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For any of you up and coming writers...don't know if you'd care or not, but here are some of MY-as in my personal- tips and... preferences I guess... They are not required (some might be), they are not neccessary, and they might not be needed, but consider them.
~Use PROPER SPELLING!! Like ei and ie; their, they're, there; where, we're; piece, peace; so on. It's kinda confusing if you use the wrong one and if you spell it wrong (sometimes I think it's a completely different word!)
~Use the same TENSES! Most people use past tense (i.e. did instead of do; went instead of go, said instead of say, you get the picture.)
~Put apostrophes in the RIGHT place! Theyre = they're, were = we're, etc
~Narrate the story from both first person and third person. Try them both (but not in the same story!). See what works. For me it doesn't really matter. I can do both, but I like "playing god" ;).
~Try to be semi-DESCRIPTIVE. I know I can't read through a story without any clue as to what the character or their surroundings look like. But don't put so much that I'm drowning in adjectives.
~Don't overuse the character's name/ 'I' (whichever applies to your kind of narrating). It gets kinda old. Oh, Jenny did this. Jenny thought this. Blah, blah, blah.
~Try and be DIFFERENT. Try and write about normal things... and try to write about some unique situations (there was one story about multiple personality disorder. It was SO good b/c it was SO different)
~Don't be afraid to do something imaginative...something unreal. Like witches and magic and stuff. That stuff is cool cuz then you can't really EXPECT something.
~Have ACTION. Shouldn't there be somethin' goin' on?
~Don't go with other stories' description of the guys. I mean, Joey/AJ isn't ALWAYS that flirtatious, woman minded person. From what he [Joey] said at Snowed In ("I gave her roses every hour for her birthday"), you gotta at least get the small impression that he can be sweet. Or Chris...he can't be hyper and crazy ALL the time. Or JC...he can't be so *innocent* and *gentlemanly* all the time (he he...think of that move in BBB *whistles*) Don't tell me that that boy doesn't have those *thoughts*. : ) Same for Lance/Brian. And Justin...well I don't have much to say about him except for: he can't always be that perfect!
~Don't be afraid to swear cuz y'all KNOW THEY do. Who could go through life without saying "DAMN!" once or twice? (Look at a poster of JC or Nick)
~Do a little foreshadowing. I'm not EXACTLY sure of how you do this...but I guess it's like giving the readers a CLUE on the next chapter or something...I think I do that.
~Make sure the character doesn't think what he doesn't know. Like you can't say "little did I know..." and stuff like that."
~Put QUOTATION marks in the CORRECT spots. My friend and I were exchanging stories (she wrote one for me and I wrote one for her which turned out to be TOYS) and I had no clue as to who was speaking or what was said cuz there were NO quotations.
~Which also brings up, PUT COMMAS WHERE THEY BELONG! I hate this cuz a lot of people do it...
"If you put the shaving cream in the shampoo bottle, it'll be too noticeable." Chris said.
ERR. If you're still gonna say who said it, PUT THE COMMA BEFORE THE QUOTATION MARK!
~Make sure the words and phrases they are saying are REALISTIC. You can't have them saying, "I do not believe we can continue this realtionship..." That's just kinda goofy. Here'a better sentence: "I don't think we can make this relationship work." Ok not the BEST sentence, but a whole lot better than the last one. Maybe this will help you:
Joey: "Justin what are you saying? I do not understand what you are attempting to say."
Justin: "I am just simply trying to get your opinion on whether we should go to the club or just eat dinner here."
You KNOW Justin does NOT talk like that. Change it to something like:
Joey: "Justin what're you talkin' about? I don't get what you're sayin."
Justin: "I jus' wanted to know if you thought we should go clubbin' or just chill here and eat."
Clear? K good.
-;- Annoying Plotlines -;-
~The usual, girl meets guy fall in love thing. Although TPOMINH IS that plotline, I added stuff to it. And Consequences, but hey I started out as a teenie.
~Five girls meet BSB/NSync and they get with the one they want. SO overdone. I can't even stand to SEE those, ok?
~When the GIRL has the bad past- what about the guy? Are we trying to emphasize the weakness of girls? I have one story like that, but it was based on A Child Called It.
~People DO go to the bathroom!
~Vampires are sooo overdone
-;- Try these -;-
~Sci Fi Stuff (I LOVE those)
~Fantasy
~Alternate Reality (when NSync/BSB aren't NSync and BSB)
~A story with both NSync and BSB in it
~Something people would never expect; or start with a normal plot and then twist the ending (see Beneath the Surface)