Any Tips?

Have you been around The Writers Club Forum for a while? If so, you might have a few writing tips or tips about using the forum to share! Post them here!

Do you think I should move my tip to this tread.

No. Don't. You posted that before I posted this. Leave it how it is.

When you write put cotton balls in your ears to block out noise.

Another tip is to always write when you're bored and have nothing else to do. It helps you get ideas.

Oh this one is kind of obivious. If you have a good luck charm use it.

Stop arguing! This is supposed to be a tip post! Man, do you guys fight all the time?

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Methuselah wrote:Stop arguing! This is supposed to be a tip post! Man, do you guys fight all the time?

I wasn't aware that we were fighting about anything. I thought that we were just giving tips...

*sigh* Just focus more on the tip giving than fighting.

When you have an idea and you can't start writing a story on it right away, make a note about it and then go back to it.

This is how I always start to write...
When me and sweetkiss are together we brain storm ideas. I was the one that came up with Samantha Brown. Anyways it helps me a lot to talk out ideas with friends and get there opinions, like if it would make a good story or not!! I hope that helps somebody!!

Methuselah wrote:*sigh* Just focus more on the tip giving than fighting.

They weren't fighting...

ALWAYS use a litmus test on original characters.
That's my tip.

Ok if you are in a noisy enviorment and you want to write, either move somewhere quieter or just block out the noise.

What helps me is to write with music playing. Most people like the silence but it doesn't have to be blaring loud or anything. I find it easier to focus and I don't get bored as fast.

Keep old school essays and free writing tasks- You never know which concepts might come back to you.

Oh don't worry, from what I hear, 017350 and harrygz are always fighting. I am in Harry's class.

My tip: don't spend too long brainstorming ideas, just start writing. The storyline will come to you. My biggest problem in writing has always been the plot. I can create characters, I myself think I do a good job with the setting, but I can't ever think of a problem. (plot)

Just let the story play out as you write it.

Hazel wrote:What helps me is to write with music playing. Most people like the silence but it doesn't have to be blaring loud or anything. I find it easier to focus and I don't get bored as fast.

Yeah, my suggestion would be to make it classical music.

I like classical music, (it's the only music I listen to) but I don't ever listen to it when writing. Usually I get very focused on what I'm doing and it doesn't matter whether the tv's blaring or someone just dropped a nuclear bomb.

Allways imagine you're writing down whatever is going on around you, as if you were the narrator in a book, or the narrator sat in your head talking to you. You might just come up with a funny formulation or something else that is useful, or incorporate a real event to a story you're writing.

Sometimes it helps to have a sheet of paper dedicated just to brainstorming where you can get all your characters in order, where you can write down questions that need to be answered in your book, and write down a short summary about what you want to happen in the book. I find this is really helpful even though my story often strays from my original ideas. It's mostly helpful to get you started, which can often be the hardest part.

Keep a pencil and paper by your bed, the best ideas allways arrive half-asleep.

This are form my Language Arts class:

-Use the smiley face tricks, it keeps the writing interesting. If you don't know what they are click here!

Make sure your characters are solid and fluent.

Meaning: If they are made with a certain personality, keep that personality the same throughout the book, story, or whatever. Sure, sometimes they do different things in different situations, but their general personality needs to stay fluent throughout the story and not just change in the spur of a moment just to add excitement to the story. However, a character's personality can change over time, as peoples' personalities do. You just have to make it reasonable, realistic, and all that. All in all, though, fluent characters are excellent to have.

Adding on to Holleh's character tip:

Make a varity of characters. Round, flat, dynamic, whatever.

Oh, more about characters:
Make sure they feel real to you. If they don't feel real to you, then how are they going to feel real to everyone else?