Ok so I remember my brother mentioning that we have to write stories in 8th grade and one of my old classmates are crying wtf bitch it's easy. One bitch is being cocky but her writing style is.... Too bland and terrible.
So, me being the hypocrite I am, here are some shitty writing tips :DDDDD
TENSES
- Be very careful about this one. If you use a past tense in the narration, then the entire story's narration must be past tense.
SAYS AND SAID
- foR THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST, DO NOT OVERUSE THESE. THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS YOU CAN USE AS "Stated" "informed" "announced" AND WAY FUCKING MORE--
PROLOUGE
- Yes, I only realized this now. Sometimes, quotes aren't enough. Think of the Prouloge as a trailer to your movie and your book is your movie. No one's going to watch a movie that has a terrible and boring trailer.
OPENINGS
- We don't need to know what you ate for breakfast every damn chapter. Also, I noticed people use song quotes most of the time and I don't know why they do this. Maybe it's to set the mood? In my opinion, I find it annoying but hey, it's your book.
INDICATIONS
- Who's speaking?? Some authors tend to skip indications of who is talking just because they can't think of other speech related verbs. Just google it, Jesus Christ....
LANGUAGE
- If there is cussing, then say so beforehand. Not everyone is fond of foul language. Also, if your book is in the English category and you end up using a foreign word, at least say what it means. Not everyone understands Spanish, French, Italian, etc. unless this is for the sake of the story.
ITS AND IT'S
- Its is not an actual word. It's can be used as a possessive noun and and a shortcut to "it is." Other examples of these kind of shortcuts are....
- he's : he is
- she's : she is
If they were to be used as possessive nouns, it would be like this....
- his
- her
There's so much I want to tackle on but sadly, this is just merely a journal entry and not an actual book for writing tips.
