User:Nightfern/Fanfiction Tips

Hey! I see you've come over here for some tips on writing stories, have you? Well you've come to the right place! Because you are leading the MASTER'S tutorial. Let's get started.

1. Plot
The plot means everything to the story. The word plot means 'the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence'. If you have a bad plot, you're story will be ruined, too. Here are some tips for making a good plot:

1. Think about what you want to write about. Is it romance? Action? Horror? You want to make the genre clear so it doesn't confuse fellow readers.

2. Does it make sense?

3. Don't make a story somebody has used a million times. Then it's cliché. Use your creativity.

2. Vocabulary and Spelling
This is one of the most important parts of the story. To me, anyway. Spelling is very important; spell check your story, and re-read it before you save it.

You know when people speak, right? And you put "these" things? Well "these" quotation marks signify when a person is talking. If you don't use them right, it doesn't look good.

Here are some things I frequently find are abused:

"Nothing, Jack"

Here's the problem: NO PERIOD, NO COMMA, NO NOTHING! That drives me a little crazy. You need to put something there!

Another peeve:

"Hi Mistpaw" she looked down at me and said "Hello Wingkit. Whats the matter? You always seem to be in deep thought" she smiled

OK. No period, and run-on sentences. Also, a lower case on "She" when it should have been uppercase. Look how much better it could be:

"Hi Mistpaw!" she called. Dirtpaw looked up. "Hello Birdkit. What's the matter? You always seem to be in deep thought." She smiled.

Vocabulary Words

Vocab. Using good vocabulary brings out the life in your story. Here are 3 words you can use that bring your story colors.

''Cold- chilly, chill, cool, freezing, icy, snowy, wintry, frosty, frigid, gelid; bitter, biting, raw, bone-chilling, nippy, arctic. ''

Said- speak, utter, voice, pronounce, give voice to, vocalize.

cried- call, shout, exclaim, sing out, yell, shriek, scream, screech, bawl, bellow, roar, vociferate, squeal, 

Organization
Ah, dear organization. Most people skip this lesson, but this makes your story look better and makes it better to read! It's easier, too. Here are some tips:

1. Write your stories in chapters!

2. Split your chapters and stories into paragraphs. Every time someone says something, skip a line. It should look like this:

"Oh, she likes pie."

"I do too." See? It makes it easier to read, and it's the proper form of spacing.