When Im writing something, I tend to get offtopic easily. So that's why before hand I always think about where I want my story to go. Character, protaganist, the oppostie of the protaganist (Sorry Blonde moment) names, what they look like, history of the character. Plot, conflicts, rising action, falling action. Even a brief summary, that you 'might' include. But when you change the whole feeling of the story, the readers are like what....? You need to build them up to the climax, so when it starts to fall it's not hard to write. Enjoy!
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Bad: This is when my story starts. I am a girl, indeed. I have brown hair and brown eyes and my hair is wavy with curls. I as well, have a name, its not brownie, like a horse that I used to pretend to be in second grade when my teacher was Mrs. Linda, who gave me a cookie ever time I was nice and held the door open for my class. It was a hard task, when Liam tried to take my job and my cookies!! 0.o Mrs. Linda would say "Oh, Alexis what a wonderful job!' And with that behold a cookie!!
Good: This is how my story begins, I was born 14 years ago in a car, not the usual place of birth no. But out of that, my mother, got a brown wavy haired girl, with soft curls on the ends, and chocolate brown eyes to match her complection. This baby, was Alexis Jules. This baby was and still, me.
*Do you see the difference how off track I got on the first few sentences, remember cut to the chase you don't want to bore the reader!! You basically can make it up as you go, that's why it's fun if you stick to the plot.*
Characters-
Lilli Lope - (what an awful last name, it can make a characters whole apperence awkward if the only is weird.)
How about---- Lilly Anders, Lilly Launders (ha rhymes) , Lilly Yates, hahha LILLY POTTER!!
*Also make sure there's a different variety of eye colors, skin tones, hair color, ages, and races in your story. You want all readers to be able to relate to your story.*
Also, if you start out the book let's say looking for your mom, who put you up for adoption when you where born, don't switch for looking for your dad next chapter because, for whatever made up reason that you couldn't just go back in your story and change mom to dad... that really is annoying when you make last minute decssions in your story/plot/and characters. You might as well make all the nuns pregenant.
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How are you liking this sooo far? haha don't fan! I recevied a comment saying something like "It would defeat the purpose if I fanned." haha I don't mind really(: Just fan throught the comments I guess. Whatever floats your boat!
