Tip #6 Flow

This week we will be discussing how to properly get your story to flow naturally and effectively. Flow can make or break a story depending how you implement it. A well flowing story can draw in the readers and keep them reading for long periods of time, engrossing them in the world. This can only be done if your story is structured and explained effectively. It is incredibly important to keep your readers well informed, and to avoid any jumps in logic or unexplained events from happening. If this happens then the flow of the story will be completely thrown off and the reader will be questioning the story repeatedly, causing them to not be as engrossed in the story. If the reader is confused, then the quality of the story will suffer as a result. In order to have the story flow nicely you must do as follows. First, make sure everything in the story makes sense. If you don’t explain enough then the story will weaken to the point where the readers suspension of disbelief will be completely shattered. If the readers suspension of disbelief is destroyed, then they will begin to complain about the fantasy elements of the story. Even if it is realistic fiction suspension of disbelief is important. Suspension of disbelief is basically what lets your reader enjoy settings that don’t really exist or understand ideas that don’t make sense in reality. If it is broken, then that will cause the flow of your story to completely fall apart, and when the flow falls apart the story really slows down and becomes jumpy. This will lead to the story being incredibly hard to understand or follow. Bad flow can completely kill a story before it even begins. That is all for this week’s post. I hope you found this informative!