The core of good storywriting

Draw out your magnifiers for the fine details on this one folks. This reaches into the meat of writing any novel. Adaptation approaches are given from multiple angles from the three little pigs to War and Peace

First we start with the basics of a traditional novelist story Problem- Resolution. Usually we have an ordinary everyday thread. Then the inevitable change. The traditional approach is we have the protagonist with an ordinary everyday life.

Two main branches then occur with undetermined probability.

1. The introduction of a theme or quest like looking for treasure with the antagonist appearing down the thread in the process or

2. The antagonist bursting into the scene and removing some loved friend or treasure from the protagonist's life. This then firing them up to continue with the plot.

If you look at the first diagram you can see that beginning and closure are very simple. The work comes in the middle. The middle will really determine the worth of a story. It should have twists and turns, rolls and ups & downs that will take the reader everywhere

In a novel it leads the reader to a happy ending in which the effort is proved worthwhile. In copy writing, it is the process of making the satisfactory acceptance of a product or service jell in the reader or customer's mind. If you care to Read Michael Masterson's Architecture of Persuasion for a good example.

https://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Persuasion-Write-Well-Constructed-Letters/dp/B002WQ5BDQ

Three is a basic number for writers and novelists. You find it in technical papers - the rule of three. It can also be found in fictional literature - The three little pigs and nursery stories in which temperature and composition is explored with Goldilocks and the three bears. Each a different size and growth level to lend variety.

A final note. At the mega level trilogies sell! The Lord of the Rings and the older Perelandra series are classic examples of renowned trilogies I have one e-book in the works and have others in mind. What are your plans to expand your story and writing power?