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Originally Posted by gmw
I don't know if it was your paraphrasing, or the way it was put in the book, but "If your story idea doesn't have all 3 then it's not a complete premise" strongly suggests that with all 3 it is a complete premise. (Hmm... there's that word again, I just can't make it sit right in my head ... but I can sort of see the author's problem, they don't want to claim they mean "story" or even "plot" since then the shortcomings of the advice would become just too obvious.)
By now you know what I'm like, I see these overly simplistic theories and go a little over the top. I find them quite irritating. I hope the book is based on more than that single premise (and this time the word fits).
Ah, yes. Getting more adult now.  |
What I meant was that you ned characters, a goal and a conflict as the very least on which to build a story idea. The premise is just the 1st step in the development. Just like you need wheels, a motive force and a means of steering in order to have a land vehicle that will go somewhere. lol. Of course you also need such things as breaks, windshield wipers and a speedometer but without the 1st three the other things are without use.