Advice for Writing


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twintgirlie

4:02am Jan 27 2010

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To put it straight, let us start with basics.(Press ctrl+f on your keyboard)

~Content

 

  1. Fonts
  2. Describing Words(Adjectives)
  3. Another way to describe 

 

The Fonts

Fonts play a very important role in stories. The few basic ones are:

 

  • Bold- Bold's use is to point out the main points of the story. They also are used to exaggerate things; such as above, I wrote the word very in bold.
  • Italic-Italic's use is to say in sarcasm, or to point out things in an indirect way.
  • Underline-Underline's use is to, like bold and italic, to exaggerate things and also to make it easier to the persons reading the message.
So, you have met the fonts.
 
Describing Words(Adjectives)
 
 Adjectives also play an important role. In a sentence, adjectives stand out to give the receiver a better understanding of the message.
 
Example
 
 Mary owns a dog.
 
Mary owns a big brown dog.
 
In sentence one, the sentence tells you simply that Mary owns a dog. In sentence two, it tells you that Mary owns a big brown dog. 
 
Another Way to Describe(Opening Sentences)
 
In many essays, compositions and such, people start with boring openings such as:
 
Mary woke up and said , " It is Christmas Day!"
 
How boring. A teacher would give you more marks for sentences like these:
 
Mary woke up excitedly and declared , " It is Christmas Day!"
 
Also, these are the few ways to start an introduction of a story.
 
  1. A spark of a plot: Mary wrapped the presents and recalled what happened earlier that day.
  2. A speech: "It is Christmas Day!" declared an excited Mary.
  3. Deion: Mary woke up excitedly and declared ,  " It is Christmas Day!"
To have more of an exciting sentence, change : 
 Mary woke up excitedly and declared ,  " It is Christmas Day!"
to:
Mary woke up and pulled the curtains open. Happily, she exclaimed, "It is Christmas Day!"
 
Always remember your punctuations =D
 
 
Hope you all have better writing skills!
Twintgirlie 

 




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wolfspirit25

8:31am Jan 27 2010

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Just a quick comment, use bold, italics, and underlining sparingly, there should be very little of it in your writing, if any. These are great when you are explaining something to someone or outlining examples like in your post (or even edits but those are often in a different color as opposed to bolded), but when you are actually writing they aren't generally very well accepted. A few underlines here and there, especially when you're putting emphasis on something in a chat are fine, but nobody likes to see them scattered throughout writing. In fact, people like the writing much more, I've found, if there are no bolded or underlined words at all.

Italics are the exception because people can use them for more than emphasis. Italics are often used to denote a person's thoughts. For example, instead of writing 'It's cold in here,' she thought (yes, thoughts are also generally written with a single quote ' instead of double quotes " like speech), you would write 'It's cold in here,' she thought to further signify that it isn't a spoken block of text. This isn't necessary and changes from writer to writer, but it's an accepted way of doing it and is done in many books.

I hope that cleared things up a little bit more.



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