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Post by Peasant on Jul 31, 2007 16:05:34 GMT -5
Some tips to make your stories even more awesome than they are (some may have been covered in the MM ripoff)
1) Paragraph Breaks--
Remember, instead of indenting (which doesn't work on the boards), put a line in between paragraphs, dialouge, etc. Your story will not only look better and more organized, but it will be easier to read. 2) Punctuation, Spelling, and Grammer--
Alright, this is pretty basic but spelling things correctly, using proper capitalization, and getting punctuation marks in the right spots make stories sooooo much easier to read. It will add credibility to any regular post too.
3) Definitions, clarifications, explinations--
If you refer to a particular creature, event, or place and it isn't a universally recognized (creature, event, place, etc) or you aren't sure if people will understand what it is, go ahead and add a few lines describing it; either outright such as:
A Dragomaglon Wyrm is a florescent red and white scaled flying creature similar to a wyvren or dragon that breathes fire and smells of peppermint.
or subtlely like:
The Dragomaglon's florescent scales reflected the light from the searing flames shooting forth from its mouth. We were surrounded in a thick cloud of black yet somehow minty fresh smoke. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That's all I got so far, please add your own in the same format so we can make this all nice and neat ;]
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Post by Peasant on Aug 1, 2007 10:33:51 GMT -5
4) Dialog--
Make it sound real. If you can, write the dialect with regards to their accent (if anyone's read any Redwall books, look at the moles' speech)
For example, if a character has an english accent, leave off the h's from the beginning of words " 'Ello, well who 'ave we 'ere?"
Some advice I received from Nichtmar: keep it period, watch out for mundane, and modern phrases and such.
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Post by lamp on Aug 1, 2007 10:46:01 GMT -5
5) Omninotapea--
The sound words, like BOOM and Crack & stuff. Use those.
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Post by Peasant on Aug 1, 2007 10:55:28 GMT -5
lightning CRACK, thunder BOOM, pillow? STUFF
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Post by Ematai on Aug 1, 2007 10:58:05 GMT -5
6) Fluff It's bad. Don't use it. Don't know what fluff is?
Fluff- Most people, when they write, go from Subject A to Subject B. When using fluff, you do go to Subject A to Subject B but inbetween is a bunch of useless letters. So it looks like this.
{A}asdfusoiduflsahh{B}
Fluff is just something that people use when they want their posts to be longer. They often repeat stuff said by others and many times do an action over and over again. Need examples?
EX:1
Jake's Post
Jake frowned as he looked at Lily. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. She was just sitting at the table knitting. How dare she continue to do trivial things when their father just died! He growled at her.
"What are you doing? We must go avenge our father! We must fight those bastards who killed him! Pick up your sword! Get your shield! We must leave now to fight!"
Lily's post
Lily hummed to herself as she knitted. Her hands doing the knitting tasks without much thinking. She gasped when her brother, Jake, growled at her, saying "What are you doing? We must go avenge our father! We must fight those bastards who killed him! Pick up your sword! Get your shield! We must leave now to fight!"
Lily continued to knit throughout his ordeal, tears prickling at her eyes making it hard for her to see the knitting. She thought back to earlier times when everyone was happy. She sighed as she knitted and glanced around the room. it was empty now, except for her and her brother. Her hands stopped knitting and looked at her brother.
End EX:1
Not the greatest ex but I think you get it. If you don't and want more info, just pm Ematai/Peasant/Wednesday/Lamp. I'm sure one of us will be able to explain it to you.
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Post by lamp on Aug 1, 2007 11:15:42 GMT -5
Is fluff similar to stuff? If so, I think Peasant gave an accurate representation of it as "Pillow".
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