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Sep 20, 2021 · How to Write an Original Story: 5 Writing Clichés to Avoid. Written by MasterClass. Last updated: Sep 20, 2021 • 5 min read. As the saying goes, there is no such thing as an original idea. Every idea is an amalgamation of many old ideas before it.
Apr 21, 2023 · To write an original story, start by putting together an outline you can use to guide your writing, like a synopsis or a chapter-by-chapter description. Then, write your first draft by focusing on just the main plot and primary characters with the goal of getting all the way through the story.
Original Stories. Many of our kids’ stories are exclusive to Storynory. We have stories about frogs, princesses, pirates, witches, birds, dogs, and people.
In the first half of the 19th century, a young boy named Carlo Lorenzini, originally from Florence, spent stretches of his childhood living here with relatives, and later, when he became a writer,...
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I used to think every story is original. Every story ever told, I thought, must be completely and utterly different. Nothing must repeat, nothing must be the same as anything else. And if I wrote anything that resembled something anyone else has written in history, then I must be an unoriginal hack who will never make it as an author. But, as it tu...
There are a number of studies on plot types and many people differ on exactly how to categorize plot. However, one thing remains the same—experienced writers recognize that the majority of stories fall into a small handful of types. Rather than go into detailed examples in this article (you can find more of those here), I want to point out some eas...
You may now ask, “How do I distinguish myself if every story out there has been told a hundred different times?” Is it even worth writing your story if everyone else out there has already told it? Yes! Everyone else has told this story, but youhaven’t. How you tell this story will be different from everyone else, see? The world needs the version yo...
Don’t confuse “original” with good. And even more so, don’t confuse “unoriginal” with bad. You do not have to be original to be unique. There is someone out there waiting to hear your version of an age-old story, that only you can tell. It’s important to recognize that formulas work for a reason and once you learn them, you can use them in a way th...
The Little Mermaid. by Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Mermaid (1837) is one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales. It is about a mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and immortality in exchange for a human soul. We feature it in our Fairy Tales Guide.
2. Combine the familiar to make something original; 3. Know the 7 basic story plots and avoid their most unoriginal tendencies; 4. Vary a familiar plot with unexpected subplots; 5. Be guided by original novels within your genre; 6. Thwart the reader’s expectations and preconceptions; 7. Don’t try too hard – ‘unlikely’ is not a synonym ...
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