It doesn't have to be complex, just a way to get your head around the direction of the plot. For example, that classic Hollywood story line: boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back again. (The chase scenes are added later.) It can be tempting to just start writing and try to figure out twists and turns of your plot as you go along. Don't do it! Even a simple outline will help you see the big picture and save you hours of rewriting. Start with a basic arc and expand section by section. Flesh out your story, populating it with at least the main characters, locations, time period, and mood. When you have part of an outline that will take more than a few words to describe, create a sub-outline to break that section into manageable parts. Give each of them a little story of their own, and even if you don't add that info into your story, it will give a sense of how your character might act in a given situation. If you suddenly have a brilliant idea about how to resolve a situation near the end, but you're still on Chapter 1, write it down! Never let an idea go to waste. You're now ready to start your "sloppy copy," otherwise known as your first draft! Using your outline, flesh out the characters and the narrative. Don’t let yourself get bogged down here. It’s not crucial to find exactly the perfect word when you’re drafting. It’s much more important to get all your ideas out so you can tinker with them. Let your story have its say, and you may find yourself heading in unexpected, but very interesting directions. You're still the director, but stay open to inspiration. You’ll find that if you’ve thought sufficiently about who your characters are, what they want, and why they want it, they’ll guide how you write. Don't get caught up in fine tuning things yet, just let the story play out on paper. If you realize 2/3 of the way through the story that a character is really the Ambassador to India, make a note, and finish the story with her as the Ambassador. Don't go back and start re-writing her part till you're done with the first draft. First draft, remember? Now you get to write it from the beginning, this time knowing all the details of your story that will make your characters much more real and believable. Now you know why he's on that airplane, and why she is dressed like a punk. By the time you are done with the second draft, you will have all the information about your story, your characters, the main plot, and the subplots defined. Now that you've finished the second draft, it's time to read it—dispassionately, if possible, so that you can at least try to be objective. Share it with a couple trusted friends whose opinions you respect. Armed with notes from your reading the story, plus notes of your friends or publishers, go through your story one more time, finalizing as you go. Tie up loose ends, resolve conflicts, eliminate any characters that do not add to the story.
विषय चुन कर अपनी कथा का सामान्य प्रारूप बना लीजिये: रूपरेखा लिखिए: अपनी कहानी की रूपरेखा में नए पात्रों को जोड़ने और उन्हें वे जो भी हैं, उसे क्या बनाता है, सम्मिलित करने के लिए कुछ स्थान रखिए: इधर से उधर जाने में हिचकिचाइए मत: प्रथम प्रारूप लिखिए: अपनी कहानी से ही निर्देशित होइए: प्रथम प्रारूप समाप्त करिए: फिर से लिखिए: अंत तक लिख डालिए: अपनी कहानी पढ़िये और बाँटिए: अंतिम प्रारूप लिखिए: