https://blog.spacehey.comForum Topic created by Katiehttps://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=231458https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=231458Don't write things like "He smiled happily at her." or "She cried tears of sadness." If you feel like you have to clarify your character is crying because she's sad then you either need to go back and set the tone better or take it out because it's just a meaningless adjective. The reader should know whether or not she's crying out of sadness or joy based on situation and tone. For "He smiled happ...Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:55:36 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=221486https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=2214861. Plan your story; plan the characters, the settings and all the chapters 2. Write down AMAZING words like;  Onomatopoeia ( the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g.   cuckoo ,   sizzle   ) 3. Write the first chapter 4. Proof read and change     repeat ;)) i hope3 this helpedTue, 22 Mar 2022 14:03:00 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=220831https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=220831   If you're writing for a specific time period, watch a show that's based around it, it'll help you get in tune with rhythm, dialect, and slang form that period. Mon, 21 Mar 2022 22:04:44 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=202367https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=202367Focus on the big picture. Also, dialogue will almost always sound awkward when you read it out loud so you don't need to spend all your time trying to make it sound "natural" because natural sounding dialogue often reads really badly (in my experience). Thu, 17 Mar 2022 22:27:56 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=194491https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=194491Don't expect your story to be perfect the first time you write it. Make drafts, edit, edit and edit. And don't hesitate to show your work to the world, doubt and hesitation is your worst enemy.Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:54:35 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=189441https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=189441Write whatever you want the way you want it, and don't be afraid to share it with others. Writing can be scary at first, but in order to make room for improvement you have to get out of your comfort zone.  Now... for other tips that I personally have...  1. Read. (It can be anything really, but please read.) Then add every single piece of vocabulary you don't understand and add it to your dictiona...Sun, 27 Feb 2022 02:08:33 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=148068https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=148068keep it simple. just as simple as that you can make an entire sentence go from: "Dazai felt as if his way of living was so out-of-this-wordly, he was so scared of himself and who he was as a person that he destroyed any chances of socialization or interactiong" to "Dazai felt as if his way of living was too surreal, where he was mortified enough at his own character that he shut himself out" wordy...Sun, 19 Dec 2021 12:16:28 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=141998https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=141998Use your emotions, let out all your feelings and burdens onto paper. Dont stop to think about what youre writing, itll all just come naturallyTue, 14 Dec 2021 17:09:44 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=99384https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=99384Often, I find that it comes down to the confidence. lack of makes you overthink instead of being your-authentic-self.  Love, JigWed, 17 Nov 2021 15:30:24 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=93106https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=93106You don't have to explain everything that happens. For example; I wiped my bloodied knuckles on the back of my now torn jeans. Great, that was another expense to add to this fruitless run. Jackson's body lay sprawled out on the floor, blood slowly weeping from the wound on his head, where it'd hit the hard floor.  Was he still breathing? A momentary urge to check fluttered through me, before it wa...Mon, 15 Nov 2021 21:23:02 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=63228https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=63228Might sound stupid, but if you feel stuck try switching to writing in comic sans.Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:02:42 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=18560https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=18560The best piece of advice I have is to try and make time every day for writing, especially if you're working on a bigger project. Also if you're going to sit down and write then try to set a certain goal for a word count, like 2000 or so words, but also don't beat yourself if you can't meet it. A little bit of writing is better than no writing, y'know?Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:06:36 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=11938https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=11938DON'T write what you know, as the old wisdom suggests. START with what you know, if you must, but by all means, get outside your comfort zone. Stretch yourself (both in life and in your writing), challenge yourself, because if you aren't doing this, you likely won't challenge your reader very much.Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:49:06 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=10605https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=10605Let's see, these other replies were spot on, so I'm just going to give some simpler, more technical advice.  - Remember phrasings that you like. I love to read older poetry and books because the language was a lot more rich and diverse. Make them your own, though. - Look up a few words every day. Build that vocabulary!! - Don't repeat words or names very close together. This is especially hard to ...Sun, 14 Feb 2021 21:36:52 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=9230https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=9230Don't write to please someone else, please yourself.  By doing so you will find an appreciative audiance who will actually get and understand your writing.Thu, 11 Feb 2021 04:32:42 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=8565https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=8565You improve with mileage. Keep writing, even through writers block when your words are terrible and don't come out right. If you have words on a page you can always go back and edit them.Tue, 09 Feb 2021 03:18:28 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=7636https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=7636I think it helps to really understand the characters in the story.  When I lay in bed at night, waiting to fall asleep, I think about a normal day or routine from the perspective of a specific character. Obviously, most stories occur on an abnormal day, but it helps to have a firm understanding of the character's typical routine that the story is veering them away from.  This practice helps me dee...Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:56:20 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=5575https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=5575The rough draft is you telling yourself the story - so don't worry about it being "good." That'll probably take a few revisions. Sat, 23 Jan 2021 04:48:55 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=5228https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=5228"Write drunk, edit sober."Thu, 21 Jan 2021 07:16:01 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=3025https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=3025- Make your characters emotions relatable even if the scenario isn't.  Ex.) An alien befriends a human and the human betrays the alien to the government. No one has ever been sold out to the government for being an alien. However most of us know what it feels like to be betrayed in some way or another. Lean into that. - Make every character different people and not just cardboard cut outs of stere...Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:29:23 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=1821https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=1821"You are your own worst critic." I learned this when writing my first novel. I thought it wasn't good enough and that people would end up hating my work. I'm glad I hadn't talked myself out of publishing because they loved it. Never give up.Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:25:48 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=1631https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=1631Don't give up and don't let others get you down. For most of my life I let people (family) put down my writing. Not the quality of it, but just becoming an author. I was too young, then I was "too old to have not been published yet". The writing world is too competitive and I wasn't going to make it, they said. My writing was okay, but there was no way it'd be published. When I started college for...Tue, 05 Jan 2021 06:07:45 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=939https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=939Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disa...Sat, 26 Dec 2020 21:39:25 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=892https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=892When stuck.   I begin writing the first thing in my mind with no filter, normally end up with non working sentices and words that don’t mean anything but after a bit of time.   I start finding the meat.  Like cleaning your brain of dust to get to the good.     Works for me.  Fri, 25 Dec 2020 17:10:00 +0000https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=608https://forum.spacehey.com/reply?id=608depends on the setting by the choices of words. i like to word play my alliteration. making them into poems with assonance & consonance to be vocal without the music but with sound. if that makes sense. Tue, 22 Dec 2020 09:59:06 +0000