character before you plan on putting in any major event in your story. If you haven't developed your character's personality, how are you supposed to know how they will react to certain events in your story? If you're writing the kind of story that needs a villain, give them a motivation. When you have thought of this, it will be easier to come up with a plot. Put yourself into the characters shoes, what would they say? What would they do or how would they react? Instead of answering like it is you because then that doesn't translate into a very convincing character. Also, when plotting, make sure you pace yourself because if you just have dramatic event after dramatic event it becomes boring and repetitive, you want the reader to be surprised. When adding emotion, you need to show a range of emotions because as human beings our emotions are like roller coasters and we don't feel the same thing for years after years do we? We feel happy sometimes and upset at others, so you have to consider your characters humanity too. Featured Articles Meet a Community Member Meet Pink_Star , a student who joined us in September of 2009 and has been making spectacular edits ever since. Her favorite things to do on wikiHow include re-writing articles that have been nominated for deletion so that they can be kept, expanding stubs , and making bold edits . She loves the community atmosphere and knowing that every contribution