Note: I am a novice level writer. Everything I say should be taken with a grain of salt or disregarded as I bumble my way around.
I would like to think we all started as readers and then felt the desire to write our own characters, worlds, or continuations (the birth of fanficiton?).
In school, we were taught a few basics:
Everything has a beginning, middle, and end.
A story generally has 3 Acts in structure.
Make sure your thesis statement in those essays have t