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How to go about writing a story - I

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So you are all set to write a story. But a question pops up in your mind- where do I start from? If such is the case, you may find the following things useful. The Three Divisions: One of the basic moves will be to divide your story into portions. There may be as many portions as you like; I personally like them to be a minimum of three. They are: Setup, Confrontation, and Resolution. Let's discuss them one by one. Setup:  In the setup, we provide the introduction. We must provide the introduction to our world where the story is set, our characters, and their relationship. You may also provide details like weather, economic conditions, political conditions, and other such things. You can approach it on two ways: Author explanation: Here the author explains the surroundings. Below is an example:      " In those times when the world was colonized, there was a small island off the coast of Peru, where the warm Peru current always kept the climate humid. In this hot la