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| Subject: 6 Recipes for a story  Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:55 pm | |
| So I put this together to help some people improve their writing. Not anyone specific just in general. ^^
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- Recipe 1:
Recipe 1; A Plot -
Make a plot first. Don't go making a story without knowing what to do next. Do a nice and rough storyboard about what is happening in the story.
What's in a plot?:
- An introduction. Introduce you're characters and write what the setting is like. Use the five senses to make it better; Who, what, where, when, why?
- A rising action. Don't just skip to the problem! Go slowly and make some clues for the problem as you go through the story. Just like a stream going through to get to the ocean.
- A climax. This is a must in story writing. Readers will want some action and suspense or it'll get boring and they'll just drop the book. Make the most exciting event you cant think of, something that the viewers would like.
- Falling action. This takes part right after the climax. The falling action is the part where the problem is getting fixed, like when a spy just found the right way to make the bomb not blow up.
- Conclusion. And finally the conclusion, where the problem is officially fixed and the story is ending. Stories can end in any way, some are sad, some they lived happily ever after, or the problem isn't actually fixed yet until the next book!
- Recipe 2:
Recipe 2; Characterization -
Now here we are, the second recipe which is about characters. Here are some things you might want to include in a character:
- Flaws and weaknesses. This is a highly suggested thing for your character. Have you seen a perfect person? Well if you have they probably had some medical thing to fix their appearance or just act. If there are no flaws in a person life would be boring and if it's not in a story there'll be no problem at all!
- Talents and hobbies. What does your character like to do? Does he/she/it have any talents? Each person at least likes to do one thing in their life.
- Appearance. This would be shown somewhere in the introduction. What does your character look like? Is it a she or a he? What is he/she/it? A robot, a human, an elf, or some type of angel?
- Indirect and Direct. When you're in your introduction some people might not even know what this is. Indirect is when you introduce the character's personalities just like that, without any hints... Direct is when you introduce the character the opposite way. You tell them what to do and those are hints of their personalities. An indirect example is like this; Bob was really spoiled. Direct is like this; Bob had the new iPhone 5, the latest PS console, and a lot of flat screen televisions that are HD and 3D. But he didn't touch anything, he was whining that he didn't get a new iPad Mini.
- Personality. What is your character like? Is it nice and friendly? Or mean and arrogant?
- Biography. Did your character face any tough problems like loosing a dear family member? Or we're they sent to a music studio at the age of five?
- Recipe 3:
Recipe 3; Dialogue -
No one wants to keep hearing this over and over again: Bob said goodbye to his mom and walked outside to the bus. Or. Bob said his greetings to his aunt and sat down in a table.
Well... Dialogue is very good in a story. It will tell what people says specifically and how they said it. Commas are used for dialogue, it symbols that someone is talking and saying something.
Erase the said. Add something different like 'explained, exclaimed, cried'.
Also some people put the 'it said' in the front so they'll know who's talking first. Most people put it at the end, sometimes because no one will know who is talking until they read the 'it said' at the last part of the sentence. Also, sometimes people put it in between to dialogues so it would be a little bit shorter.
- Recipe 4:
Recipe 4; Figurative Language -
Ever heard of someone saying 'I laughed my head off yesterday at the mall!' Well, that's figurative language. Figurative language isn't just one thing, it's a whole category for things like similes, metaphor, or onomatopoeia. It is used to make the story interesting. People like to laugh and joke around so they use these things. Like for onomatopoeia they exchange the 'a weird sound' into a 'CRASH!' 'BOOM!' or 'CRACK!' to make sound effects.
- Recipe 5:
Recipe 5; Setting -
Well, here's an important one as well. Where does your story take place? What time is it? Describe your setting specifically to create an image in the reader's mind. Use the five senses which are who, what, where, when, and why.
- Recipe 6:
Recipe 6; A Theme -
This, I don't think, has to be in your story. But it could get better by using a 'theme'. A theme is something in your story that explains a life long lesson, or a message to the viewers. Like saying 'Good triumphs over evil' was a theme in a book.
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Well, I hope this helps! I probably forgot some recipes but when I remember I will make a column on it. I'd like to see some nice and decent stories if this has helped you improve. ^^ | |
| | | | Reese
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| | Subject: Re: 6 Recipes for a story Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:21 pm | |
| Thank you for posting! I bet these ingredients for stories will help o3o | |
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| | Subject: Re: 6 Recipes for a story Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:36 pm | |
| I think that Recipe 6 is the most vital, and always should be there. Then again, you shouldn't be captain obvious and at the end/beginning/middle/whatever put something like "And the moral of this story is to treat others how you want to be treated!" or something. Try to put it there, but not too vague and not too obvious.
Another thing I'd like to say is that when using the senses, don't do something like; "Kylie looked around the beach. There were trees and sand. She smelled the air. It smelled of salt water. She felt the sand. It was rough." Writing it like that doesn't flow well and makes the story pretty flat.
Overall, this is a wonderful guide and I'm sure it will help others tons! Sticked. | |
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| | Subject: Re: 6 Recipes for a story Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:38 pm | |
| - Len wrote:
- I think that Recipe 6 is the most vital, and always should be there. Then again, you shouldn't be captain obvious and at the end/beginning/middle/whatever put something like "And the moral of this story is to treat others how you want to be treated!" or something. Try to put it there, but not too vague and not too obvious.
Another thing I'd like to say is that when using the senses, don't do something like; "Kylie looked around the beach. There were trees and sand. She smelled the air. It smelled of salt water. She felt the sand. It was rough." Writing it like that doesn't flow well and makes the story pretty flat.
Overall, this is a wonderful guide and I'm sure it will help others tons! Sticked. Yes, I agree. It's really hard to explain stuff, I'm not very good at at. But thanks for the help! (: | |
| | | | Rufistar
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| | Subject: Re: 6 Recipes for a story Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:01 pm | |
| Thanks! I'll use this for my story!
You should post this to deviantart, too. | |
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| | Subject: Re: 6 Recipes for a story Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:47 pm | |
| Ooh, I like your recipes. This will help a lot for people who like to create stories and such. Nice job! |
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