Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-26447851-20160828065326/@comment-26447851-20160902005241

For example, to start, is there a certain way professional authors write their stories?, is there a script to follow where i keep the ideas but fill out the details in between, or do i just wing it  What is too cliche of a way for him to be introduced into the story, what is the line between a mary stu and the original character. Should this be a short scary story that somehow makes people have empathy for him, or a slightly long book where his past is revealed overtime giving him personality? Things like that