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 ]

[Ludera]

The Phoenix Rises Again

Clare_N

1, Using crude slang terms such as "c**k" or "p***y"

((I fail to see what's wrong with this.))

((In every sex scene? I see these words in what are supposed to be soft romantic moments often enough, and I dunno about anyone else, but the mood is kind of ruined by it for me. It's a weird word choice, in any case.))

Buuut you shouldn't ever have romantic sex scenes because having a loving couple in your story is a CLICHE and cliches are BAD. The only possible way to redeem yourself if you end up with this in your story is to kill at least one half off by the end. You shouldn't have it in the first place, but I mean, if you're reading how-to guides to better yourself you're obviously a bad writer with a lot of bad things in your stories, so for all I know your story is probably FILLED with characters who love each other.

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

((Those words are romantic and sexy to me. Maybe I'm from Mars or something)).

It's not romantic unless it's tragic.

[Alias Scout]

The Phoenix Rises Again

((Those words are romantic and sexy to me. Maybe I'm from Mars or something)).

It's not romantic unless it's tragic.

And UBER-KAWAII-AWESUUUUUUM!!! If you're an anime fan.

[FanFantasy]

Alias Onyx RAIDEN

The Phoenix Rises Again

((Those words are romantic and sexy to me. Maybe I'm from Mars or something)).

It's not romantic unless it's tragic.

And UBER-KAWAII-AWESUUUUUUM!!! If you're an anime fan.

It's soooooo KAWAII-DESU-NE!!!1! Everyone loves anime, so using wapaneseJapanese is so cooL!

[Alias Scout]

FanFantasy

Alias Onyx RAIDEN

The Phoenix Rises Again

((Those words are romantic and sexy to me. Maybe I'm from Mars or something)).

It's not romantic unless it's tragic.

And UBER-KAWAII-AWESUUUUUUM!!! If you're an anime fan.

It's soooooo KAWAII-DESU-NE!!!1! Everyone loves anime, so using wapaneseJapanese is so cooL!

It's the only true definition of awesome anymore.

[marshmallowcreampie]

FanFantasy

Alias Onyx RAIDEN

The Phoenix Rises Again

((Those words are romantic and sexy to me. Maybe I'm from Mars or something)).

It's not romantic unless it's tragic.

And UBER-KAWAII-AWESUUUUUUM!!! If you're an anime fan.

It's soooooo KAWAII-DESU-NE!!!1! Everyone loves anime, so using wapaneseJapanese is so cooL!

If you know how to say "kawaii" and that it means "cute", then you're automatically Japanese and therefore cool! When characters are speaking English, it makes perfect sense to randomly insert Japanese words in to make your character cooler. Bad guys don't know Japanese.

((I hate those people who think they're sign-language experts because they know the alphabet... Similar goes with the Japanese thing, they think they're soooo cool because they know a few Japanese words and Japanese = cool. Not saying it isn't cool, but I only know a few words, and that's often more than the weaboos know. rofl ))

[Alias Scout]

marshmallowcreampie

FanFantasy

Alias Onyx RAIDEN

The Phoenix Rises Again

((Those words are romantic and sexy to me. Maybe I'm from Mars or something)).

It's not romantic unless it's tragic.

And UBER-KAWAII-AWESUUUUUUM!!! If you're an anime fan.

It's soooooo KAWAII-DESU-NE!!!1! Everyone loves anime, so using wapaneseJapanese is so cooL!

If you know how to say "kawaii" and that it means "cute", then you're automatically Japanese and therefore cool! When characters are speaking English, it makes perfect sense to randomly insert Japanese words in to make your character cooler. Bad guys don't know Japanese.

((I hate those people who think they're sign-language experts because they know the alphabet... Similar goes with the Japanese thing, they think they're soooo cool because they know a few Japanese words and Japanese = cool. Not saying it isn't cool, but I only know a few words, and that's often more than the weaboos know. rofl ))

((I wonder how many of them know what "Mizu choi dai dozo" means.))

[FanFantasy]

Alias Onyx RAIDEN

marshmallowcreampie

FanFantasy

Alias Onyx RAIDEN

The Phoenix Rises Again

((Those words are romantic and sexy to me. Maybe I'm from Mars or something)).

It's not romantic unless it's tragic.

And UBER-KAWAII-AWESUUUUUUM!!! If you're an anime fan.

It's soooooo KAWAII-DESU-NE!!!1! Everyone loves anime, so using wapaneseJapanese is so cooL!

If you know how to say "kawaii" and that it means "cute", then you're automatically Japanese and therefore cool! When characters are speaking English, it makes perfect sense to randomly insert Japanese words in to make your character cooler. Bad guys don't know Japanese.

((I hate those people who think they're sign-language experts because they know the alphabet... Similar goes with the Japanese thing, they think they're soooo cool because they know a few Japanese words and Japanese = cool. Not saying it isn't cool, but I only know a few words, and that's often more than the weaboos know. rofl ))

((I wonder how many of them know what "Mizu choi dai dozo" means.))

((....Probably none. You learn the word kawaii and maybe arigato and if your not careful, you are sucked into weeboo territory. ))

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If you know how to say "kawaii" and that it means "cute", then you're automatically Japanese and therefore cool! When characters are speaking English, it makes perfect sense to randomly insert Japanese words in to make your character cooler. Bad guys don't know Japanese.

((Oh geez I hate this so much. I don't read fanfiction anymore for just this reason.))

If the bad guy is hot however, he knows some like 'baka'.

[Alias Scout]

FanFantasy

Alias Onyx RAIDEN

((I wonder how many of them know what "Mizu choi dai dozo" means.))

((....Probably none. You learn the word kawaii and maybe arigato and if your not careful, you are sucked into weeboo territory. ))

((For the record though, if you didn't know it, it means "Please give me water", but the literal translation is "Water, give me please" XD ))

[The False Magician]

Better yet all your characters must randomly be martial art experts and engage in fight scenes that are a novelized version of anime and manga battles. It makes your story just that much cooler.

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

If you have a group of heroes, one must be yelled at by the leader each episode/issue/chapter. No, there does not need to be a reason.

[Alias Scout]

The Phoenix Rises Again

If you have a group of heroes, one must be yelled at by the leader each episode/issue/chapter. No, there does not need to be a reason.

And then sequentially hit by a frying pan/gigantic wrench/painful blunt metal object.

[The False Magician]

Always maximize your use of hammerspace. There can never be enough hammerspace for your heroes to take advantage of.

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

Ellipses makes things more meaningful

[The False Magician]

Well, they do if you're James Joyce...