The Anti-Guide

How do you try to improve your writing?

I try to avoid old, stupid things.	17.5%	[ 2370 ]
I add new things.	14.7%	[ 1993 ]
A combination of both (if one more than the other, pick it).	67.8%	[ 9169 ]
Total Votes:			[ 13532 ]

[Molly the Emo Kitty]

All girls (especially the main protagonists and antagonists) MUST have a huge rack. Who cares if you have to make up a bra size and she winds up inable to shop at regular stores because of it? Nobody likes an A-Cup heroine. (I apoligize to all the girls offended by this)

[My_Angel_Eyes]

Molly the Emo Kitty

All girls (especially the main protagonists and antagonists) MUST have a huge rack. Who cares if you have to make up a bra size and she winds up inable to shop at regular stores because of it? Nobody likes an A-Cup heroine. (I apoligize to all the girls offended by this)

Also, they have to be the perfect women, nice rack, nice butt, nice everything, well looks anyways, readers dont care about the way the characters act.

[panic_at_the_opera]

I think that it should be mandatory for all stories to have a weak preppy girl be saved by the male hero. Never ever have average girls in the story and never have a smart girl either.

[Molly the Emo Kitty]

panic_at_the_opera

I think that it should be mandatory for all stories to have a weak preppy girl be saved by the male hero. Never ever have average girls in the story and never have a smart girl either.

If you do choose to include a smart girl, she must be a total nerd hiding her true beauty behind hair constantly in her face, braces and thick glasses. In the end, someone magically fixes her and she and the hero realize what true love they share. *insert nerd girl's virginity stolen here*

[PinkevilBob]

Never let your reader know who is talking. Or only have one tagline of he said in the beginning of a five page conversation if you're feeling generous.

[Axioma]

Molly the Emo Kitty

panic_at_the_opera

I think that it should be mandatory for all stories to have a weak preppy girl be saved by the male hero. Never ever have average girls in the story and never have a smart girl either.

If you do choose to include a smart girl, she must be a total nerd hiding her true beauty behind hair constantly in her face, braces and thick glasses. In the end, someone magically fixes her and she and the hero realize what true love they share. *insert nerd girl's virginity stolen here*

Fixing: Remove glasses, unbutton an extra button on her blouse, let her hair fall free on her shoulders. DONE.

As for fantasy, I frequently have characters named John Nbaza'ck and Melanie Cai-Moronarth no Vakai 3nodding

[Rid V]

Astarael--Banisher

An ornate and intricate culture which eerily resembles existing cultures of Earth that is ornately and intricately described is a must. It helps if there are a bunch of there cultures out there--the description helps fill in the pages and turn your unpromising books into a promising saga. 'Cos everyone knows that quantity equals quality, in nearly every aspect of writing.

No, not at all, everyone knows you shouldn't bother with making up any distinct culture for your characters, and heaven forbid you should make up a culture and then explain it at all. ((I'm pretty sure I see where you're going with this, just pointing out that if you take the idea to the opposite extreme, you're no better off.))

Whenever there has been a threat or there is some other danger to any good character in power (especially a good politician), her/his friends/assistants bodyguards will suggest a reasonable course of action to protect that character when preparing for a specific address, summit, or other important function. The character in question will always dismiss their suggestions (if s/he is a politician, always for political reasons, such as "We can't afford to look weak" or "We must build a sense of trust" wink . You can work out for yourselves what happens next, Hint: not pretty.

Double-agents. No matter who they are, what their specialty, or what type of organization they infiltrate, they will always rise to the top ranks, or, if there are no ranks, they will have the complete trust of the organization's leader. The arguments of anyone who suspects them will be discounted, if the suspicious character doesn't simply suffer an accident that no one finds suspicious in the least, no matter how unlikely.

[My_Angel_Eyes]

All books gotta have swords, no matter what and everyone has to be like a super swordsman no matter what, readers love that kinda stuff.

[Morgey]

Axioma

Molly the Emo Kitty

panic_at_the_opera

I think that it should be mandatory for all stories to have a weak preppy girl be saved by the male hero. Never ever have average girls in the story and never have a smart girl either.

If you do choose to include a smart girl, she must be a total nerd hiding her true beauty behind hair constantly in her face, braces and thick glasses. In the end, someone magically fixes her and she and the hero realize what true love they share. *insert nerd girl's virginity stolen here*

Fixing: Remove glasses, unbutton an extra button on her blouse, let her hair fall free on her shoulders. DONE.

This simple act completely revolutionises her personality! Now that she's gotten rid of her pony tail, she suddenly becomes a confident sex kitten even though she used to shy away from human contact. It totally makes sense surprised

On that note, the hero cannot simply appreciate her as she was. Nope, she needs to be "fixed". She was wrong being herself. Personalities are overrated. We like her now because she'll have a nicer wardrobe.

[Morgey]

My_Angel_Eyes

All books gotta have swords, no matter what and everyone has to be like a super swordsman no matter what, readers love that kinda stuff.

And the best swordsman in the world has to be a fifteen year old amateur, of course.

[panic_at_the_opera]

Morgey

Axioma

Molly the Emo Kitty

panic_at_the_opera

I think that it should be mandatory for all stories to have a weak preppy girl be saved by the male hero. Never ever have average girls in the story and never have a smart girl either.

If you do choose to include a smart girl, she must be a total nerd hiding her true beauty behind hair constantly in her face, braces and thick glasses. In the end, someone magically fixes her and she and the hero realize what true love they share. *insert nerd girl's virginity stolen here*

Fixing: Remove glasses, unbutton an extra button on her blouse, let her hair fall free on her shoulders. DONE.

This simple act completely revolutionises her personality! Now that she's gotten rid of her pony tail, she suddenly becomes a confident sex kitten even though she used to shy away from human contact. It totally makes sense surprised

On that note, the hero cannot simply appreciate her as she was. Nope, she needs to be "fixed". She was wrong being herself. Personalities are overrated. We like her now because she'll have a nicer wardrobe.

On that note the girl now becomes super popular and ditches her faithful guy friend who was secretly in love with her to go out with the hero.

[Slorfae Lafyre]

Kings. There are two kinds:
#1) The mighty, just, good-hearted, and all around wonderful kind, whom everyone loves and trusts and listens to, and
#2) The evil, manipulating/manipulated, corrupted, and all around bad kind.

Usually the two are brothers and #2 kills #1, but that whole thing is optional.

[Ogdred Rum]

panic_at_the_opera

I think that it should be mandatory for all stories to have a weak preppy girl be saved by the male hero. Never ever have average girls in the story and never have a smart girl either.

If one must absolutely need a smart girl, she must be frumpy and wear glasses. It has been ordained by hollywood.

[Axioma]

Slorfe

Kings. There are two kinds:
#1) The mighty, just, good-hearted, and all around wonderful kind, whom everyone loves and trusts and listens to, and
#2) The evil, manipulating/manipulated, corrupted, and all around bad kind.

Usually the two are brothers and #2 kills #1, but that whole thing is optional.

However, there is only ONE kind of the king's Advisor.

#1) EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL

[the hidden ghost]

In anime, all bad guys must have high cheek bones.
((My friend calls them "evil man cheek bones" and saw a guy on the train with "evil man cheek bones" and wanted to take a photo to show everyone. Her reasoning was if he had EMCB, he had to be planning to take over the world or something.))