So you want to be a writer?

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          │ ✎. ⁰¹ Intro

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Heya guys! My name is Tiru and I’m here to help some of you aspiring writers get better! These are just some basic tips that help me when writing stories, so I hope they’ll help you too! I’m no professional at writing, nor am I a good teacher, so please take these tips with a grain of salt, if they don’t help you it’s okay! That means you’re better than me already!

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”Sometimes I struggle with length when writing characters. How do I write longer sentences?”

Sometimes when writing we end up with shorter paragraphs or stories that we aren’t proud of. However, there’s a simple way to fix that!

I call it overloaded descriptions.

When writing a story you may not be able to think of dialogue or extra things to add in order to increase story length. This may leave you with the skeleton of a story. If you want to fix that, just add way too much description than what is needed, you instantly lengthen your story!

Ex. Deku bumped into Katsuki. Bakugou yelled, “You damn nerd!” He was obviously angry.

That isn’t a bad representation of Bakugou, but it doesn’t describe the mood around him or what led up to him being angry at all (besides the fact he’s Bakugou.) How can we make this more descriptive or the situation?

Revision: Everyone in the room could feel the tension radiating off of Bakugou. He was like a ticking time bomb, the slightest move could cause him to go off. Midoriya made that mistake, he wasn’t paying attention to where he was walking and bumped into Bakugou’s shoulder. “How dare you touch me you damn nerd!” Bakugou yelled.

See! The paragraph was a lot longer and provided a much better feel for what was going on inside the story. By adding way too much description than what you need, you can make your story more detailed!

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”I’m not good at descriptions, is there any other way I can lengthen my stories?”

Yes there is! Just use a lot of figurative language! Similes, metaphors, and personification can be some of your best friends.

Ex. The river water was shallow, but it rushed fast. If you stepped in it you would surely be pulled away.

So here we see a river and can understand that it’s moving fast, but just how fast is it moving? How shallow is it?

Revision: The river water was frothy like a rabid dog’s mouth. It wasn’t deep, more like a long, rushing puddle, running through the forest as a snake would. It’s current was strong, saying “I’ll pull you away if you come near.”

Here, the description of the river is slightly longer and more detailed. The descriptions aren’t super fancy either, they’re all simple ideas that most people can relate to! That’s another key to writing, you don’t need to say big words to make a story good, some of the best stories can be made using simple ideas, like “a rabid dog’s mouth.”

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”How do I make my writing emotional?”

I love this question! When wanting to make a story emotional you simply need to exaggerate everything! Make everything much more dramatic than it needs to be. Italicization can also make sentences seem more deep than they need to be.

Ex. She stubbed her toe.

This one needs no explanation. It’s a simple, one sentence description that conveys no emotion. But how did she feel as she stubbed her toe?

Revision: Terror filled her mind as pain shot up her big toe. She had slammed it against the leg of her coffee table. The pain was so unbearable, how could this have happened to her? It felt like a hammer had been dropped onto her foot, or a horde of elephants had trampled it.

”Why me?”

She asked. Pain wrought all of her thoughts, it scared her how much it hurt. Would she be able to walk ever again? What if a bone was broken? No, no, calm down, it couldn’t be that bad. But fear had already eaten its way into her mind, to her subconscious, she was too far gone. The blade of terror too deep in her soul.

Now the sentence “She stubbed her toe.” Is two fully descriptive paragraphs. We all know the pain of stubbing our toe is bad, but it’s not that unbearable. When we write things with way too much details on what happened it allows the reader to connect more with what happened to the character, and lengthening your story never hurt anyone!

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”How do I get inspired?”

For me I usually get inspired by a single word or idea, but that doesn’t always work for people. Maybe you’ve thought of a cool line and want to base a story around that, maybe it’s a character? When writing always do it about something that interests you, write about issues and turn them into a beautiful story. Maybe your favorite fruit is an apple or strawberry, write about it! Maybe you’re interested in what happens during the end of the world, write about what you think would happen! The beauty of writing is that you become the God of your stories, it can be what you want.

Ex. My friend told me to write a poem about Springtime.

Spring time has come and gone

The way you look at me

You’re the doe and I’m the fawn

We sit together and lay there on the lawn

What do you think about?

Is it the times long gone?

Did I do something wrong?

You smile and shake your head

And softly you sing me a song

The times will change

The winds will blow, coming to and fro

One thing remains constant

In the spring my love for you will ever grow

We roll, we laugh

You’re the mother and I’m your calf

A look in your eyes I want to everlast

What is it that you dream of?

Is it of times long gone?

Is it of something that’s gone wrong?

You smile and shake your head

And softly you sing me a song

The times will change

The winds will blow, coming to and fro

One thing remains constant

In the spring my love for you will ever grow

In the springtime we play

Run to and fro

You can take a single idea or word and turn it into something much more, All it takes is a little imagination! If anything, there are always theme weekends and challenges going on in this Amino for you to take part in so you won’t have to worry about prompts!

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”How can I format a piece?”

Format depends on the author really. No format is better than one or the other, paragraphs can be shorter increments of speech or long descriptive messages. It’s all in what you’re comfortable with as a writer. If you feel better using a shorter paragraph style, do it! If you want to have longer paragraphs, do it! It’s all in what you want to do.

Cause at the end of the day,

It’s your writing.

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Well, I hope you enjoyed listening to some of my Writing Tips! I know they aren’t the best and some of the tips overlapped, but I hope you could find some type of inspiration or help inside the long age. And hey, if you don’t need these tips you’re already better than I am!

not that it’s very hard.

Big thanks to my friends for providing me with questions! I wouldn’t have been able to write this without their help!

Anyways, thanks for reading! I hope to see you all writing stories soon!

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