Tips on writing a Novel

[ignitionhost]

Hello,
i thought i'd write a few tips on writing a novel


Have a beggining, middle, end
Try and grab the users attention, right at the beggining
When writing speach, use seperate lines*
Use your imagination - don't write about boring things
Before you start - plan it our, on a spider diagram
Before you start - try and think of what type of story out of the 7**
Make sure you have gaps in between major events so it's not just - then he went to toliet, then went to sleep***

* For example
"Hello Callie" said bob
"Hello Bob!" said callie
- This makes it easyer for the user to read

**,
Aparently, there are only seven plots in the whole world, i don't know them, and i can't find them. But i heard it somewhere,
i think it's like, jeasuly, family affairs, murder, war,

Don't know though..

Hope this helps you in the future..

EDIT: *** He got up and walked over to his dresser. He laid down the 9mm pistol and then went to bed.
*
The next day he woke up with the sun shining through the the gaps in the blinds...
Would be a good example, thanks jacko
Thankyou
Iggy :8

[Fawne]

Yeh they're very good tips for when people would like to write stories here.
Maybe you should try to find those 'seven things'.
Then people would have more to think about when writing.
They'd begin to stick more imagination into what they're writing.

[ignitionhost]

I know, i've been looking, but i can't find them

[Jacko2kn3]

When there is a change of time you should do something like:

He got up and walked over to his dresser. He laid down the 9mm pistol and then went to bed.

*
The next day he woke up with the sun shining through the the gaps in the blinds...

(The star is on a new line and centered(sp?))

[ignitionhost]

When there is a change of time you should do something like:

He got up and walked over to his dresser. He laid down the 9mm pistol and then went to bed.

*
The next day he woke up with the sun shining through the the gaps in the blinds...

(The star is on a new line and centered(sp?))
Done thanks