Spark to Story: Turn an Idea Into a Page-Turning Concept for Your Novel

Workshop, Week 4. The Premise or Essence of Your Story

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Congratulations on making it to our final week of exercises! You did the heavy lifting in the previous exercises—identifying an intriguing basic idea, creating a character with a burning goal (concept), and introducing conflict with a what-if question. Now comes the final step—crafting a premise for your story that can also be used to pitch or introduce your story.

If you missed the previous lessons, you can find them here: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3.

Your summary for Week 4:

• An essay on the premise of a story, how to craft one, and why it’s helpful.

• An example of crafting a premise using Beverly.

• Your weekly assignment.

• Updated Response Worksheet PDF.