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"What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing…”  - Aristotle

Fleshing out

After you encapsulated the story, identify the main event of the story. These are the bones that propped up the body. Without them the story will slump. Then you give each bone some flesh by expounding each event.

You don’t have to memorize the whole story; at this point all you want is to get the drift of the story. With this fleshing out technique you develop mastery of the story without much effort. With several trials you will know it by heart.

Guide questions for fleshing out technique:

1.     What are the major events of the story?

2.     What are the contributions of each major event to the story’s ending?

3.     Are those contributions in accord with the purpose of the story?

4.     How will you elaborate that event to achieve its intended contributions?

The guide questions will help you sculpt your story and make it very effective. Unnecessary details can be rid of and important details will be emphasized. Practice using this guide, and learn them by heart. Aside from being a guide it helps you understand your material.

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