12 PRE-WRITE QUESTIONS

TO ANSWER BEFORE WRITING YOUR BOOK

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 AUDIENCE
Who is my audience?

Why will they read my story?

What will they love about my story?

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 MAIN CHARACTER AND ANTAGONIST
Who is my main character?

Who is the heart of my story?

Which character will my story focus on?

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 What is my main character’s strength?

What is his/her weakness or flaw?

What does my main character need or desire?

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 Who will oppose my main character?

Who will keep my main character from achieving his/her goal or desire?

What does the main character stand to lose if he/she fails to achieve his/her
goal and desire?

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 What does he/she stand to gain if he/she succeeds?

What is the worst thing that can happen to my main character?

What is my main character’s starting point? Where does his/her journey

begin?

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 What is the inciting incident that sets my main character on a new path?

What background information about my main character is absolutely

essential for my reader to know in the opening of the story?

Where is the story heading? Where will it end?

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 TWISTS AND SURPRISES
How can I surprise the reader?

What will my reader expect?

How can I offer my reader the unexpected?

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