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Originally posted by MrGaryy
Make character profiles. Just a page with every single little thing you know about each of your characters. I've written a few short stories and am currently working on a novel, it;s very helpful.

Also other little planning techniques like mapping out your story in terms of where things take place and in what order.

Yes; give your characters detailed histories. You don't necessarily have to use every single detail you make up for your character, but you have to really create the character and almost be able to imagine they are a real person that you know very well, that's often a good tactic for writing a good story; it means you can write with more passion from that character's perspective. Obviously only do this for your main characters; if you have lots and lots of characters, try to have at least one or two facts for the smaller roles, just so you're not attaching names to ideas and inserting them into the story.

I like the sound of this story you're writing Fom, good luck!