What makes a great story

[lillilah]

I've had such a great time working on what I want to think about as I write this long serial story. How do you keep a super long story going? In soap operas, they have characters come and go, so it isn't like one character has to have the most dramatic life ever, constantly full of so much excitement that it can forever keep an audiences attention. I think you probably also need to have seeded the story with some interesting background for the characters. You might want to have some ongoing themes to tie all these different elements together. Plot twists? Probably those too. I'm trying to get a good foundation for the story. It has been really fun to think about.