The Anti-Guide

How do you try to improve your writing?

I try to avoid old, stupid things.	17.5%	[ 2253 ]
I add new things.	14.9%	[ 1923 ]
A combination of both (if one more than the other, pick it).	67.6%	[ 8707 ]
Total Votes:			[ 12883 ]

[Nexus_Genesis]

DarknessofHeavenandDreams

Nexus_Genesis

The Phoenix Rises Again

Always argue your age as a good reason to do things people say you shouldn't. Feel free to say 'I'm so young' and 'I'm older' at the same time.

And when somebody who knows you tells everybody the truth, baaaaawwwww like a b***h.

(*Ahem, ahem* Newgrounds)

But claim you're being more mature than everyone else when doing it.

((I'm not even ABOUT to say this isn't me. I don't think there's anybody who hasn't done this in their first days with the inter-webs.))

((PS: Interwebs is an old joke by that webcomic, XKCD.))

[Insane_Flamingo]

OdistheOwl

Remember-the government is evil! The government must NEVER help your MC. Your MC must be a REBEL!!!one!!!1eleven!!!!

Unless your MC works for the government, in which case the government bends over backwards and kisses your MC's a**. Everything your MC says is a good idea.

[I am The Compendium]

Insane_Flamingo

OdistheOwl

Remember-the government is evil! The government must NEVER help your MC. Your MC must be a REBEL!!!one!!!1eleven!!!!

Unless your MC works for the government, in which case the government bends over backwards and kisses your MC's a**. Everything your MC says is a good idea.

Nothing your MC does is an abuse of power, but if someone of the same job does the same thing, they are abusing power.

[Nexus_Genesis]

I am The Compendium

Insane_Flamingo

OdistheOwl

Remember-the government is evil! The government must NEVER help your MC. Your MC must be a REBEL!!!one!!!1eleven!!!!

Unless your MC works for the government, in which case the government bends over backwards and kisses your MC's a**. Everything your MC says is a good idea.

Nothing your MC does is an abuse of power, but if someone of the same job does the same thing, they are abusing power.

Even though they gloss over it with such excuses as, "but it's for the greater good of the survival of this dying society!"

[FanFantasy]

Nexus_Genesis

I am The Compendium

Insane_Flamingo

OdistheOwl

Remember-the government is evil! The government must NEVER help your MC. Your MC must be a REBEL!!!one!!!1eleven!!!!

Unless your MC works for the government, in which case the government bends over backwards and kisses your MC's a**. Everything your MC says is a good idea.

Nothing your MC does is an abuse of power, but if someone of the same job does the same thing, they are abusing power.

Even though they gloss over it with such excuses as, "but it's for the greater good of the survival of this dying society!"

It's a lie.

[marshmallowcreampie]

The Phoenix Rises Again

marshmallowcreampie

Your main MC never adopts. Ever. They must always have their own kid with their lover. Adopting is for old, infertile couples. Everyone knows you can only be truly happy with a kid who is biologically yours.

Despite the fact that the MC is adopted and that's why they never knew they were princes of the angel-vampire-demon-nekos.

Also, once she finds out that the people who adopted her aren't her "real" parents, her one most important goal in life will be to find out who her "real" parents are and who she REALLY REALLY IZ! Because you just can't have a self-identity without knowing who you share your genes with.

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

marshmallowcreampie

The Phoenix Rises Again

marshmallowcreampie

Your main MC never adopts. Ever. They must always have their own kid with their lover. Adopting is for old, infertile couples. Everyone knows you can only be truly happy with a kid who is biologically yours.

Despite the fact that the MC is adopted and that's why they never knew they were princes of the angel-vampire-demon-nekos.

Also, once she finds out that the people who adopted her aren't her "real" parents, her one most important goal in life will be to find out who her "real" parents are and who she REALLY REALLY IZ! Because you just can't have a self-identity without knowing who you share your genes with.

Despite not knowing their own child, real parents love their kid, whom they gave up without a second thought and whose only protection they gave was giving the kid up to a random peasant couple and not trying to erase birthmarks or put large amulets that give away their identity on the kid and not hide them or ever use safety deposit boxes, love the kid even more than the adoptive ones.

[Nexus_Genesis]

FanFantasy

Nexus_Genesis

I am The Compendium

Insane_Flamingo

OdistheOwl

Remember-the government is evil! The government must NEVER help your MC. Your MC must be a REBEL!!!one!!!1eleven!!!!

Unless your MC works for the government, in which case the government bends over backwards and kisses your MC's a**. Everything your MC says is a good idea.

Nothing your MC does is an abuse of power, but if someone of the same job does the same thing, they are abusing power.

Even though they gloss over it with such excuses as, "but it's for the greater good of the survival of this dying society!"

It's a lie.

And so is the cake.

[avearia]

The Phoenix Rises Again

marshmallowcreampie

The Phoenix Rises Again

marshmallowcreampie

Your main MC never adopts. Ever. They must always have their own kid with their lover. Adopting is for old, infertile couples. Everyone knows you can only be truly happy with a kid who is biologically yours.

Despite the fact that the MC is adopted and that's why they never knew they were princes of the angel-vampire-demon-nekos.

Also, once she finds out that the people who adopted her aren't her "real" parents, her one most important goal in life will be to find out who her "real" parents are and who she REALLY REALLY IZ! Because you just can't have a self-identity without knowing who you share your genes with.

Despite not knowing their own child, real parents love their kid, whom they gave up without a second thought and whose only protection they gave was giving the kid up to a random peasant couple and not trying to erase birthmarks or put large amulets that give away their identity on the kid and not hide them or ever use safety deposit boxes, love the kid even more than the adoptive ones.

When the MC finally finds his rightful parents, they will instantly recognize him despite not having seen him since he was an infant. And they will love him because a mother's love is endless. Heaven forbid that they don't feel connected to him because of their separation--or worse, never wanted the baby-MC at all and that's why the MC was an orphan in the first place...

[avearia]

Jiraku

Never use any cliches whatsoever. Your story need to be 299% 100% original, b***h! Hero wins in the end? WRONG. He dies when the baddie shoots him. Villains cannot carry ANY of the cards, let alone all of them. Hero gets girl in the end or one of both lovers die? You think you're so damn Genre Savvy, don't you? The girl should freaking violently reject that a*****e. That may come off as ungrateful and jackass-ish, but since it's original, that's how it should be. Who gives a s**t if some Tropes like the Thematic Rogues Gallery are necessary in some situations? If it has been done before, then it is worse than sin.

And since being original is cliche in the first place, you're better off not writing anything at all. That's how you get good, right? Never writing anything!

[Firlodge_the_second]

And the MC will always choose their biological parents because of the shared genes despite the fact that their adoptive parents are the ones who fed and clothed them.

Genes trump...oooh....I don't know, actually keeping the infant alive. Always.

[Ludera]

Adoptive parents will never actually tell their kid that they're adopted, even if the kid looks nothing like them (of course she will though, because people only adopt children that look like they could be genetically related). In the case of an old couple adopting a child, they'll say they're her grandparents instead.

[Ora the Owlish]

Nexus_Genesis

FanFantasy

Nexus_Genesis

I am The Compendium

Insane_Flamingo

OdistheOwl

Remember-the government is evil! The government must NEVER help your MC. Your MC must be a REBEL!!!one!!!1eleven!!!!

Unless your MC works for the government, in which case the government bends over backwards and kisses your MC's a**. Everything your MC says is a good idea.

Nothing your MC does is an abuse of power, but if someone of the same job does the same thing, they are abusing power.

Even though they gloss over it with such excuses as, "but it's for the greater good of the survival of this dying society!"

It's a lie.

And so is the cake.

((The cake's a lie, b***h! I had to do that. Really.))

[marshmallowcreampie]

Firlodge_the_second

And the MC will always choose their biological parents because of the shared genes despite the fact that their adoptive parents are the ones who fed and clothed them.

Genes trump...oooh....I don't know, actually keeping the infant alive. Always.

Agreed. The minute they find their biological parents, they'll completely ditch their adoptive parents no matter how loving they've been to them. Because they totally know that their biological parents will love them no matter what. No chance of them being crazy or anything. In every single case of a parent giving their child for adoption, they will have been looking for the child the day after giving them up. Every single parent who gave a kid up for adoption REALLY REALLY wants to see their kid again. They never gave the kid up for lack of wanting a kid.