So you have been working on making a character (that you designed last week) run or walk in place. Next it is time for you to figure out what is happening to your character. This is the time when you decide why your character is running/walking. If ideas are not coming easily, I find that it can help to think first of what kind of environment your character is in. Is it a forest? Mountains? The beach? If you can figure out where your character is, then you will probably be able to figure out the rest of the story pretty quickly. Just think about what could happen to your character in that place – what would they naturally be doing there? Once you have that idea down, you will be able to think of a story pretty easily, I hope.
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