1 .First off, choose a topic! If you are writing about Animal JAm, Study up on the Alphas and read stories from this blog and Snowyclaw's! They will surely inspire you!
2. Relax! If you are writing tense, then your story may not turn out well! Listen to some music and hang with your buddies a bit!
3. Think about your charectors! Dress your avatar like them and act like them to get a good grip on their feelings!
4. Use vivid words! Instead of using "Said", use the words,
accused corrected marveled screamed
added coughed mimicked shot
addressed cried moaned shouted
admitted croaked mumbled shrieked
advised crowed murmered shrilled
agreed mused sighed
announced dared muttered smiled
answered decided smirked
approved declared nagged snapped
argued demanded nodded snarled
asked denied noted sneered
assured described sneezed
doubted objected snickered
babbled drawled observed sniffed
barked echoed offered sniffled
bawled ended ordered snorted
beamed exclaimed sobbed
began explained piped spoke
begged pleaded sputtered
bellowed finished pondered squeaked
bet fretted praised stammered
bleated prayed started
blurted gasped promised stated
boasted gibed proposed stormed
boomed giggled protested stuttered
bragged greeted put in suggested
broke in groaned puzzled surmised
bubbled growled
bugged grumbled quavered taunted
guessed queried teased
called gulped questioned tempted
cautioned gurgled quipped tested
chatted quoted theorized
chattered hinted thought
cheered hissed ranted told
chided hypothesized reasoned
chimed in reassured urged
choked imitated recalled
chortled implied reckoned vowed
chorused informed remarked
chuckled inquired remembered wailed
clucked insisted reminded warned
coaxed interjected repeated went on
commanded interrupted replied wept
commented requested whimpered
comlained jeered responded whined
concluded jested retorted whispered
confessed joked roared wondered
confided worried
congratulated laughed sang
continued lied sassed yawned
convinced lisped scolded yelled
Here are Amy's tips!
1. Design your characters, especially for Mechas. Try using manga styles to get their expressions out right, and be sure to draw them in various poses. If they have multiple forms, sketch those out too. Also, writing a description for them and basically making them a profile helps, too. I have a collection of those in my room.
2. Introduce your character seamlessly into the story, like say, an introduction story or even a saga devoted to introducing them. Putting them in roughly doesn't help the story at all.
3. Read, read read! Study up on Jamaasian Lore, read STH Comics, read Rick Riordan's/ J.K Rowling's books and get ideas. Also, its OKAY to make characters based on someone else, in fact all of the Jamaasian Heroes are based off of real Jammers.
4. Play/watch fanfics and see how they add depth to official characters and add in their own. For a game with so many mysteries, you will need to study up on fanfics to properly fix Jamaa.
5. Study all documents on the Alphas, study their appearances and represented animal. This will help you assign them jobs. Don't be afraid to do something outlandish, like LaSalle being a robot!
6. Listen to music before/during writing. For a sad story, try sad instrumentals or a sad hard rock/ heavy metal song like "Hopeless". Songs with lyrics are good for the BEGINNING of a story idea, but I recommend just instrumentals during it. Sonic The Hedgehog theme songs are good for ideas, listen to some and you may find a new idea in unexpected places.
7. Don't be afraid to make your story gory! In fact, most of the time moderately gory stories are the best. Just don't overdo it, that makes a boring story. Also, MINOR cuss words are OKAY, but nothing like "fuck" or "asshole" because it tarnishes the story.
8. Express your character's emotions! Make them wail in pain, dance in joy, pace around, or scream in anger. Remember, you are a WRITER, not a sympathetic person to FICTITIOUS characters. Try not to use cliches too much, though, Be creative!
9. Know your bounds. Writing long stories are good, but don't write so much you get tired and so make a boring ending to a good plot. I have fallen in this trap before, so if you feel tired, exercise or do something else for a while until you want to do it again.
10. Use good grammar. People stray away from stories that use bad grammar, and that isn't good. Do spelling and grammar checks!
11. Let people criticize your stories. Nothing is as bad as writing a horrible, horrible story! Be patient and practice often.
12. Roleplay! Believe it or not, roleplaying actually helps writing because you are going by rules and writing replies to other characters actions. It also helps on getting to know how to seamlessly fit new into old and moving the characters around their world.
13. Practice, practice practice! Read the dictionary and thesaurus for new words, and use them to make vivid stories! That is the best of all things, the gift of writing.
14. Allow good character development. Give all main characters at least ONE saga devoted to them, harm them, give them backstory, and show interactions with others such as love, rivalry, and hatred. It makes for a better story and balances what characters are in the spotlight.
15. Don't overload your reader with information. Introduce them speech on a new line instead of putting it in a blurb. Also, introduce new characters and allow good development, and don't use too many or a character's death seems like a tactical boost rather than a sad event. Also, use memorable events and names so that they don't get confused, which is a shortfalling many fantasy stories fall into.
16. Take your time. Take your time to make an event more emotional and memorable, or it won't be very good. Mourning also adds depth to a character's death, even if they didn't really die.
17. If a character is REALLY popular, even if you're going to get hated, make something bad happen to him/her. It adds depth and moves people, and it makes an interesting story, In fact, that is the reason why I roboticized Snowyclaw in my stories.
18. Add depth to the antagonist. Don't fall into the shortfalling of early stories like superheroes and Greek/ Roman myths, because those make the antagonists look like they're idiots. I mean, how on earth do you take over the world when nobody even rules it? Make them have a personal motive, like Apophis wants to swim freely once more, so they seem more sinister, or have them have a sad backstory to back up that they confided in darkness and now want to destroy the world. Having them also have a big ego won't hurt, either., although it makes them look like idiots that forgot that good usually triumphs evil. Of course, you don't HAVE to, but these are my suggestions. Amy Jiao, signing out.
BONUS TIP:: Observe your surroundings! Admire art, sleep, play video games, play Animal Jam, eat, read, listen to music, anything that inspires you! Don't be afraid to base characters and stories off real life, in fact, when you're famous people want to know things, so make those things vivid and interesting and shocking! In fact, I like writing, so I would be elated to write essays! Simply take things from real life and convert them, writers are OBSERVERS. We can change people's outlooks on life with powerful words. Use that power wisely.
Happy b-day ibp! I won't be able to comment much today, kinda busy >.<, but I hope you do have a great birthday!
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