Writing Tips: Need to Write More Words to Meet that Word Count
Sometimes you need to write more to get to the essence of the story. Sometimes you need to write more to reach your word count everyday. Sometimes you just need to fluff your story ‘til you figure out where your story is going. (Don’t worry… When you get to the first edit, you will be able to remove the fluff.
Ways to increase your word count:
- Give your character a dream that will lead to a way of thinking.
- Have your Character talk about a past occurrence.
- Show the scene in an interesting, thought provoking manner. Take more time to paint a picture for your reader. Let them see what you see.
- Give your character a hiatus… a time for learning. Describe the struggles that he/she goes through to better himself/herself.
- Send them on a side journey that leads to a item or an informational nugget that will be necessary to solve the problem at the end of the story.
There are a number of bad ways to add to your word count. Most of them will have to be removed on your edits:
- Change all contractions to their corresponding two words – Can’t = Can Not
- Give your characters three or four names that you state every time you mention them.
- Adjectives, Adjectives Adjectives.
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If you have other ideas on how to find story ideas, write a comment. I would love to hear how you are inspired.
