birdsarentreal wrote:birdsarentreal wrote:i've never really written on this chat ever but hi! idk if this is the forum for this but i kinda wanted some advice for a story i have to write for my ELA class? i kinda suck at writing stories and i just can't seem to write anything because it all sounds so awkward and bad and either too descriptive or not enough and either too fast or too slow! could anyone help?
if you're talking to me, my story has to be a "hero myth" aka i just have to show a value that i think is important for people to have in 2018, and i already have my plot, it's in the real world but kinda like just a more supernatural version. i'm also having trouble incorporating the value into the story
TheSongOfTheStars wrote:hmm, it can be pretty hard to force a story to have a certain aspect. How exactly are you having trouble showing the value? And are you having trouble just writing it all in all? Like the writing feels clunky and weird?
BucketORandomness wrote:First up: Hiya! Welcome to the fam. Watch out for carrots, and let Ranger know what they can stalk for you. Back to the story. You're trying to incorporate a trait, right? Like "This myth is about a dude because Dude has [important trait]" You have the plot and stuff, so you're already doing more work than some of us Let's see. You could always just write in little pockets, if the writing feels too clunky. Write out Event 1 and Event 2, then write Connection A and Connection B, and finish the section off with a transition. If it's descriptions you're struggling with, I have some exercises I worked on to make mine more smooth and easy to read. If it's pacing, remind yourself what you want it to feel like. More description slows down the action. Shorter sentences make the reader move faster. Paragraph breaks make the reader pause for a moment in their inner narrative. My best suggestion is to write a draft, get some peer editing, and write a second draft. It sounds like a lot of work because it is, but it gets the story done pretty well.
birdsarentreal wrote:well thanks for all the advice! my la teacher hasn't actually taught us anything about writing whatsoever so it's nice to hear someone actually tell me stuff about it. i just feel like my story sounds all awkward and something a 6th grader would write, and i love the idea its just so horribly executed. and i also only have until thursday because my teacher only told us yesterday that the final draft would be due then! so basically all i have is 2 and a half pages of a draft (not even close to done!) and one more day to finish it ;-; and i'm just having trouble incorporating my value into the plot. my story is about a psychic grandma who has to rid her client's house of evil spirits and i wanted to incorporate empathy into it... somehow. and i have to follow the twelve steps of the heroes journey. it's kind of a lot..
⠀⠀⠀petrova wrote:
hi im petrova & im lazy and I write sometimes?
do any of you have any advice for starting the first chapter of a novel?
I always sit here for hours trying to find the right words and
i'm convinced
they don't exist.
⠀⠀⠀petrova wrote:
hi im petrova & im lazy and I write sometimes?
do any of you have any advice for starting the first chapter of a novel?
I always sit here for hours trying to find the right words and
i'm convinced
they don't exist.
⠀⠀⠀petrova wrote:
hi im petrova & im lazy and I write sometimes?
do any of you have any advice for starting the first chapter of a novel?
I always sit here for hours trying to find the right words and
i'm convinced
they don't exist.
⠀⠀⠀petrova wrote:
hi im petrova & im lazy and I write sometimes?
do any of you have any advice for starting the first chapter of a novel?
I always sit here for hours trying to find the right words and
i'm convinced
they don't exist.
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