Fans

You or someone else unexpectedly gains a fan.  What do they do? Is it pleasant or unpleasant for you?  What is the outcome?

Characters

There are two main characters here. Is it really you or are you going to invent a new character? And then there is the fan. You might even think about writing the story from the fan’s point of view.    

Remember to think about what these two characters are like physically, intellectually and emotionally. What are their personalities like? Is there a tension between them? Why is the fan a fan?

Progression of the story

Does the “fan” situation start suddenly or has it been there for a while? What sparks the action? How does it progress? What brings things to a head? Do the two characters reach a point of stasis?  Do they get what they want or what they need, or both?

The setting

How important is the setting? Where does this all take place? Does the setting impact on what can happen? What about any personal circumstances of either character? Do some current general circumstances affect them?

Other characters

Do you need to involve other characters? A mentor or a friend? Interesting minor characters. Remember to give them as much attention as the main characters.

Happy writing  

Someone has stolen Christmas

 

Maybe the lights don’t work. Or perhaps a village has become cut off. A major retail outlet stops functioning.

How do people react?

 

Setting

Think about the place where this happens. Is it a large city, a small town, a big town or a large village? A tiny village or a hamlet?  In an urban conglomeration, in the mountains, in the countryside or by the sea? What sort of people live there? Where do they work?  Why ae people there? If it’s a shopping centre and it really is 6 November perhaps it’s part of the Christmas rush.

 

Precise spot

Is this a general power cut? Are the phones out too? How does this affect the people who live there? How does it become evident that you are cut off? Or if this happens in a huge shopping centre, how do people react? What’s it like when the lights suddenly go out? How do people get out of the building? Can they get home then? Perhaps the barriers on the car park don’t work and the tram is no longer running.

 

Mina players

Whose story are you going to tell?  Does this situation bring out the best or the worst in people? Or both?  Does someone take charge? How do others react to this?

 

Chain of events

What has actually happened? Is this just one of those things or has something sinister occurred?

How does it all resolve? Are people changed by it or do they just carry on from where   they’ve left off?