NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: REMEMBERING THE 5 Ts – Blog # 7.
As I plan for the writing of my next book – my New Paris Book – I am reminded of the 5 Ts – the five tips to help the story flow: timeline, turning point, tension, temptation, and teachable.
Timeline: A timeline has a beginning, middle, and end. Or more simply; a timeline has a before and an after – the status quo and then the new order – or chaos before order. A timeline also has a problem, an action, and a result.
Turning point: A turning point is the point of realization, decision, and change. A turning point is the key moment in the timeline.
Tension: Tension is created in a story with the use of anxious moments and conflict – external and internal. Tension begins with the moment of maximum anxiety or conflict and continues with activities towards its solution or resolution.
Temptation: Temptation is the action on the verge of taking the easy way out or doing the right thing; being influenced by others or remaining with integrity; turning towards the immoral, unethical, criminal, or unacceptable or not.
Teachable: The story should be thought-provoking, or provocative, or provide a teachable moment or two. Did the hero learn anything while resolving the situation and is this thought-provoking for readers? Would the reader do the same thing or something completely different?
Again, more to think about as I plot my course of action.
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