Scratch

So here are a couple of rules that you should try to follow when you're writing to make your writing even better 

Correct spelling is essentail
Don't use, unnecessary commas
About them sentence fragments
Avoid cliches like the plague
Don't use no double negatives


ok those were essentially jokes but still follow them
also i can't write anything that isn't fiction that doesn't suck

so uh

PLOT

Ok so if you want to write something good then you have to make sure you have a good plot
this is by far the hardest part!
so you think and you think
not just what you want your story to be about
but you plan the entire story through
sometimes it helps if you write it down unless you wnat to commit it to memory
then you go back
and see if you can make the plot any better
and
avoid cliche like MAD here
if it's been in other books people don't usually want to read about it
for example uh
a brave adventurer goes on a journey to rescue the lost princess
mega cliche!
but uh say
a young girl is trapped in an underground city, and the secrets of the city unravel as she travels to get out, and she finds a secret that could save her own world

that's ok
but then you have to add more
so add characters
fully plan it out
and then you're about done in that respect
I'd like to add that uh apperently many authors don't plan out their stories so uh whatever works best for you

ok so i wrote something with a couple of characters and i had no idea what i was going to do with them but then it came out alright
wrote it a lot faster


POST MODERNISM

this is a kind of neat little trick that i started using a while ago and i find it really works
you've probably seen it in a movie

so what you do is you start in the middle of a scene, instead of the beginning
so like instead of;
"elise got out of bed early this morning, for her mother was tired and she would have to make breakfast for the family"
you would go
"Her hand shook under the weight of the pan as she prepared eggs that morning. "

only that kind of sucks so don't write it like that but you see what i mean, right?

EDITING
IS A VERY VERY BAD IDEA

Actually, no it's not
be sure to edit your work!
but when you're writing a rough draft do NOT edit
it will take too much time and you'll never get anything done

I personally am really bad at this myself but it's still a good rule to follow!

MY BIGGEST RULE EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER
DO NOT:
write too much
just because a book is long doesn't mean it's great
it just means the author put a lot of time into it
and don't just state things either
IMPLY them
so instead of
"The car slammed through the solid glass building and hit a tree"
you could say
"Glass sprinkled to the floor as the vehicle swerved into the tree on the other side of the building"
ok that's a bad example but hopefully you see what i mean

"Good writers imply, good readers infer"

if there's something i forgot which there probably was i'll add it later

Last edited by bananaman114 (2012-02-09 15:45:07)