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If its going to be an UL or HG at night, better start with "Once upon a
Time" as its going to be a fairytale<:-))
--
Think of it as telling a story to some friends.
Think about how youd start off telling them.

Now, some schools dont like conversational writing, but that is the way
fiction is done. Back when I was in College they made me take English 111
and 112 as they didnt like my writing style (conversational), but my
publisher did. <:-))

Do well in school.
I quit work, went to College, picked up my BS in CS, with art and math
minors, did a bit of Graduate school, went to work and retired 7 years
later. Of course I had 26 years in when I went back to college.

Out of all the cross posting I will see only alt.aviation.fun. I do not
subscribe to any of the others.

Roger Halstead (K8RI) www.RogerHalstead.com
N833R Worlds Oldest Debonair? s# CD-2

"Lou Hinshaw" wrote in message
news:3a5aa50b.73942677@news.pipeline.com...
> Keith Wood wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Betty Tindle wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, I am nervous about it, period! It is my first writing class and
the story
> >> is not due until the end of the semester. I have never written
anything before
> >> so this is a first for me. (Have only written "papers" for class,
nothing in
> >> fiction, ever). Im still trying to figure out how to start the dang
thing. :(
> >>
> >> Betty
> >
> >"It was a dark and stormy night . . ."
> >
> >Now, you gotta figure out why ANYONE would fly a UL or PG on a dark and
> >stormy night. ;)
> >
> >For a hint, I often start a story by boilerplating the core concept, the
> >one that got me thinking about a new story, then I figure out how I got
> >there, then after that I read up to that point and figure out where its
> >going from there.
> >
> >You have the idea of someone being intentionally killed by faulty
> >hardware -- rather than wait until you have the technical knowledge,
> >write the boilerplate STORY, then fill in the blanks when you have had a
> >chance to check things out.
> >
> >Remember, the story is NEVER about hardware, its always about
> >CHARACTERS. Develop them, and even poor tech subplots will work
> >themselves out, but the best tech sub will NEVER save a story from
> >crummy characterization.
>
> right on.
>
> The moon, the life experiences and in some cases the weather of
> a story can give as much to the behavior of a character as the
> technical parts. Soncider Sci fi, where the tech parts have to be
> made up.
>
> But they still must fit internally so she is still right in her desire to
> know the tech parts. She may not use them in the story, but they
> may have a profound bearing on the development of the tale.
>
> Course, she needs to learn all she in going to in time to write the
> story for her class.
>
> If you guys are sending her samples of aviation hardware, maybe
> I should talk a trade with her for a ghost-written tech frame for
> her personalities to develop in and she send me a ton of metal.
> (:-))
>
> "The learned Fool writes his nonsense in better language,
> but tis still nonsense."
> B.Franklin Poor Richard Improved (1754)
>
> Lou H.
> Semi-Learned, and very foolish,
> Prolific inventor, now on VP prop
> and cheap jet for GA
> Lousy Salesman,
> Incompetent businessman.
> (Typical of the Breed)
> Looking for both around
> Tulsa OK, USA
> (need working partner)

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