Here are some tips for you to make your own story blog.
Title
If your making a story blog, the first thing to do is decide the title. If your making some title like: Diamond The Fox it won't be inspiring. You also have to use capital letters for each first word of the title. This is how your title should look like: Faelin's Adventure.
This is how it shouldn't look like: faelin's adventure.
Plot
You have to decided the plot carefully. And the starting or the Prologue should not be like this: Once upon a time, there lived a fox called Diamond. Diamond had a mother, a father and a little sister. This will make your blog uninteresting. Try to make it as exciting as you can.
Spelling
This is an important thing, the spelling. Sometimes, people use SMS language and short-cuts to write. This is not right. For example: Daimund wanted 2 go n play wit hish buddies, but hish mama did not allow. Seems funny, right? So be careful about your spelling!
Punctuation
The punctuations are the most important things. The full-stop (.) is used to end a sentence. We must use it in every sentence. You must not write like this: Diamond went to his cave to find all his friends there They were having a tea party there which made Diamond angry And next, the comma (,) is used to stop the sentence for a moment or is a short stop. You must not write like this: Diamond the fox wanted to invite his friend Keira who was out shopping. You see, commas makes the sentence more clear and easy to read. The exclamation point and question mark is also important as they show gladness, sorrow, anger, importance, excitement, questions.etc. This is how your sentence shouldn't look like: "Oh no. What will we do without our captain. We have to do something."
This is how your sentence should look like: "Oh no! What will we do without our captain? We have to do something!"
And now for the quotation marks, which is used for speech. This is how your sentence shouldn't look like: Hello, Diamond! said Dawn. What are you doing?
This is how your sentence should look like: "Hello, Diamond!" said Dawn. "What are you doing?"
Well, hope you find this page informative!
Title
If your making a story blog, the first thing to do is decide the title. If your making some title like: Diamond The Fox it won't be inspiring. You also have to use capital letters for each first word of the title. This is how your title should look like: Faelin's Adventure.
This is how it shouldn't look like: faelin's adventure.
Plot
You have to decided the plot carefully. And the starting or the Prologue should not be like this: Once upon a time, there lived a fox called Diamond. Diamond had a mother, a father and a little sister. This will make your blog uninteresting. Try to make it as exciting as you can.
Spelling
This is an important thing, the spelling. Sometimes, people use SMS language and short-cuts to write. This is not right. For example: Daimund wanted 2 go n play wit hish buddies, but hish mama did not allow. Seems funny, right? So be careful about your spelling!
Punctuation
The punctuations are the most important things. The full-stop (.) is used to end a sentence. We must use it in every sentence. You must not write like this: Diamond went to his cave to find all his friends there They were having a tea party there which made Diamond angry And next, the comma (,) is used to stop the sentence for a moment or is a short stop. You must not write like this: Diamond the fox wanted to invite his friend Keira who was out shopping. You see, commas makes the sentence more clear and easy to read. The exclamation point and question mark is also important as they show gladness, sorrow, anger, importance, excitement, questions.etc. This is how your sentence shouldn't look like: "Oh no. What will we do without our captain. We have to do something."
This is how your sentence should look like: "Oh no! What will we do without our captain? We have to do something!"
And now for the quotation marks, which is used for speech. This is how your sentence shouldn't look like: Hello, Diamond! said Dawn. What are you doing?
This is how your sentence should look like: "Hello, Diamond!" said Dawn. "What are you doing?"
Well, hope you find this page informative!
You should put that the prologue should be something somewhere else or a long time before from Chapter 1. That's why it's a prologue. Great idea for a page! :D
ReplyDeletethanks thats a nice tip!
DeleteAh,
ReplyDeleteYou should add the tip that when characters are talking they don't talk on the same line like this.
"Hi." Little said, smiling. "Well hello there!" Said Moon, bounding over.
It should be like this:
"Hi!" Little said, smiling.
"Well hello there!" Said Moon, bounding over.
You should add it. Very valuable if you ever want to actually write a book! :)
Thanks! That's very informative!
DeleteAnd you should put details. This is how it shouldn't be: The cat jumped.
ReplyDeleteThis is how it should be: The black cat jumped high over the brown rock.
Thanks everyone! I'll add your thoughts, too, when I get time!
ReplyDeleteWrong: acTulEE DIS is reelEE YummeE seD kaYlah i AgrEE sEd sEriN ChOmpiNg ON hIs fOOd
ReplyDeleteRight: "Actually, this is really yummy!" Said Kayla. "I agree." Said Serin, chomping on his food loudly.
IT TOOK SO LONG TO WRITE THE WRONG EXAMPLE DX
haha!
DeleteThis is how it shouldn't be. (pretend these chapter examples aren't as short)
ReplyDeleteChapter 45:
Emerald hopped over the fence. "Come on, let's get out of this human yard before they notice!" Said Emerald, trying to wake up Dawn.
Chapter 46:
Emerald hunted a mouse. It was big enough for the two foxes.
This is how it should be:
Chapter 45:
Emerald hopped over the fence. "Come on, let's get out of this human yard before they notice!" Said Emerald, trying to wake up Dawn.
Chapter 46:
Dawn hopped over the fence, lazily, and nearly fell asleep. "Come on! Let me sleep!" Hollered Dawn.
You don't bounce from topic to topic... what I mean is, like, don't skip anything that happens. If you skip stuff, it will make the story less interesting.
Got it! -thumbs up- Thanks!
DeleteI know a tip! You shouldn't always say "said", that makes it a little boring:
ReplyDeleteBanana wanted to play with Apple, so she said,
"Apple, come play with me!"
Apple then said,
"Sure!"
Moving to the park, Banana wanted to go onto the swings,
"Let's go!" said Banana.
Hope this helps!
@ Akili- Yes, using things like replied, asked, answered, shouted, yelled, etc. would make it better.
DeleteGood example:
"Hey, Robin! Come on, slowpoke!" Emerald told Robin. "What?" Robin asked. Emerald, annoyed with her nearly deaf friend, she yelled, "HEY ROBIN! COME ON SLOWPOKE!"
Just don't use caps. Bad example of using caps too much:
"I'M TIRED OF YOU BEING SO SECRET-LIKE AROUND ME, RUBY!" Shouted Cora. "YOU NEVER EVEN TALK TO ME ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU LOVE BLIZZARD SO MUCH! I'M TIRED OF IT! GET OVER IT ALREADY, EVERYONE KNOWS HE LOVES CALLIE!"
The problem with that is that caps are noticable and may attract the reader to it and show him/her spoilers example of THAT:
Reader: Hmm I wonder if he loves her. Then caps comes along...
"I LOVE HER SO STOP TRYING TO GET HER!" Shouted Hawk to his enemy, Dark Cave, a few paragraphs away.
You may use caps, just try not to use them too much and if there is a spoiler coming up I recommend not putting it in caps even if the character is yelling it loudly. Having the reader confused because there is no caps when the character is yelling a spoiler is better then the reader seeing it before it's time.
Thank you for your help! I'm sorry I haven't been on for a long time! :)
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