The Anti-Guide

How do you try to improve your writing?

I try to avoid old, stupid things.	17.5%	[ 2292 ]
I add new things.	14.9%	[ 1951 ]
A combination of both (if one more than the other, pick it).	67.6%	[ 8852 ]
Total Votes:			[ 13095 ]

[The Velveteen Violinist]

Yes.. Oh political correctness. It's always better to have one token minority character who doesn't do anything but be politically correct than to have an all majority cast... Everyone will love you. Kill him/her off as early a chance as possible so you don't have to write those annoying character development beyond "He was black" or "She was Asian."

[DarknessofHeavenandDreams]

Asia and Africa are countries.

And Russia is a continent.

[Battphink]

Vampires should never have anything unattractive like mosquito beaks, and they should never spread malaria -- just herpes. biggrin

[DarknessofHeavenandDreams]

Having superpowers is bad and should make people angst. In fact, no one with powers should use them before angsting for at least a page.

[Hot lin78]

Sorry for my earlier post. You should definitely NEVER RESEARCH!

Hot lin78

[Firlodge_the_second]

Battology is god. Battology is god. Battology is god. Battology is god. Battology is god.
Battology is god. Battology is god. Battology is god. Battology is god. Battology is god.

[XxDreamBigxX]

DarknessofHeavenandDreams

Having superpowers is bad and should make people angst. In fact, no one with powers should use them before angsting for at least a page.

And people with powers always try to be heroes. Nobody wants to just use them for stupiding things like scarying their dog, or outsmarting their teachers. And if they do use it like that at first, they are presuaded to become a hero. And at the end of it, they never go back to being a normal person using their super powers for trivial things. They stay in the hero buisness.

[Glaedr52]

It is sick and wrong to try and write any type of story without using the words "hidden pain."

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

XxDreamBigxX

DarknessofHeavenandDreams

Having superpowers is bad and should make people angst. In fact, no one with powers should use them before angsting for at least a page.

And people with powers always try to be heroes. Nobody wants to just use them for stupiding things like scarying their dog, or outsmarting their teachers. And if they do use it like that at first, they are presuaded to become a hero. And at the end of it, they never go back to being a normal person using their super powers for trivial things. They stay in the hero buisness.

Superheroing is always a business! Superheroes don't have to worry about money, they're superheroes! (always use exclamation points to show how awesome characters are!)

[Faux-Nom]

When writing a trilogy, alway remember: continuity is for whores... cheap ones.

[Hot lin78]

confused What is battology?

Hot lin78

[Firlodge_the_second]

((Needlessly repeating the same thing over and over again.
Needlessly repeating the same thing over and over again.
Needlessly repeating the same thing over and over again.))

[Chort Stuph]

Remember when describing a character use frequent pop culture references. Not only will looking like [insert celebrity name here] make your character seem far more hawt/badass, but your readers will see how original your character's appearance is. And the reader will never not know who your referencing to, because what loser doesn't know their pop culture.

(This works particularly well when writing Y.A. material.)

[Glaedr52]

f** gramer.

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

Ad pets. The more the merrier. This makes for great hijinks and will show how much your MC cares. Remember, taking care of another living being is not difficult whatsoever and can never go wrong.