Imagine that you are planning an event. It can be for someone you know or for yourself. You pick the details. Now, create an invitation to your party. Answer the following questions:
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
What should attendees bring?
With these questions answered, you have a plot to a story. You can now let the event unfold.
After you have written your story, review it with the following question in mind:
What does the reader need to bring?
Specific knowledge of ant colonies? Previous experience with Mars research or NASA builds? Understanding of dyes and how they are made?
The idea here is to discover whether your story is accessible to your reader. Often, when we write we travel deep into our own minds. What comes out lacks the context our imagination or memories provide. Asking your story what the reader needs to bring to it in order to fully engage is a great way to reexamine your narrative for the purpose of editing.
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