User blog comment:PyroGothNerd/Writing a story/@comment-24399271-20140128232500/@comment-1988716-20140128235707

FELT LIKE JUMPING IN TO CLARIFY SOME THINGS BECAUSE WOW THESE RULES WERE NOT WORDED THE BEST WAY THEY COULD HAVE BEEN

1: Refers to how to craft a character with goals and ambitions. Basically means "Your character's ambitions are probably beyond that of what they currently have, so keep that in mind." It helps to keep characters rounded (and grounded!).

2: You don't have to care to keep the audience in mind. Plus, the question of "What do you like to read?" tends to give different answers to "What do you like to write?" ..though ultimately I'll agree there's something about this rule that seems weird.

3: It's referring more to a writing adage that isn't seen much in the blogosphere: You do most of your writing in your later drafts. The first draft is just there to get the story out, then you go over it again and actually write it. Again, this isn't seen or done much in the blogosphere since blogs tend to be our first and only drafts.

4: This tip was worded badly. I'm 99% sure it meant "Stories are fundamentally rooted in cause and effect. Something happens that causes something else, which causes another thing. But this other thing happens over here that causes something else, which leads back into the first something and affects that!"