Need writing advice.

[A_veil_of_red_ink]

Well, well, well. We meet again.
I'm going to assume you're familiar with the idea of creating fake scenarios—this is how I came up with my story.
At the time, I was reading *Berserk* for the second time and had just watched the *Cyberpunk* anime. I thought it would be interesting to merge the themes of *Berserk* with a noir cyberpunk setting, so I created compelling characters and an intriguing plot.

In the end, I developed a major villain who controls everything, like Attack on Titan's Eren Yeager or Death Note's Light Yagami.
I then wrote an outline and started a zero draft. This was just a high-level overview of the plot, not a detailed plan. That way, I could still explore more ideas, because I had a vague idea of where I was going.

While you can surely make things up. But you still need inspiration for the story and themes you want to explore. It's also important to consider the questions your story poses and the philosophy it revolves around.

I don’t know if this will help you, but this is how I approached it.

 

[OokamiKasumi]

I just started writing my own story a few days ago and something I’ve realized is, I don’t know what the end goal is. Like where do I want the story to end at or where do I want it to go. I have the general idea but again I’m just not for sure. My question to other writers out there is do you make a story with the end goal in mind or as you write it you come up with it? If your answer is the second question how do you figure it out?

This is how I do it:

[Tutorial] How to Make THE END <-- Link​