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ok so i started writing a story and my friend read it and she thinks its pretty good (shes written some stories too) !.!. the one i wrote had to do with a teens romance basically !.!. but i want to write another one about a girl who goes to a school to protect people from vampires and she has to choose between her friend or the vampire she falls in love with!. so what are some good tips that i would need to make this a really good story, and what can some of the dialogue be about
also in my other story i wrote it in first person and i wanted to do the same for this one too, but it seems like i used the word i too much, is that ok or what other words can i use!. also how do i make it more descriptive too because in my first story it didnt seem like there was that much detail
so can you just give me some writing tips please !.!. thanks Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Well instead of saying "i" so much then try to start the sentences with a verb!. Like "Thinking about it it seemed very dark in there!. It never occurred to me that there would be a vampire there!. Am I dreaming!?"
It seems like a good idea for a story!.
And as for details you should try to put yourself in her shoes!. I would say something like "the love of my life is as strange as could be white as snow but inside dark as the night!. I love him so much but who to chose!. The love of my life or my dearest friend in the world!? I must make a choice and make it now! what should I do someone tell me somehow!."
So what do you think!? Www@QuestionHome@Com

First choose a central character whose actions and personality are important to the meaning and plot, or message, to the story!.
next, remember that romance is

Deceptive
Passionate
Instant
innocent/naive
jealous
EXTREMELY PRIVATE

and that between to lovers, its not worth being alive without each other!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Is that twighlight!? I suggest adding the following characters!. A knife weilding maniac in a santa clause suit, a deaf dumb and blind kid that plays pin ball, and magical goat that is the anti-christ!. I'd read that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Trash that entire idea and write something that isn't a direct thievery of SMeyer's plagiarism!. No one wants to hear any more teenage vampire lust stories!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

"writing tips for a story"
Don't be redundant!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Wow, a teenage girl who goes to school and falls in love with a vampire!. Where have I heard that before!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

One tip is don't always say "then he did this,"
"THEN she said that" The word then shouldn't be used a lot! Www@QuestionHome@Com

u can watch many movies and read alot of books to give u an imagination for wrtitngWww@QuestionHome@Com

i write stories too

it seems like your copying twilightWww@QuestionHome@Com

Please do not whine it will ruin everything!. and three word: rewrite; rewrite; rewrite!

if you want your story to be good you have to experiment with different sentance trasistions and choose the one YOU think is the best!. But make sure your done with the story first before you go back to everything or you'll never get it done!. I would say you should rewrite it about four times' that how many time i rewrite and story!.

also that idea sounds alot like Twilgiht so you should tweak it up alil the whole falling in love with a vampire thing but it is not my place to tell you what to do!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Let us first tackle the "I" problem!. If you started with a first person, then the reader will be stuck with that idea for the rest of the book unless you let them know that the "point of view" has changed!.

Example:

1!. I am a newspaper writer before but now I am not!. I chose to quit because I am clashing with the editor always!. I don't know why!. Personally, I think they have a problem with me!.

Rewrite that sentence!

I am a newspaper writer before, but now, I am not!. Always clashing with the editors and sensing the feeling that I am not wanted forced me to quit!.

Though I wouldn't call what I have written a masterpiece, I think then second one sounds a lot better!.
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Now, lets tackle about how to make the story better!. Vampire and Humans are quite a cliche in stories!. But, nothing anymore can be called original!. So what do we writers do!? We dd something else so that when the readers read our words, they will feel that something is different!. Don't be too predictable!. And don't make your character a "perfect human being"!.

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Description!.!.!.!. just imagine the scene in your head!. Then put it in words!.

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One last tip!. If you are going to get your book reviewed, a friends opinion is appreciated, but it is not the best opinion you are going to get! Get someone else who you think is far more capable such as your english teacher!
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