Thread:Orion Caelum/@comment-27439157-20160101034644/@comment-27404954-20160104043554

Oicraftian wrote: I tried to start writing. Any tips? For some miraculous reason all my stories are ending up in the trash bin even before the second paragraph. I might have high standards but I think I set a (proportionate) new record lol

Well, what you should probably do is get your whole concept prepared. I don't personally write an outline, but it might benefit you to do so. By outline, I mean like a bullet-point list of what should happen in the story.

You may also want a Dramatis Personae with another bullet-point list compilation of character backstories and stuff. I usually avoid writing personalities down, because you're usually best served by extrapolating personalities naturally from the backstory you've decided upon.

After you're done with that, write an entire scene. Don't even stop to look it over. Just write a scene, from any part in your concept (use your bullet point list if you want a place to start!) and then, after completely finished with the scene, look it over and edit it. If you only get two paragraphs in and it sounds stupid, that doesn't matter. What matters is the verisimilitude of the scene. (Look it up.)