It doesn't matter what kind of tips they are. I just love to help people out. I'm that kind of person. Occasionally the tips I give aren't actually what are needed, but I tried, which is the main thing I suppose.
I was reading Derek Landy's blog, and I noticed his writing tips, which reminded me of the post I made a while ago with my own tips, which you can find here: My Top Writing Tips! (please forgive how shallow it is, I was only 13 when I put it together).
If you want some better (and highly amusing) tips on how to write a good book, Derek Landy's three posts are very good: How to write books Good part 1 part 2 part 3
Anyway, how about I post some more tips?
- Good Story Plot
A good story plot is the start of a good story. Everyoneshouldknows that.
What I do is I write a short summary of the story, then a full out summary, and then I start writing out chapter summary’s. I find that to be quite useful, compared to what I did when I was younger; I'd just have a vague idea of what would happen, start writing and then the story would fall apart because it became ridiculously out of control.
- Good Character
If there's one thing that's important, it's having an engaging character. The more realistic the character, the more your readers can connect to the story. And in order for that to happen, you need to know your character.
What I do to really get a feel for my character(s) is to write up a Character Profile Sheet. Generally I'll make up the sections in a Profile Sheet, but if I'm not in the mood I'll just go onto the web instead and find one to use. (I'll post up my copy sometime soon) - Details
Details are the most important thing in your story. It's what fleshes it out, makes it devour-able. Generally I've found that there's no such thing as too much detail, but that might be because I don't tend to put too much detail into my writing, but there is such thing as not enough detail. I've seen that in quite a lot of books.
I agree about the detail thing.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, I do personally think there is a such thing as too much detail.
In regards to the type of writing I've seen, I think you can't have enough detail. It's a matter of if you have waay to much detail, then you can edit it out, but it's harder to put detail in if you don't have enough. :)
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