Question

novel tips?

(i posted this in writing too but nobody ever goes on there)

Answer 1

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i have the ideas and im not really working on grammar at this point. I always edit so much that i get nothing truly accomplished. so i want to finish the story first. What i am struggling on is describing the background and what not. I'm writing this story in the present and its in my main characters head. i figured out how i want to do the dialogue that part was easy. but i need help in how to fit in things like what other people look like. Im really good at describing i just dont know how to incorporate it without it sounding cliche

Answer 2

idk why it says medals zero but i will medal

Answer 3

Usually how you want to explain what other characters look like by how detailed the rest of your story is. You don't want to write a detailed story and then explain your characters with not much detail, or have a not-so detailed story and explain your characters with lots of detail

Answer 4

And there is many different ways you can introduce a character and describe the looks of that character. It is depending on what your story is about.

Answer 5

Say one of the characters is the main character's roommate, so you can introduce the roommate (let's say this roommate was a girl and so is the main character) by making your main character knocking on her roommate's door, she is allowed in, and she sees her roommate doing her hair in the mirror. The main character looks in the mirror and sees her roommate and describes her features. I will post a short paragraph below of a detailed example of this. Give me just a sec

Answer 6

yea but the thing is, is that its in the main characters head. Like each chapter starts with her and a monologue she a selective mute at the beginning of the story. Its described by thoughts.

Answer 7

Walking down the hall, I remembered I left my purse in Sarah's, my roommates, room from when we were going out to a party, and that's a long story. Shaking my head remembering that part, I knocked on the door, leaving a small echo wander around the house, I hear a faint 'Come in'. I cracked open the door and walked inside seeing Sarah facing her mirror propped up against the wall and putting on some mascara to frame her bright green eyes. Looking at her reflection in the mirror, her red hair is already nice and straight, guessing that she already straightened it. (blehblah example I am not going to continue)

Answer 8

yea but my story is present tense you wrote in past tense. I feel like writing about the past it would be easier but its going tp be a series and this is how i want to write and how it has to be written in order for the story to make sense

Answer 9

its like if you see someone new and what you think its those active thoughts

Answer 10

btw thanks for helping me out

Answer 11

@sammixboo