User blog comment:Trogdor7620/In Dire Need Of Help/@comment-13488655-20131216074719

Well, I've read a few story guides before. I'll try to help.

A story has a beginning, a middle (This is normally where the characters face conflict), a climax (a grant battle of some sort) and a end.

To demonstrate, remember the 'black' trailer.

The Beginning: Blake and Adam were waiting in a forest. He called her because it was time for them to execute their mission.

The middle: They lept onto a train and destroyed the security robots. Adam then prepared to set the charges.

The climax: The battle with the spider droid. (Remember, the hero should take a damage from a enemy. If he or she goes through all of his or her battles unharmed, it isn't very interesting.)

The end: A saddened Blake cuts off part of the train leaving Adam behind.

An important rule to remember is: Never reveal what's going to happen at the beginning of the story.

Just don't. It's like telling a audience everything that's going to happen before they see it. Think about the beginning of RWBY. The only thing we were told about was Grimm and the dust. And there was a hint that things in the world of RWBY were going to take a turn for the worst.

Another thing I once told a fan fic writer was to give the audience a summed up version of what has been happening in the story. In many films and books they always give a small explanation of what has been going on.

You could try to introduce your characters stories before they entered Beacon. How they react in different classes, what they do in their spare time. Thinks like that can be interesting.

Hope this small guild helps.