can you help me please.?

Question

i'm writing my first book and i was wondering if any of you can give me some tips. i don't want storyline plots because i know what i'm doing with that.

Answer 1

You need a beggining a middle and an ending

Answer 2

It depends on what sort of book you are writing, but generally write about what you know or what you like. The more you are into the subject the easier things will flow.
The most important thing is to get started, don't worry about having the name and description of every character, the introduction, the chapter headings etc, they can all be added later.
It also depends how your mind works, I have a holistic mind in that I look at the overall picture and fill in the story as I go along. Most of the time I have no idea where the story is going and I have fun finding out what is going to happen next! If you are enjoying your story you will write a lot better than if you are finding it a drag.
If you have the other mindset which I can't think of the word for it at the moment, then what I have said won't make much sense as you will be the type of person who can't move on until all the eyes are dotted and the tees crossed.
Make sure you have your spell check and grammar switched on, it will prove very helpful unless you already have a high standard of english.
Every sentence must say something to the reader, you have to be ruthless and cut out anything which isn't relevent and enhances the story.
There are a number of books on the market which it would be worth buying as they will help you with layout, dialogue and offer useful tips.
I wish you sucess but don't expect to be a winer overnight, I've been writing for five years and have written 17 books for all age ranges and I am still not published.
I am not saying this to put you off but to tell you to be realistic. I know I am a good writer, my agent and publishers have said my work is good, but the market is swamped and being good is not good enough, you have to be very good or come up with a new angle to break into the market.
But I write because I enjoy it, and one of these days I could just come up with a great blockbuster, until then I'll keep on creating new characters, worlds and story lines.
Best of luck.

Answer 3

TEN BASIC WRITING TIPS

The following may be useful for the beginning writer and reminders for those who have written for years:

1. Avoid pretentious words, clichés, and trite expressions in the narrative. Do not put quotation marks around a slang word or a figure of speech that is not being pointed to or emphasized as a word or figure of speech. When in doubt, omit the quotation marks. A careful writer will spare the reader such annoyances.

2. Start a new paragraph for each character’s dialogue. Great Britain and Canada use modified rules, but the American writer should place the closing quotation marks after all punctuation marks except for the semi-colon and colon. The dash is another exception to this rule.

3. Dialogue should be identifiable to each character in the story, but use appropriate tags to let the reader know who is talking. Tags may be omitted if using an action line, such as: Mark glared at Joe; his menacing figure only inches away. “No, man! It’s your doing!”

4. Write the narrative using English in its perfect compositional form, avoiding foreign words unless they are of prime importance. Never use quotation marks for emphasis, but rather, use italics. The dialogue should fit the narrative if included in the same paragraph.

5. It is not necessary to write the character’s written thoughts in italics, but be consistent in whichever form you use. Using italics to denote the inner thoughts of a character is easier to discern.

6. End your chapters or parts with a cliffhanger or something to make the reader turn the page. Build suspense and tension throughout the story and don’t hesitate to write your character in a situational corner. To have everything work out coincidentally nice and conveniently smooth for the characters is laziness on the part of the writer and his imagination. Keep the readers wondering if the protagonist will work himself out of a precarious dilemma.

7. Keep your story within the style you began—either first, second, or third person narrative.

8. Write a good wrap at the ending by serving justice to the antagonists and rewards to the protagonists. There are exceptions to this guideline, however, and it depends on the plot.

9. Keep a grammar reference book and a dictionary nearby. Employ a computer spell check freely as you write. Watch for words such as, their, they’re, whose, who’s, it’s, its. Know their differences.

10. Have your work edited for grammar, punctuation, and flow before submission. Thicken your writing skin; as a writer, you can ill-afford hurt feelings when your manuscript needs improvement.

Answer 4

Concentrate on your characterisation. Build your characters and love them all, even the horrid and nasty characters. Let them tell the story for you, get inside them.

For me the best pieces of advice were from my English teacher at school (brilliant man, I totally adored him), they were
1) You need a corker of an opening. If you cannot get the reader's attention in your first sentence, paragraph and page then you've lost them. They may finish the book but they will never be fully involved.
2) Go over dialogue out loud. It may sound stupid but it really helps with natural speech patterns. You may write some wonderful dialogue with some awesome meaning but if it sounds unnatural or forced/fake then the reader will not be able to identify with the character. Speak your character's dialogue out loud and make sure it fits not only their character but also natural speech patterns.

Answer 5

I am not so brilliant in story writing but I have asked some tips on writing a thesis. They told me to start out with the body and leave the introduction and the conclusion for the end. Or else one would get stuck in the intro - writing it and rewriting it again.

Answer 6

Here's a tip, even if it's hard to follow:

Don't write anything just because it makes the work easier, and don't put in anything you're uncomfortable with--for me, anyway, it kind of wrecks the whole thing.

Good luck!

Answer 7

My suggestion is you write freely first. Don't be pressured with thoughts like 'this idea seemed to absurd' or 'the readers won't like this'. Write what you feel like writing then, when you've finished, read it and edit the stuff that you want to edit.

Answer 8

Make the beginning and the ending heavily impressive so that the reader has an impression that he's reading a nice book (and make the book nice too!!!).

Answer 9

its a very long road man.
A friend of mine has written many book,s/stories and had only a few short's accepted. Time taken writing is time spent learning the job!
LUCK

Answer 10

I think you really need to get to know your characters. Know everything you can possibly know about them even if you don't include half of it in your book. Its be easier for you to write about them in a real way if you know them so well

Answer 11

First you do the nessary research .ok. Then you make a list of characters and there discriptions. Then take it one chapter at a time your story will change over time.