Writing Tips!
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Thread Topic: Writing Tips!
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I am an aspiring journalist, and have taken a stepping stone in reaching this aspiration as I am beginning a Media Course later this year.
Along with work of the average journalist - getting coffee, editing, producing - I also hope to be a writer on the side too.
I'm working on a series currently, as well as a children's book, and many others along with new floating ideas. So, with that I'd appreciate some of your tips within in any aspect of writing.
Thanks! -
1.When quickly jotting something down.. use abreviations.
2.Whenever a idea comes to you write it down in a special notebook.
3.When you have writers block...seek inspiration in hobbies and music.
4. Be sure to double check grammar and sentence flow.
5.If you plan on making a series then i suggest cliffhangers at the end so people come back for the next book.
6. Be sure to find a good publishing company.
7. When writing a children's book don't forget good illustarations.
hope this helps!!!! -
The notebook is a good idea. Currently, I'm only using one to construct my plots and chapters, but jotting down spontaneous ideas is...well... a great idea!
And a cliffhanger! I never thought of that! It could work!
And the illustrations, I'll attempt to draw them myself.
Thanks for the advice! -
I'm not sure if you've heard of Kurt Vonnegut, but he wrote a(n awesome) book named "Slaughterhouse Five" which was voted 17th best book of all time.
Anyways, he wrote a short list of ways to write a good story. I'll post them here in a minute. -
1: Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel time was wasted
2: Give the reader atleast one character he or she can root for.
3: Every character should want something, even if it's only a glass of water.
4: Every sentence should do one of two things-- Reveal character or advance the action.
5: Start as close to the end as possible.
6: Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your characters, mame awful things happen to them in order to show what they are made of.
7: Write to please one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, you, in a sense will get pnumonia.
8: Give your reader as much info as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense. Readers should have a complete sense of what is going on. Where and why. They could finish the story themself, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.
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