out and do things, make decisions and act on them, and be the agents of change.<\/p>\n

5. Complexity<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Make your characters work to achieve their goals. Make them struggle. Put obstacles in their way. And when they achieve success\u2014show how reaching that interim goal just made things worse. Put them back into square one.<\/p>\n

6. Complexity again<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Your story isn\u2019t just a sequence of actions. It should also have meaning, a theme, that you can tweak out with metaphors and motifs. Dig deeper. Find the buried subtext and reveal it.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t incorporated these six elements into your book from the beginning, it\u2019s never too late.<\/strong> Write the discovery draft as it comes to you. When it\u2019s time for revising, get off to a good start, and then make sure you\u2019ve written with complexity, urgency, conflict, and agency in mind.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n

KayKeppler<\/a>\"Kay<\/a>\u00a0is an author\u00a0Zero Gravity Outcasts<\/a>, \u00a0Betting on Hope<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas<\/a>, and editor of fiction and nonfiction \u2013Angel\u2019s Kiss<\/a>\u00a0and Outsource It<\/em>! She lives in northern California. Contact her here at Writer\u2019s Fun Zone in the comments below, or at\u00a0kaykeppler@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0to ask questions, suggest topics, or if you prefer, complain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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