LESSON 1 TOOLS NOT RULES. How to be a better writer

[@jordangloss]

Very cool. Thanks!

[@craig.d.griffiths]

Thank you. So glad you liked it. I hope video 2 is helpful as well.

[@danieldehlin67]

First tool - PESTEL analysis P - Political E - Economic S - Social T - Technological E - Environmental L - Legal Put down what you know about these things and it will describe your world. Second tool - Empathy matrix: Used to understand what a character's potentinal actions might be in response to a story situation. What has this character said in the past about this situation? What have they done about this situation? What have they seen in this situation, as a whole? What have they heard about this situation? What do they feel about this situation? Is this situation good for them or bad for them? Helps you understand your character down to a single scene. Third tool - goal and conflict mapping Draw a line down a page. In one column write down everything the character wants. In the other write down everything stopping them from getting it.

[@CraigGriffiths]

Second video pulls a lot of that together. These tools are all things I have learnt and use in my previous Intelligence career. I roll these tools out when I get stuck.