How to write a good story - Aparna Lall

To earn a living, she sold toddy, worked on others’ fields, did manual labour, and gathered firewood from the forest.” CONTEXT THE BACK STORY CHARACTER | CONTEXT | CONFLICT | CHANGE | COLOUR BEFORE The right amount of relevant detail ● Her level of education ● Her family background ● The family’s various sources of income ● How hard they work to earn this income ● Challenges they face CHARACTER |. [...] I had given him 2 years of time before bringing back my daughter home.” CONFLICT THE STRUGGLE CHARACTER | CONTEXT | CONFLICT | CHANGE | COLOUR THE STRUGGLE ● The struggle is the story. [...] CHARACTER | CONTEXT | CONFLICT | CHANGE | COLOUR THE STRUGGLE Budhinath and his father would travel 100 km to Giridih to source seed cocoons. [...] CHARACTER | CONTEXT | CONFLICT | CHANGE | COLOUR CHANGE HAS MANY DIMENSIONS Badki then built a total of four rooms in her house for her three sons and herself, and tiled the roof. [...] CHARACTER | CONTEXT | CONFLICT | CHANGE | COLOUR ● INDIVIDUAL: mindset, behaviour, personality, gender roles ● FAMILY: quality of life, livelihoods, education, health, savings, assets, roles within family, role in community ● COMMUNITY: attitudes, shifts in social, cultural and economic practices COLOUR CHARACTER | CONTEXT | CONFLICT | CHANGE | COLOUR ● Details that bring a story to life ● Help a.