Sunday, November 23, 2014

Trigger events



People rarely make great changes in their lives unless triggered by some event. It can be happy such as getting married or the birth of a child. It can be a sad or hurtful event such as the death of someone close to you or having a serious accident. Think of events that have triggered changes in your life. Without that event occurring, would you have made those changes?

The same is true of characters in a novel. Events in their lives trigger changes which in the case of a novel drives the storyline. Think of your favorite novel and think of how the storyline was driven by changes.

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