Writing Tips for Aspiring Writers - WritersLife.org

Writing Tips for Aspiring Writers - WritersLife.org Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit Where to follow and listen to WritersLife.org: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writerslifeorg/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writerslife.org/ Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/writerslifeorg Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/writerslifeorg/ Google +: http://www.WritersLife.org/googleplus Website: http://www.WritersLife.org Products: http://www.WritersLife.org/shop Podcast: http://writerslife.org/podcast Join Our Team: http://writerslife.org/contribute/ Advertise your book and.or writing https://www.facebook.com/WritersLifeAdvertisingPlatform/?ref=br_rs Thank you for listening Please Share it. We LOVE to read comments so please leave a comment and subscribe to Our channel: https://www.youtube.com/writerslifeorg Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi I'm Jody from Writer's life at work and today we'll be talking about writing tips for aspiring writers writing is a really wonderful activity personally I really enjoy reading and writing historical romance if you are an aspiring writer here are some tips to get you started the hook the opening of your story should be a hook that catches the reader and makes them want to read on usually you would start with the conflict or point of change in some stories you can however show a bit of the characters normal life before introducing the problem or conflict that changes the character's life the hero's journey this type of story is known as the hero's journey and requires skill to write the main point is that your writing should be deliberate and not a coincidence the first few paragraphs should make the reader want to continue they should be interesting and if there is any background information in the first few paragraphs it should be interspersed with conflict large chunks of background information or description will quickly bore the reader and should be avoided pick up a few books and read the first few pages to see how other writers write them there is even a chart you can follow specifically called the hero's journey google it and you'll see what I'm talking about introduce your conflict introduce the problem or conflict in the first few pages if we don't know from the beginning what the conflict is we may not want to read on after all it's the conflict that keeps us reading conflicts can be internal with the character external between the character and the outside world or both but we all know the best type of conflict is internal background information background information should be kept at a minimum and short stories while in novels bits of background information should be provided in various places large chunks of background information at one place however should be avoided dialogue dialogue should sound natural but should not be exactly like real-life conversation read dialogue aloud to see whether it sounds right or not dialogue should also be consistent with the character's personality if your character seems to be a rogue from other descriptions but the dialogue shows them it to be extremely nice there should be a reason to it does the character have multiple faces are they only that way certain people or have you used the dialogue that's inconsistent with the character's personality every scene in your story it should move it forward or show characterization but preferably both no scenes should be there without a purpose during the rewrite stage ask yourself whether the scene further ...