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Feb 06, 2014 10:29PM
use adjectives. also, you must feel the emotion when you are writing, ore your reader won't. just a tip
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I have some weird tips and tricks that actually help me these last 5 years.
Always make sure these three things checked.
1. Music on
2. Phone off
3. Food available.
When you're in writer's block there are some tricks you can use.
1. Take a shower/bath/anything related to bathroom.
2. If you're typing with computer, open a new document and start doing free writing, just write anything that popped out from your head and DON'T even think about looking at the screen and redoing it. Focus on your mind and your keyboard only.
3. Go laying on the bed, floor, sofa, whatever. The ideas usually comes out eventually.
4. Go outside, take a walk, ride a bike, for me I ride motorcycle.
And here's some tips to write a nice story.
1. Make readers think. The best book is a book that keeps the readers wondering until the very end.
2. Remember, this is not a book for you. You might like the ideas and how you tell your story but you have to think like your readers. You could've build a perfect scene inside your head, but novel readers aren't mind readers.
3. Be spesific. I spend 3 days just to make names for all my characters. Because I want every detail of them to be as real as possible. And never ever put too many characters more than you actually need. You also can't throw everything in the main character's shoulder, that's why we have baddass sidekicks.
Oh I also have some tips to create a main character that is not a Mary-sue/Gary-sue. It's actually pretty simple, know how writers tend to imagine theirshelves as the main character when they write a story? Well, for me, I imagine myself as the sidekick, less important characters, or anything but the main character. When you see a certain person from that point of view, it helps to create more humanity in that person.
Last but not least is never ever be afraid to ask for opinion and con-crit.
Always make sure these three things checked.
1. Music on
2. Phone off
3. Food available.
When you're in writer's block there are some tricks you can use.
1. Take a shower/bath/anything related to bathroom.
2. If you're typing with computer, open a new document and start doing free writing, just write anything that popped out from your head and DON'T even think about looking at the screen and redoing it. Focus on your mind and your keyboard only.
3. Go laying on the bed, floor, sofa, whatever. The ideas usually comes out eventually.
4. Go outside, take a walk, ride a bike, for me I ride motorcycle.
And here's some tips to write a nice story.
1. Make readers think. The best book is a book that keeps the readers wondering until the very end.
2. Remember, this is not a book for you. You might like the ideas and how you tell your story but you have to think like your readers. You could've build a perfect scene inside your head, but novel readers aren't mind readers.
3. Be spesific. I spend 3 days just to make names for all my characters. Because I want every detail of them to be as real as possible. And never ever put too many characters more than you actually need. You also can't throw everything in the main character's shoulder, that's why we have baddass sidekicks.
Oh I also have some tips to create a main character that is not a Mary-sue/Gary-sue. It's actually pretty simple, know how writers tend to imagine theirshelves as the main character when they write a story? Well, for me, I imagine myself as the sidekick, less important characters, or anything but the main character. When you see a certain person from that point of view, it helps to create more humanity in that person.
Last but not least is never ever be afraid to ask for opinion and con-crit.
write for yourself. if you write for other people, it loses its value
Make sure not to be too repetitive with your words. People tend to use the word "I" a lot(If they're writing in first person, that is.) replace those "i's with thoughts and other text, before putting another I in there.
That didn't make sense did it?>.<
That didn't make sense did it?>.<
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D
Um, have fun with it. If you don't enjoy what you are writing, there is no point. Write what you want to write about, whether that be sci-fi, horror or something personal, make sure you want to write about it!
Those are some really good tips!One more tip is to NEVER use 'backspace' while writing. Just write the whole thing down whenever a story or a part of the story comes to your mind. This advice is kind of similar to the first one, but I've noticed people use 'backspace' A Lot. Sometimes the first sentence could be better than the corrected one.
Yep, that's why I called it 'free writing'.
Oh, and if there's anything I've learned from these years, is that... Readers love originality, but they also prefer to read something that familiar to them. It's okay to be a little bit cliché, good writers know how to put their marks.
Oh, and if there's anything I've learned from these years, is that... Readers love originality, but they also prefer to read something that familiar to them. It's okay to be a little bit cliché, good writers know how to put their marks.
Dang, I wrote for other people sometimes. That doesn't really affect the values. Like I said, put your mark on your work.
Rea wrote: "I have some weird tips and tricks that actually help me these last 5 years.Always make sure these three things checked.
1. Music on
2. Phone off
3. Food available.
When you're in writer's block ..."
I am so using these tips!
for Rea- y if those people are important to your life, then of course it doesn't lose its value:)
Haha, sometimes I just write for request randomly. I barely know them.
lol okay. I guess it's different for other people
Yeah, but with more experiences, you can write easily, for any purpose. I learn alot from writing scripts, it really helps.
when I write, I have to have a purpose and it's usually relating to my life or my emotions. and when I write for people I care about, that's focused on emotions, so...yeah that's what I meant
Obviously, writing without emotions is like a bag of potato chips. Full of air, few actual chips.
God, now I want potato chips.
