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Hey everyone i was wondering what makes a good story?I have been writing reviews and story's on these forums for a wee while now and i've had either bad replys or with the one i wrote yesterday no reply's at all!
Thanx for the advice starfex!I've posted a story recently in the future of gaming chat if you want to read that and give an opinion but if not that's cool anyway speak to you later bye
Ok.
I've not read your story's so I can't give you a direct advice but in general:
Try to keep up with good gramma, spelling and punctuation - it makes the story more readable. A lack of good writing makes it a pain to read, no matter how good the storyline might be.
Also, keep things in the past tense. Some people write in the present tense which usually makes things a pain to read also.
If your writing is good, then you've got to try and keep it interesting.
Keep enough descriptions to help them visualise but not so many as to leave them bored.
And focus on originality - nobody's going to care about a story if they've heard it all before.
I think that's the best I can give you for now.
It's very hard to get things right, but keep trying and practice makes perfect. :-)
I've not read your story's so I can't give you a direct advice but in general:
Try to keep up with good gramma, spelling and punctuation - it makes the story more readable. A lack of good writing makes it a pain to read, no matter how good the storyline might be.
Also, keep things in the past tense. Some people write in the present tense which usually makes things a pain to read also.
If your writing is good, then you've got to try and keep it interesting.
Keep enough descriptions to help them visualise but not so many as to leave them bored.
And focus on originality - nobody's going to care about a story if they've heard it all before.
I think that's the best I can give you for now.
It's very hard to get things right, but keep trying and practice makes perfect. :-)
Hey everyone i was wondering what makes a good story?I have been writing reviews and story's on these forums for a wee while now and i've had either bad replys or with the one i wrote yesterday no reply's at all!