Intro and formatting

Ad nauseam

Since on my first blog post about writing got so many comments about “how I didn’t go into depth enough” here’s the Ad naus level guide.

Since I am starting a new longer series and need to do pre production before I start it I am going to walk you through how I approach the “pre production process” because this may help writers trying to really find, organize, and potentially fix their ideas.

Okay first thing first you are going to need a place to store notes. Some people use notebooks or apps. My preferred system is an app called Notion, because I can use it on my phone and it has good color coordination features.

The first step before anything else for me is coming up with a title after that I create the document with the title then I add the following main sections

Identity

Main Characters

Side characters

World building

After that I break down  each main section into subsections you can rename them to taste but it should kinda look something like this.

Identity should have

Spark

Tone

Theme

Motif

Genre

Main characters should  have

Protagonist(s)

Antagonist(s)

Side characters should have

Allies

Obstacles

Diplomats

World building should have

Objects of interest

Intricacies of the present

World’s past

World’s role

Unique twist

The order doesn’t matter for the sub sections and can be reorganized to tase however you need the main sections because they kind of build on top of each other.