Tutorials
Okay, I've made a few writting tutorials to help new writers. So, all tutorials that I make will be posted here. Please enjoy and listento what they say. I don't make these things for my health!How To Make A Story
1) Character InformationIf you are making a story with OCs (Original Characters) then you should have an information page. The information page should consist of...
Oc's Name:
Nicknames:
Age:
DOB:
Height:
Wight:
Blood Type:
Hair Color:
Hair Length:
Eye Color:
Body Type:
Race: (Human/Demon/Half demon/whatever)
Race Specifics: (cat demon/ 1/2 dog demon 1/2 human/whatever)
Weapons:
Personality:
Clothes:
Other information: (does the oc were glasses? whatever you think is important for the reader to know that hasn't already been said.)
Other Family: (uncle? no other family? What? You can give this out during the story instead of in the information page if you wish.)
Summery of Story: (This is where you tell the readers what your story will be about. You should make this interesting, because this is what is going to make your readers want to read the story)
The information page should ALWAYS be the 1st thing you make when writing a story/fan fictions. Weather you post it or not doesn't matter. It's made not only to introduce the character but to also help you keep the oc in character.
2) What is the plot of the story?
The plot of the story is what the story is about. You can have one (1) plot or multiple plots. It doesn't matter weather you're writing an original story or a fan fiction. One of the most important things when writing a story is the plot. Without a plot there is no story.
When you come up with the plot you should make it interesting but original. Don't let your plot be like everyone else's. No one wants to read that.
3) Questions you should ask yourself before writing a story...
Before you write a story there are a few things you should ask yourself. These questions could change the way you write something or even the main plot.
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Is my character a Mary Sue?
This is one of the most important questions. If your character is a Mary Sue no one will want to read your story. When you make an original character you need to make sure that they are original. Originality is very important when writing a story.
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Is my story original?
Like your character; your story should be original too, even if you are fallowing the original plot. An example of this is...
Say you are writing a Yu Yu Hakusho story. You want to fallow the plot the author of the story created but add a new/original character.
Well, because you added that original character you automatically change the author's plot a bit. You have to make sure that the things that happen to that character are original things that have not happened in other people's stories. I have seen a lot of people who use the same idea over and over again. An example of this is...
The game of Truth and Dare...the original character and the person to whom he/she is suppose to fall in love with are dared to sleep in the same room together for who knows how long.
Using the same idea like that all the time can get rather boring. Because of this no one will want to read it. Yet another story turn off. People like originality. Use your creativity to create an original scene.
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Is my original character in character?
Yes, it is possible for an original character to be out of character. It's as simple as that. If you start the story with the character as a happy go lucky kid with not a care in the world then suddenly in the next chapter you decide to make the character a depressed wishing to die kid who can never do anything right then your original character is out of character. You can't do that. You have to make sure to keep your original character in character. No matter how much you want to you can't just change the character's personality with no reason what so ever.
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Are the author's characters in character?
Like your original character you have to keep the original author's characters in character. An example of this is...
Say you are writing a Yu Yu Hakusho fan fiction. Hiei a cold, calm, strong demon would not say "I love kittens!" with a huge smile and start jumping up and down. Ok?
If he did this, then he would be considered out of character or OOC. So as you can see keeping a character in character is very important. People don't wanna read a story where the characters are out of character. It makes the story less interesting and annoying.
4) Spelling and Grammar
When you write a story spelling and grammar are one of the most important things. People don't want to try and understand what you are saying. If your spelling and grammar is to bad people will leave and go read something else. To help you with this problem I recommend using Microsoft Word but this does not mean that you shouldn't pre-read your work. Oh no, pre-reading your work is very important and should always be done before posting a story. Remember, no one wants to read one giant sentence, so don't forget to use periods and commas.
5) Paragraphs
Separating paragraphs is important too. No one wants to read one really long paragraph. An example of this is...
I had just found Yusuke to tell him about the girl that Koenma wanted him to find. Yusuke was with Kuwabara, I noticed as I ran up to the two of them. "Yusuke! Kuwabara!" I called. The two boys turned around. Kuwabara waved. "Hey Boton!" he said as I came up to them. "Hello Kuwabara." I said. "Yusuke, you have another mission. You need to locate a human girl. Her name is Ree Lynne." I explained. Yusuke and Kuwabara's eyes were wide and their mouths were open. "Ree? Are you sure that's the right name? I mean, it can't be." Kuwabara said. "Yes, of course I'm sure." I explained confused. Kuwabara and Yusuke looked at each other. "Boton, Ree goes to our school. She's just a normal girl. Well, she's a punk and ditches a lot but she wouldn't do anything so bad that Koenma would need to see her." Yusuke explained. "Your wrong, Yusuke, Miss Ree Lynne has gotten quite a name is spirit world. She has been fighting many of the demons that have been roaming this city. Like the two of you she has spirit energy that she can control. She is amazingly strong." I explained. "Not the Ree Lynne we know. Ree can't fight." Yusuke explained. "Here, I have a picture of her." I said pulling out a picture of the girl named Ree Lynne. The girl in the picture had light blue hair and light blue eyes.
Now, wasn't that a bit hard to read? Well, now read this. It is the exact same thing but with paragraphs separated.
I had just found Yusuke to tell him about the girl that Koenma wanted him to find. Yusuke was with Kuwabara, I noticed as I ran up to the two of them.
"Yusuke! Kuwabara!" I called. The two boys turned around. Kuwabara waved.
"Hey Boton!" he said as I came up to them.
"Hello Kuwabara." I said. "Yusuke, you have another mission. You need to locate a human girl. Her name is Ree Lynne." I explained. Yusuke and Kuwabara's eyes were wide and their mouths were open.
"Ree? Are you sure that's the right name? I mean, it can't be." Kuwabara said.
"Yes, of course I'm sure." I explained confused. Kuwabara and Yusuke looked at each other.
"Boton, Ree goes to our school. She's just a normal girl. Well, she's a punk and ditches a lot but she wouldn't do anything so bad that Koenma would need to see her." Yusuke explained.
"Your wrong, Yusuke, Miss Ree Lynne has gotten quite a name is spirit world. She has been fighting many of the demons that have been roaming this city. Like the two of you she has spirit energy that she can control. She is amazingly strong." I explained.
"Not the Ree Lynne we know. Ree can't fight." Yusuke explained.
"Here, I have a picture of her." I said pulling out a picture of the girl named Ree Lynne. The girl in the picture had light blue hair and light blue eyes.
See? Wasn't that easier to read? This is more how people want it to be. It's much easier to read and causes less confusion. If you run all your paragraphs together people will get annoyed or frustrated and not want to read anymore.
6) Descriptions
People don't know what something in your head looks like unless you describe it to them. Describing things is another very import thing when writing a story. If you don't describe things people won't know what it looks like and that's no fun. So you should at least try to describe it. An example of this is...
She wore a black mini skirt with shorts underneath and a black bellybutton top that stopped and the middle of her stomach with a pair of black wooden 4 in high heals. On her left wrist was a black necklace that she had wrapped around her wrist 3 times so that it wouldnt fall off. On her left ankle was another necklace. This one was gold & was wrapped around her ankle 6 times. On her right ankle where two bracelets, both silver. She also had 3 necklaces around her neck.
Now that you've read that what do you think? Was it described enough? Can you picture her? Now read this...
She wore a black mini skirt and a black belly button top with a pair of black high heals. On one of her wrists was a necklace. On one ankle she wore another necklace while on the other she wore 2 bracelets. She also had some necklaces around her neck.
See the difference? Can you see her exactly? Could you point her out in a crowd? Would you recognize her if you had never seen her before in your life? I doubt it.
7) Story Events
All of the events that happen in the story are important. You need to make sure that you remember all of them. You never know when you might need to refer to them in a future part of the story or when a date may come up that has to do with an even that happened earlier in the story. Some of you things won't make sense if you forget things.
8) Completing
When you write a story you have to remember the most important thing. This 1 thing means everything. You must never discontinue a story no matter how much you want too. You don't realize how many fans you loose and how many fans you'll never get. I realize that you may not like the story your writing anymore but you have to think about other people. Your fans come first. You have fans who may like that story that you want to discontinue.
Think about this. When you discontinue a story people might end up thinking 'Oh, well he/she discontinued this story so they might discontinue some of their others'. This will cause you to lose some of your readers. That's just how a lot of people think. Even if you may only have 1 reader for a certain story; it's still 1 reader! And by discontinuing that story you are disappointing that 1 reader. Sure you may be thinking 'Oh well. It's just 1. Who cares?'. Well you want to know what? That one reader is yes, just 1 reader. But it's still 1 reader that you have possibly because of that story. And by discontinuing that story you might be losing that 1 fan. An example of this is...
It's like dropping a penny. You think 'Oh, it's just 1 penny. Who cares?'. Well, each penny you drop & don't pick up they add up. And in the end you're losing money. All those pennies that you dropped & didn't pick up will eventually end up being a dollar. And that will be one dollar you won't have. Get it?
No matter how much you may want to discontinue some of them; it would be cruel to do so, because you should care about all of your readers; even if that means to continue a story or 2 that you don't want to. I really hope that you all are listened to what I'm saying. Take a minute & think about what I said. And I hope that you understand where I'm coming from. I really do.
How to Make a Story Chapter
When making a story chapter there are a few things that are important to have. These things will make your chapter better and more enjoyable for the reader.1) Length of a Chapter
Chapters should be long. No one is interested in reading a chapter with only one paragraph. So make your chapters long. Remember to also make also make the chapter interesting though. I hate to inform you but writing a chapter isn't going to take you 5 minutes to write. A chapter may take hours or maybe even days. You need to take your time and not rush through it and try to get it done quickly. You'll make a lot of mistakes and possibly even ruin the chapter. Don't do that. That'll just ruin all the work you're doing on making the story. You'll quickly loose fans of the story as well.
2) What is a chapter?
A chapter is a complete idea. A chapter should be more then 1000/2000 words. An example of this is...
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3597538/2/Punk_Rock_Princess
http://www.quizilla.com/users/DeadOrAliveWhatNow/quizzes/Chapter%201%20-%20Suprises/
This chapter has 1926 words long. This is about how long a chapter should be.
3) What should a chapter have in it?
A chapter should be a complete idea. An example of this is...
Say the chapter is about a girl named Kay getting ready to go a mission. The entire chapter should be about her getting ready so that in the next chapter you can write about her actually going on the mission.
Of course, you can have more then one idea in a story. You can have multiple ones but the idea should be completed in the chapter.
4) Spelling and Grammar
When you write a story spelling and grammar are one of the most important things. People don't want to try and understand what you are saying. If you're spelling and grammar is too bad people will leave and go read something else. To help you with this problem I recommend using Microsoft Word but this does not mean that you shouldn't pre-read your work. Oh no, pre-reading your work is very important and should always be done before posting a story. Remember, no one wants to read one giant sentence, so don't forget to use periods and commas.
5) Descriptions
People don't know what something in your head looks like unless you describe it to them. Describing things is another very import thing when writing a story. If you don't describe things people won't know what it looks like and that's no fun. So you should at least try to describe it. An example of this is...
She wore a black mini skirt with shorts underneath and a black bellybutton top that stopped and the middle of her stomach with a pair of black wooden 4 in high heals. On her left wrist was a black necklace that she had wrapped around her wrist 3 times so that it wouldnt fall off. On her left ankle was another necklace. This one was gold & was wrapped around her ankle 6 times. On her right ankle where two bracelets, both silver. She also had 3 necklaces around her neck.
Now that you've read that what do you think? Was it described enough? Can you picture her? Now read this...
She wore a black mini skirt and a black belly button top with a pair of black high heals. On one of her wrists was a necklace. On one ankle she wore another necklace while on the other she wore 2 bracelets. She also had some necklaces around her neck.
See the difference? Can you see her exactly? Could you point her out in a crowd? Would you recognize her if you had never seen her before in your life? I doubt it.
6) Paragraphs
Separating paragraphs is important too. No one wants to read one really long paragraph. An example of this is...
I had just found Yusuke to tell him about the girl that Koenma wanted him to find. Yusuke was with Kuwabara, I noticed as I ran up to the two of them. "Yusuke! Kuwabara!" I called. The two boys turned around. Kuwabara waved. "Hey Boton!" he said as I came up to them. "Hello Kuwabara." I said. "Yusuke, you have another mission. You need to locate a human girl. Her name is Ree Lynne." I explained. Yusuke and Kuwabara's eyes were wide and their mouths were open. "Ree? Are you sure that's the right name? I mean, it can't be." Kuwabara said. "Yes, of course I'm sure." I explained confused. Kuwabara and Yusuke looked at each other. "Boton, Ree goes to our school. She's just a normal girl. Well, she's a punk and ditches a lot but she wouldn't do anything so bad that Koenma would need to see her." Yusuke explained. "Your wrong, Yusuke, Miss Ree Lynne has gotten quite a name is spirit world. She has been fighting many of the demons that have been roaming this city. Like the two of you she has spirit energy that she can control. She is amazingly strong." I explained. "Not the Ree Lynne we know. Ree can't fight." Yusuke explained. "Here, I have a picture of her." I said pulling out a picture of the girl named Ree Lynne. The girl in the picture had light blue hair and light blue eyes.
Now, wasn't that a bit hard to read? Well, now read this. It is the exact same thing but with paragraphs separated.
I had just found Yusuke to tell him about the girl that Koenma wanted him to find. Yusuke was with Kuwabara, I noticed as I ran up to the two of them.
"Yusuke! Kuwabara!" I called. The two boys turned around. Kuwabara waved.
"Hey Boton!" he said as I came up to them.
"Hello Kuwabara." I said. "Yusuke, you have another mission. You need to locate a human girl. Her name is Ree Lynne." I explained. Yusuke and Kuwabara's eyes were wide and their mouths were open.
"Ree? Are you sure that's the right name? I mean, it can't be." Kuwabara said.
"Yes, of course I'm sure." I explained confused. Kuwabara and Yusuke looked at each other.
"Boton, Ree goes to our school. She's just a normal girl. Well, she's a punk and ditches a lot but she wouldn't do anything so bad that Koenma would need to see her." Yusuke explained.
"Your wrong, Yusuke, Miss Ree Lynne has gotten quite a name is spirit world. She has been fighting many of the demons that have been roaming this city. Like the two of you she has spirit energy that she can control. She is amazingly strong." I explained.
"Not the Ree Lynne we know. Ree can't fight." Yusuke explained.
"Here, I have a picture of her." I said pulling out a picture of the girl named Ree Lynne. The girl in the picture had light blue hair and light blue eyes.
See? Wasn't that easier to read? This is more how people want it to be. It's much easier to read and causes less confusion. If you run all your paragraphs together people will get annoyed or frustrated and not want to read anymore.