User:Cocopelt101/Story tips & writing tips"

Intro
I've decided to make some guides! Here is my first one, about writing stories.

Story steps
1. Choose a title. What do you want your story to be about? Why is the title called how it is?

Ex: Journey to the clouds

A story about how Cloudpaw faces her fears and rises to the sky. (Not literally, LOL)

Avoid things like: Cloudpaw's life. A bit cliché, don't you think?

2. Genre. What kind of genre do you want? Adventure? Battle? Humor? Romance? Drama?

3.The plot. What happens in the story? What goes wrong? What problem does the main character have to face? What is the main thing?

Ex: Cloudpaw is being bullied by a bunch of jerks. How can she face them?

4. Story line. Work out what is supposed to happen in the story? Which cats die? (If any) What events occur? Making a timeline may help.

Ex: Cloudkit is born. Cloudkit gets bullied. Cloudkit becomes apprentice. Cloudpaw continues to be bullied. Cloudpaw becomes Cloudfern. Cloudfern falls in love. Etc.,etc.

5. Main characters. Who are the protagonists? Antagonists? Minor characters?

Ex: Cloudfern- fluffy white she cat with green eyes. (Protagonist)

Bluesong- Blue gray she-cat with amber eyes. (Protagonist)

Amberfall- amber she-cat with golden spots, one white paw, and yellow eyes. (Antagonist)

Sparrowshine- dark brown she-cat with green eyes. (Antagonist)

Willowfrost- gray and white she-cat with white paws and pool blue eyes. (Minor character/extra character)

6. Solution. How does the main character and up to the problem? What does he/she do?

Ex: So Cloudfern remained loyal, and eventually became Cloudstar. She was able to beat the bullies.

Writing tips
1. P.O.V. How does the main character feel? How does she/he express their feelings?

Ex: Cloudfern felt furious. How dare the cruel bullies hurt her!

In some cases its better to reveal than explain.

Ex: Cloudfern glared, and trudged back to the warriors den.

That expresses that Cloudfern was angry and stubborn.

Avoid things like: Cloudfern was mad. She went to the warriors den.

That doesn't describe much.

2. Listen to your words. How does the "music" of your writing sound? Does it glide smoothly?

Ex: Cloudfern curled up into her mossy nest. Sleep was tugging at her body, but not her mind. She was too sad to sleep. Why did Amberfall have to bully her?

Avoid things like this: Cloudfern went to her nest. She was tired. She was sad. Amberfall was mean.

Doesn't sound to good, does it?

3. Vocab. How creative are your words?

Ex: Cloudfern returned to camp. The shimmering moon shone brightly in the sky. Cloudfern saw leaves dancing in the trees as the dashing wind swirled by.

Avoid things like: Cloudfern returned to camp. The moon was bright. The leaves moved. The wind blew.

4. Punctuation. Do you have proper grammar? Is your story easy to read? Did you include commas, periods, quotations, Etc.,Etc.?

Ex:  Cloudfern leapt into battle. A strong gray tabby went crashing into her. Clumsily, she knocked to the side. But she quickly recovered. "You foolish rogue!" She screeched, sinking her tooth into his hind leg. He yowled. "Watch it, Fleabag!" He spat.

Avoid things like: Cloudfern leapt into battle and a tabby knocked into her and she fell and she recovered and she said you foolish rogue! And he said watch it fleabag

SO MANY ANDS

That's it! If you've read this guide, you're ready to write! Tell me if you liked it in the comments!

-Cocopelt