story planning.

now i am just being ludicrous and breaking 100 posts. this is totes ridonkulous, i'd like my life back please.
anyways, this is totally copying julia and posting my short story research online so that y'alls can get a sneak peek at what it's going to be about. hopefully, we don't go over my story last 'cuz then that's a Huge Responsibility that i probably cannot live up to. le sigh.

so, my story involves the court system. i have no knowledge of the court system. these notes are a courtesy of austin and julia. thanks a ton guys!

• there's a court case. it is a civil case. meaning that there is a plaintiff, a defendant, attorneys for both, bailiff, and judge. 
• dialogue i shall not post here, because it would take too many lines. but thank you so much austin for all of that!
• the lawyers are (sometimes?) introduced to the jury. this is when the two characters (kayla and mira, you shall both be familiar with them. they are verse-y.) have their less-than-joyful reunion party. without the party. 
• recess is the part of the trial where the judge announces that people are taking a break! like afternoon break, or breaking for lunch, or overnight. my title is a play on this word, and kayla knows the general plot already.

edit: this is also being posted on the separate page that my story will be on as soon as it is finished slash after my workshop day. slash whenever.

planning.

so it really seems to me that every time i try and plan something, it fails epicly. all in terms of writing, of course.

for instance, my original short story was going to be based off of roflpets and a prank. i made a story map out of it, but then i tried to write the actual thing. that didn't go so well. i found myself just writing to get from point a to point b, and not really showing everything that unfolded. everything just happened, and i didn't do the story justice by just telling about everything. so, maybe with short stories, you don't really need planning--you just need the premise, what happens in general, and all of that. then, just write, write, write, write your heart out. choose the right words (pun intended) so that everything happens as you picture it--you don't want some part of your world not functioning just because you didn't choose the right word.