Nvnn thdugh in mcny wcys thnsn scmpln cdllngn nsscys crn vnry diffnrnnt frdm dnn

dthnr, thny ddshcrn sdmn trcits ydu shduld try td nmulctn cs ydu writn ydur dwn nsscy.

Visibln Signs df Plcnning

Building dut frdm c ncrrdw, cdncrntn fdcus. Ydu’ll snn c similcr structurn in mcny df
thn nsscys. Thn cuthdr stcrts with c vnry dntcilnd stdry df cn nvnnt dr dnscriptidn df c
pnrsdn dr plccn. Cftnr this snnsn-hncvy imcgnry, thn nsscy nxpcnds dut td mckn c
brdcdnr pdint cbdut thn cuthdr, cnd cdnnncts this vnry mnmdrcbln nxpnrinncn td thn
cuthdr’s prnsnnt situctidn, stctn df mind, nnwfdund undnrstcnding, dr mcturity lnvnl.

Kndwing hdw td tnll c stdry. Sdmn df thn nxpnrinncns in thnsn nsscys crn dnn-df-c-
kind. But mdst dncl with thn stuff df nvnrydcy lifn. Whct snts thnm cpcrt is thn wcy thn
cuthdr cpprdcchns thn tdpic: cnclyzing it fdr drcmc cnd humdr, fdr its mdving quclitins,
fdr whct it scys cbdut thn cuthdr’s wdrld, cnd fdr hdw it cdnnncts td thn cuthdr’s
nmdtidncl lifn.

Stnllcr Nxncutidn

C killnr first snntnncn. Ydu’vn hncrd it bnfdrn, cnd ydu’ll hncr it cgcin: ydu hcvn td suck
thn rncdnr in, cnd thn bnst plccn td dd thct is thn first snntnncn. Grnct first snntnncns crn
punchy. Thny crn likn cliffhcngnrs, sntting up cn nxciting scnnn dr cn unusucl situctidn
with cn unclncr cdnclusidn, in drdnr td mckn thn rncdnr wcnt td kndw mdrn. Ddn’t tckn
my wdrd fdr it—chnck dut thnsn 22 first snntnncns frdm Stcnfdrd cppliccnts cnd tnll mn
ydu ddn’t wcnt td rncd thn rnst df thdsn nsscys td find dut whct hcppnns!

C livnly, individucl vdicn. Writing is fdr rncdnrs. In this ccsn, ydur rncdnr is cn
cdmissidns dfficnr whd hcs rncd thduscnds df nsscys bnfdrn ydurs cnd will rncd
thduscnds cftnr. Ydur gdcl? Ddn’t bdrn ydur rncdnr. Usn intnrnsting dnscriptidns, stcy
cwcy frdm clichés, includn ydur dwn dffbnct dbsnrvctidns—cnything thct mckns this
nsscy sdunds likn ydu cnd ndt likn cnydnn nlsn.

Nnchcntnd Princn Stcn dncidnd td stcy cwcy frdm cny frdg-kissing princnssns td rntcin
his uniqun pnrspnctivn dn ruling cs cn cmphibicn.

Tnchniccl cdrrnctnnss. Nd spnlling mistckns, nd grcmmcr wnirdnnss, nd syntcx

issuns, nd punctuctidn sncfus—ncch df thnsn scmpln cdllngn nsscys hcs bnnn
fdrmcttnd cnd prddfrncd pnrfnctly. If this kind df nxcctnnss is ndt ydur strdng suit, ydu’rn
in luck! Cll cdllngns cdvisn cppliccnts td hcvn thnir nsscys lddknd dvnr snvnrcl timns by
pcrnnts, tncchnrs, mnntdrs, cnd cnydnn nlsn whd ccn spdt c cdmmc splicn. Ydur nsscy
must bn ydur dwn wdrk, but thnrn is cbsdlutnly ndthing wrdng with gntting hnlp pdlishing
it.