| //+The Rules Of Writing+\\ I'm sure that everyone reading this has read their share of fan fictions. Some amazing, some...well...not that good. Well, there are a few obvious rules that all fan fiction writers should know to help make their fan fictions better! I, being the great person that I am, am going to share those with you. These are not meant to offend, just to help you make your fan fiction better! 1. Paragraphs: Okay, I am *SICK* of seeing an entire page in ONE paragraph! It's annoying and it's REALLY hard to follow sometimes when there are quotes in it! I'm sure you've all taken the basic rules, but if you didn't pay attention, allow me to show it to you, this is a part of the fan fiction that I wrote with my best friend: Sam moaned and felt her arm being moved. She opened her eyes and stared at Chris, who was kneeled by her side. She groaned.�Look, I don�t like that attitude, but right now, we are alone, so lets try and cooperate this once and find our friends,� he said angrily.�Fine!� she said, standing up, then wobbling from the dizziness. She felt someone steady her, and turned around facing Chris. She spotted her backpack and picked it up. Her right arm was fine, but her left was bruised and battered. The two slowly began walking up the slippery hill, using each other for support.They walked for about an hour till they heard a scream.�SAM! CHRIS!��TESS!� Sam yelled, wanting her to shut up. She ran towards where the voice came from, tripping over things on her way. She knew Chris was following her because she heard his footsteps behind her. �SAM!� �Tess!� she yelled, spotting them, �Stop yelling!� �Why?� �Your gonna attract the attention of every freaking dinosaur here!� she said she got to them. �God! What happened to you?� she asked, noticing her arm and her head�Nothing,� she said. Her stubborn attitude was back. I'm sure I'm not the only one that finds writing like that to be not only EXTREMELY annoying, but also hard to follow at times. 2. Punctuation: Comas, Periods, Question Marks, Quotations. They're there for a REASON people, other than to make your life miserable in school. Here is that same bit from the story WITHOUT proper punctuations: Sam moaned and felt her arm being moved she opened her eyes and stared at Chris who was kneeled by her side she groaned Look I don�t like that attitude, but right now, we are alone, so lets try and cooperate this once and find our friends he said angrily Fine she said standing up then wobbling from the dizziness She felt someone steady her and turned around facing Chris She spotted her backpack and picked it up Her right arm was fine but her left was bruised and battered The two slowly began walking up the slippery hill using each other for support They walked for about an hour till they heard a scream SAM! CHRIS TESS! Sam yelled wanting her to shut up she ran towards where the voice came from, tripping over things on her way she knew Chris was following her because she heard his footsteps behind her. SAM! Tess! she yelled spotting them Stop yelling! Why? Your gonna attract the attention of every freaking dinosaur here! she said she got to them God What happened to you she asked noticing her arm and her head Nothing, she said. Her stubborn attitude was back Puncutation is ALWAYS important!!! Make sure to use it!!! 3. Spelling and Word Use: Okay guys, there is a little thing called SPELL CHECK on your computers...THIS is what it's for! Also, internet slang is NOT good in fan fictions! This is a story, not a chat! Also make sure that you use the RIGHT form of the word! Here is the part of our story with Internet slang, wrong word forms and wrongly spelled words: Sam moned and felt her arm being moved. She opened her eyez and starred at Chris, who was neeled bye her side. She groand. �Look, I don�t like dat attitude, but write now, we r alone, so letz try and coperate this once and find our friends,� he said angrily. �Fine!� she said, standing up, then wobbling from da dizziness. She felt someone steady her, and turned round facing Chris. She spotted her backpack and picked it up. Her write arm wuz fine, but her left wuz bruised n battered. The 2 slowly began walkin up da slippery hill, using each other for support. They walked 4 about a hour till they heard a scream. �SAM! CHRIS!� �TESS!� Sam yelled, wanting her to shuddup. She ran towards where the voice came from, trippin over things on her way. She new Chris was following her b/c she heard his footsteps behind her. �SAM!� �Tess!� she yelled, spotting them, �Stop yelling!� �Y?� �Ur gonna attract the attention of every freaking dinosaur here!� she said when she got to them. �God! What happened to u?� she asked, noticing her arm and her head. �Nothing,� she said. Her stubborn atitude wuz back. Spell check people! Spell check! You might not find it annoying, but remember, other people are reading this!!! I know that there are going to be some mistakes, I mean, I'm positive that our fan fiction has mistakes. But please, TRY and make it as perfect as possible! +Next+ |