The subject of writing can be understood as the composition or construction drawing, for a story.
That means that you can map out the storyline before writing. Whether it is literary content or another text genre. Authors writing on a daily basis will have a system that helps them in the process of production.
A common mistake is to create too much drama, writing freely, making it up as you go. As a result it can be difficult to keep track of the scope and order in the story.
Beginners in writing have an idea of how to begin, another common mistake is that they have a portrait in their mind of an author waiting for inspiration, only to write in a state of flow when inspiration occur. This is a stereotype.
The first step for any writer is to think through, what is it that I want to say? Who is the reader? What genre fit this story?
A fable have a moral, news can be understood as important information updates e.tc.
The second step is to go through the basic elements in the story; beginning, middle, end. One way to do that is called considering writing, a draft of content written from the mind, that will be processed into order.
Beginners do more tellling than showing. Rather than creating a living enviroment, 3-dimensional charachters by focusing on details to portray feelings, the story instead come across as talky, or messy.
Step three is therefor to do construction work of a place, person and peers. This should match alongside the storyline, a necessity to be able to create dimension. Ability to keep what is known as a the Red-thread, comes from that same construction work.
At the same time, helps the story build up to intrigues and unexpected turns.
Answer the following questions: What, How, When, Why, Where?
For every written text there is always 1-3 drafts before publishing. The better your construction drawing, the better content. Step four is to practise.
Readers want to see the story come to life, as if they where there, on the spot.