I have a little sister called Bella. She is so, SO cute! Anyway, you may be wondering what on earth my little sister is doing on a blog about… books. Well, I wanted to introduce you to Bella so you can understand a post that will be posted soon. (Hint: It’s in the ‘short stories’ category.) The main thing is that she’s possesive. And I mean, like, push-her-best-friend-off-my-lap possesive. She hugs your knees when you’re going out, and tugs your hand when you’re going back in. She sits on your lap during breakfast and clutches you like a monkey when you want to go to bed. You get the picture….

I think that’s all you need to know. Bye bye.

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying yourselves. Maybe you got lots of cards, chocolates, flowers or teddy bears. But me? In a few hours I’ll be using my Valentine themed bath products.

I haven’t read any exciting new romantic books, so I’ll tell you a few facts instead. Like did you know the name Valentine’s Day comes from saint Valentine? Or that the image of a love heart comes from two human hearts joined together? Or that passion fruit is called that because- “Sunni! Why are you talking about PASSION FRUIT?!” If you listen, I’ll explain. The word passion means strong feeling for something or someone. For example, I have a passion for writing on this lonely little book blog! (By the way, we now have over 3 comments! Yay!) When you eat passion fruit, it makes you feel romantic for a few hours! I actually tried it once, and it worked! Wow!

Warning: This post has nothing to do with my recent books, my stories or writing competitions. If you came looking for some good books to read, look on the ‘recent books’ page.

News! On Dhanial’s Time Machines blog there are lots of posts, but I have written three new posts for him! If you want to do a knowledge quiz or read some new time machines news, there is the place to be! 😉

This post will be set into two parts: Plot and Main Character. You don’t have to read both, but it is advisable.
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Plot
To write a gripping story that makes the reader want to know what happens next, it is advisable to know how it will end. Try to include lots of small, insignificant details that can be turned into a plot twist. For example, early on in the story the main character could pass a farm with 4 chickens in it. At the end the chickens could save your main character from falling to their death. To make it not so obvious what will be mentioned later, make sure it is not the only detail. For example, the main character could also pass a supermarket, a volcano and a church.
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Main Character
Building on your main character’s background is also a good idea. If you give the reader a bit of information about the character and then, later on, another bit of information, the reader will have to string together those bits of information to uncover things they might not know about the main character. This also allows the reader to make theories about what will happen next. If the reader sees through the main character’s eyes during the story, however, you could sometimes make the main character see things that will make them remember something about their past.
You may want to have your main character meet others that can become main characters too. For example, they could save another’s life. The one whose life they have saved would pledge ever-standing gratitude and accompany them on their mission.
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That is all I have to say now. I hope it helps you in some way. Feel free to tell me your way of planning a story in a comment. Goodbye!