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For a really easy way to at least plot out your first story read about the Hero's Journey here. This page has a basic story outline that has shown up time and again in the folk tales of numerous cultures world-wide.

Go through each of the stages of the journey and try to think of your fictional world's equivalent of that stage. It's okay if the minor events don't have an equivalent. Also find a place in this narrative for all of the cool things you want to happen in the story.

Go through your fictional world and decide what the limitations the characters face. It's not much of a story if every obstacle can be wished away.

Get into each character's head and establish what they know, what they believe, and what they want. Make sure that each choice they make jibes with this.

Once these things are done, it's time to knuckle down and write.

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