Drawing can count as writing in your rough draft.

So you finally got your ideas together and now what.  Well now you’re ready for your first draft.  Here are some tips for writing rough drafts:

Ideas are still developing  

At this point anything goes.  If you need to draw a picture to help develop the story then do it.

Spelling doesn’t count yet. 

If you stop to worry about how to spell every word you’ll choke the creative process and lose your ideas.  An example of this is as follows: 

Idea:  The dragon picked up the magical sword and slayed the evil princess. 

Spelling worry:  How do I spell dragon? 

Idea gone:  What was I writing about?

So it’s okay to have spelling errors here don’t worry you’ll get a chance to fix them in the editing process.

Beginning Middle and End

Make sure your story has a good beginning, middle and end when writing your rough draft.  Not sure how to do it don’t be afraid to pick up a book and see how another author did it.  Here is an example with the book The Three Billy Goats Gruff. 

Hero’s and Villains

While every story does not need have a hero and villain like in the comic books.  It does need a protagonist and antagonist. Protagonist is the main character or “hero” in a story who is trying to reach some sort of goal or goals.  The Antagonist   is the “Character or thing”  That causes problems for our “hero”  because they either have goals that conflicts with the hero’s goals or they get in the way of the hero's goals.

Antagonist can be nature itself.  For example if a Volcano is threatening to destroy the hero’s village the antagonist can be the volcano itself.

Sometimes a hero’s Villain can be something like a disability or problem they have to overcome.  For example you could have a story about a soldier who lost his legs in a war who now has to learn to live life without his legs.

Setting

Creating an interesting setting for your story can be a very powerful tool indeed.  Here the thing about setting.  Make sure you do your research on where you set your story.  For example if you set it in the Civil War make sure you know something about the Civil War.  If you set it in France make sure you know something about France.