This is a very helpful framework to use in focusing your novel – when you start one!
by Andrea Lundgren
Okay, perhaps it’s more of a tool than a trick, but journalists have been using the “Who-What-Where-When-Why-and-How” format on hard news pieces for well over a century (to judge by the sort of articles they write, where each of these items are addressed), and I’ve found the six questions are equally useful when writing a novel.
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That “Who, What, Where, When, Why and How” brought back memories from 40+ years ago and journalism classes … that and “the hook” … always grab the reader with a hook.
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For sure, the hook!!
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