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Creative Writing
Creative writing refers to a writing style that expresses thoughts and ideas in an imaginative way. It involves creating a work of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry, going beyond the technical, professional, journalistic, and academic form of literature.
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How do you submit articles to ghanaweb?
Ghanaweb seems to be a site where you can meet up with fellow Ghandians -- I didn't really see any articles per se. You will need to join the website -- there is something called "My Ghana" that will probably allow you to post information. I didn't join up because I am not from Ghana -- you know, you could discover this information yourself the same way I did, by using a search engine and checking the website!
How do you write a character with multiple names?
You don't write all of the names all of the time. Pick one name and call the character that most of the time or the readers will get confused.
What is a good way to start a scary story?
There are five ways to start a story.
- Setting Description
- Character Description
- Introduction of the Narrator
- Plot Elements
- Philosophy
- The night was dark and stormy and the rain fell down in torrents...
- Edwin Adork was a man who never looked another in the eye...
- I will tell you what I know and of what I have seen....
- Something crashed and brought a shower of glass then came the blossoming roar of a gas explosion.
- There are things that we can conceive of, yet still prefer not to have in our concept of the world.....
Is Paris a good name for a main story character?
Any name that you want to name your character is a good name -- they're YOUR characters! Here is a good name generator website if you have trouble picking names.
What is a good plot for a story about friendship and bullying?
Any idea that is interesting enough to you will be a good idea. You cannot write a story or novel based on ideas that someone else invents - you won't be interested enough in the subject to be able to research and write anything that will actually sell. Plus, anonymous people on the internet have no idea how old you are, what your interests are, or how well you can write!
In order to write, you need a personal connection to the subject. Write about whatever you enjoy, or whatever you find interesting, and you will end up with your novel or story.
WikiAnswers is happy to help you learn how to write better. We will not do your writing for you by giving you ideas and paragraphs to copy.
Here are some more suggestions from WikiAnswers contributors:
• Write about what you know. A good idea for a first novel is to write your own personal story. Everyone has at least one novel in them waiting to be written.
• Observe the world around you. Anything interesting can be an idea for a story or novel.
• Research. The more you know, the more ideas you will have.
• Read stories and books that other authors have written in your chosen genre. This way, you can see how other people do things.
A story can be either plot driven, character driven, or both. Most are stories are both but one or the other usually takes precedence. Charles Dickens' novels are primarily character driven Ian Flemings' are plot driven (although all the plots are the same.) If you need a place to start - trying thinking up interesting characters who can be developed and evolved against an interesting plot, or think up a good crisis that characters can be illuminated through.
If you're still stuck, try these websites in the Links below!
How do you write about yourself?
When you are asked to describe someone, here are some things you should include: * physical description - age, gender, height, weight, coloring (eyes, hair, skin), any unusual traits or characteristics * background - where they were born, where they live, what their family is like (siblings, pets, parents, other relatives), where they go to school, what their house is like * community - what organizations do they belong to (church, clubs, other groups), what jobs they have, what role they play in their neighborhood or community * personality - likes and dislikes, hobbies, amusements, traits they might show or inner traits that might not show, hopes and dreams, fears, favorite things
Are books written in third person worse than books written in first person?
Its hard to say, as it is an opinion, Most people prefer books not for what Point of View they are written in, but what they are about, if you like the Category of the Book, try reading the back of the book, or the first chapter, to see if you like it. not whether its 1st or 3rd P.O.V.
Is it foolish to write a love story without experiencing the drama of breaking up?
You certainly don't have to break up to write a love story -- nor do you have to have a break-up in the story! You should be old enough to have experienced real love, though, and not just the sorts of crushes you get when you're a young teenager. Real love is different -- you want the person to be happy even if they're with someone else, you realize that neither of you should have to change, and you accept the other person's faults and love them anyway.
How Point Out Details In The Story That Will Prove What if your Claim?
The question makes no sense - please rewrite it so that it asks a specific question that someone can answer.
What are some ideas on the topic of being rich?
Any idea that is interesting enough to you will be a good idea. You cannot write a story or novel based on ideas that someone else invents - you won't be interested enough in the subject to be able to research and write anything that will actually sell. Plus, anonymous people on the internet have no idea how old you are, what your interests are, or how well you can write!
In order to write, you need a personal connection to the subject. Write about whatever you enjoy, or whatever you find interesting, and you will end up with your novel or story.
WikiAnswers is happy to help you learn how to write better. We will not do your writing for you by giving you ideas and paragraphs to copy.
Here are some more suggestions from WikiAnswers contributors:
• Write about what you know. A good idea for a first novel is to write your own personal story. Everyone has at least one novel in them waiting to be written.
• Observe the world around you. Anything interesting can be an idea for a story or novel.
• Research. The more you know, the more ideas you will have.
• Read stories and books that other authors have written in your chosen genre. This way, you can see how other people do things.
A story can be either plot driven, character driven, or both. Most are stories are both but one or the other usually takes precedence. Charles Dickens' novels are primarily character driven Ian Flemings' are plot driven (although all the plots are the same.) If you need a place to start - trying thinking up interesting characters who can be developed and evolved against an interesting plot, or think up a good crisis that characters can be illuminated through.
If you're still stuck, try these websites in the Links below!
How do you keep a reader interested in what you have written?
How to Keep a Reader's Interest
Without knowing more about the type of book in discussion, here is some general advice. The secret to writing suspense - that which keeps the reader turning the pages - is to set up a question in the reader's mind such that she will not be able to rest until the reader finds the answer. It may be a big question, such as "Will I be able to get out of this pot before the headhunters return to cook me?" or it may be a small question, like "Will Greta be able to go to college with no money?" So long as it matters desperately to the character, and to the extent that the writing is able to convince the reader that it does, it doesn't matter what the question is. The first question should be presented on the first page. Here's the beginning line of a fantasy novel for youth: "It started the day Misty took her little brother out into the forest to get rid of him."
Immediately, the reader wants to know, WHY? And if s/he doesn't go on and read until the question is answered, it will linger in the mind for days, perhaps weeks, providing a strong motivation to go back to the book. Some questions will be answered immediately; some, generally the big ones, will be saved until the end. The beginning question should be explored within the first chapter, and another question presented to carry the reader on. There's no need to overload the reader with questions, all over and around them should be action, dialogue, character development, perhaps humor. But the reader should never be allowed to forget what's at stake. This formula works best on suspense-heavy books like thrillers, spy novels, mysteries, quest plots, etc. Each chapter is arranged that way. It is good to keep track of the questions as they arise, so that they are all answered by the end.
Holding the reader's attention in academic writing
Obviously, in academic writing, creating suspense is not usually an option.
* Try to emphasize with your (imaginary) reader throughout.
* Do not overburden the main body of the text with fussy detail. Unless detail in the text is essential to your line of argument put it in footnotes (or endnotes).
* Keep the style simple. Don't be pompous.
The first concern is, does the subject material pertain to the reader. If you are writing about hunting I will pay close attention. If you are writing about ballet, then I won't give it the time of day. You have to appeal to the reader's interests, sometimes with unrevealed secrets or an unanswered question. It makes them want to know so they keep reading.
What is a good title to write about Happy time?
You're going about this backwards, I'm afraid. The title comes last, after you've finished your story or paper or book or poem. You must use what you wrote to find the right title.
Here are some further instructions to help you out:
If somebody's name is mentioned in a story but they are not a part of it are they still a character?
Those kinds of characters are called background or peripheral characters.
Are you still plagarizing if you take someone else's work but change it around?
Yes. Plagiarism is stealing. Changing around someone else's work does not make it your own original work. If you take someone's house, paint it a different color, and rearrange the furniture, it is still his house.
You can use someone else's idea to inspire you to write your own original work. Writers do that all the time. There are thousands of stories based on the idea of star-crossed lovers.
You can use quotes from someone else's work if you have permission from the original author and if you acknowledge the source of the quote.
A writer's words are copyrighted. Ideas are not.
IP is still the original copyright the case from George Harrison (my sweet lord music sound) was very similar to your question the riff of the music was similar therefor he lost his case because it wasnt his original idea but a version of from a popular song riff of another artist.
WikiAnswers is not really a writing critique site. I have linked some good writing critique sites for you below - also, some Related Questions about how to edit and critique your own work!
What are different ways to organize a story?
In one paragraph you have a subject put to its own, and create a new one when starting a different subject. You try your best to make it as interesting as you can. Make sure it sounds like a story you'd be reading out of a book, but put yourself in it a lot, meaning to make it sound like something you'd write sort of.
What was the writing style for 1760-1860 time period?
The year between 1760 and 1860 were marked by literary and artistic Romanticism. It began in Europe as a reaction to the Industrial Revolution.
How can you describe a corpse for a story?
It depends. Which corpse? Of what? Start with words like: expired. dead. EX-living, gone, finished, inert, interred, or in the case of relationship metaphor: unresponsive.
How do you write a good story or book?
Dialogue means writing down the way that people speak and communicate. Dialogue does several things in writing:
- it gives the reader information
- it adds depth to the characters
- it makes the story more interesting
Dialogue can be tricky to write well. The best way to learn how to create believable dialogue is to be observant - listen to conversations, pay attention to how people speak, and jot down interesting remarks you overhear. Notice body language and facial expressions, too. Writers are always eavesdropping to get dialogue ideas!
My whole life, I've been a great eavesdropper! - George V. HigginsWhen writing dialogue, stay away from all those synonyms for "said" - the idea is to keep the reader inside the story, and reading a lot of "he spat," "she expostulated," or "intoned the old man" just jars the reader right out and makes them aware of the mechanics behind the story instead. Also, resist the temptation to add adverbs - "he said bitingly," "she sobbed heartbrokenly," - show any emotion in the way the characters speak, not in adverbs. And just use the word "said." It's short, everyone knows what it means, and the reader can skim right over it without breaking concentration. Look at these two examples and see which one seems smoother to you:
"Well, Bob," the scientist sneered bitingly," as you know, the experiment was a success, thus rendering you completely invisible, as you requested."
"But," Bob whined in an annoying voice, "I've read all about this sort of thing. You did something wrong!" "
Nonsense," the scientist scoffed. "What am I going to do now?"
Bob queried worriedly. "You didn't tell me even I wouldn't be able to see myself!"
OR"I don't see the need for panic, Bob," the scientist raised one eyebrow, but never looked up from his computer screen. He continued to rappidly enter data into the report. "I did explain the invisibility experiment to you quite thorougly. I'm certain we discussed this ... little problem. You didn't seem very concerned before we started, though I did mention that you might have difficulty."
"You don't understand!" Bob's footsteps tapped from one end of the lab to the other as he paced. "This never happened in any of the books I read! None of the superheroes ever had this problem!"
"I hardly think that comic books are a sound basis for scientific experimentation, Bob. You're going to have to come to grips with it, that's all."
"But what am I going to do? I was only supposed to be invisible to other people! You didn't tell me I would't be able to see myself either!"
Notice, also, that in the second example, I did not need to write "Bob said" or "the scientist said" every single time. If you note the actions of the speaker, then the "he said" is implied, and the reader can figure out who said what. Also, if the speaker calls the other character by name, it's obvious who is speaking, so you don't have to note it. You do need to note the speaker periodically - about every third line or so - in order to make certain the reader doesn't get confused. But you do not have to do it each time. In normal, back-and-forth conversation, the reader will be able to follow along most of the time without any problem.
Real conversation doesn't translate into believable dialogue. Listen to people talk, but shortcut what they've said when you write by cutting out 85 percent of the words they use. - Cynthia RiggsFollow the rules you learned for grammar, though. Double quotation marks for dialogue, with single quotes for anything the speaker is quoting another speaker within his/her speech.
"You'll never believe it," Rachel whispered, "but Stan actually said 'Stick it' to his horrible boss the other day!"
Notice that the comma or other punctuation goes inside the quotation marks, not outside. You can add other descriptions besides the dialogue into your chapters. In fact, showing some action is a good way to indicate the character's emotion and personality.
Each character needs to have an individual way of speaking, too. This is where your observations come in handy. Does your character use big words and speak in educated sentences, or does he grunt out broken fragments using short words? A Harvard graduate will speak and gesture quite differently from a high-school dropout who drives a taxicab. Watch out for stereotypes, however - some taxicab drivers are PhD students or closet intellectuals!
Writing Dialogue with More Than Two Speakers
Many scenes in your story will involve more than just two people talking. There's no problem adding more speakers - just be sure that you are very clear about who is talking on each line. You'll probably want to sprinkle a few more "Bill said," and "Alice said," indicators into the section so that the reader doesn't get lost, but otherwise, it's exactly the same as writing a conversation between two characters.
Here's how to make a good character dialogue:
- Have a good idea already in your mind what the characters are going to talk about, and what they're going to say in general. Until you become a more experienced writer, you won't be able to "turn the characters loose" because you won't really "know" them as if they're real people. Experienced writers just have a part in their outline that says "Character X and Character Y talk about the problem" and they know the characters well enough to be able to just start writing it.
- Stay away from the fancy words -- avoid the temptation to use things like "she exclaimed," "he ejaculated," "the red-headed giant hissed," or anything besides "he said" or "she said!" The reader basically ignores the word "said," and your dialogue will flow along just fine if you stick to using that. When the reader comes up against some flowery term, it jerks them out of the flow and interrupts the story inside their head.
- Make it plain who's talking. You don't even have to use "he said" or "she said" every time! People will go back and forth, with one paragraph being one character, and the next the other character. So long as you put in some description that makes it plain who's talking, the reader can keep up without you having to put in "he said" after each line.
- Give each character their own way of speaking. People talk differently -- some use big words, some use small ones. Some use dialect and slang and some don't. Let the character's dialogue be part of your description of that character and show the readers what sort of person they are.
Here's a good example to show you what I mean -- you'll notice that I've done everything I suggested above (except plan it out in advance, because I'm using two characters that I "know" very well inside my head!)
Jess closed the door and slouched against the wall. "That man is going to drive me crazy!"
Kye sprawled onto the sofa. "I dunno. Kirkham's not that bad. He's just a little ...."
"Obsessed. That's what he is. I'm going to murder him."
"No, you ain't. What you're gonna do is ignore him. Let him run around like a squirrel in a trap worrying about how the job's gonna work out. You and me will stay calm and get it done."
Jess ran a hand through his hair. "Can I at least rough him up a little?"
Is it good idea to adjust the wastegate on your 2002 landrover discovery td5?
No it is not a good Idea to tamper with the Waste-Gate Actuator, I have a Disco TD5 which I purchased second hand, and someone had tampered with the adjustment on the actuator, the Boost control valve had also been by-passed as it was faulty. I have since spent a year trying to get my TD5 back to spec, as it was extremely sluggish when I first got her. I have replaced the boost control valve with a new one, and have spent spent a lot of time trying to find out exactly how the actuator should be adjusted, there seems to be no definitive answer to this question. I fitted a Madman Engine management system with a VDO boost pressure sensor to get an accurate boost reading, and found that my boost pressure was only 0.1 Bar at 2300 RPM, and only got to 0.9 Bar at 2900 - 3000 RPM. This pointed me to the waste-gate not operating correctly or the Turbo not boosting. I decided to look at the waste-gate first as this was the easiest. I connected a second Boost pressure gauge between the Boost control Valve and the Actuator, to monitor if and when the boost control valve was working, I then started adjusting the actuator arm, and have now got full boost pressure of 1.0 Bar all the way from 2000 RPM to 4000 RPM. I also have boost pressure rising from 1700 RPM. I felt really good when I cane across the following post one www.Landyzone.co.uk: http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/still-struggling-my-td5-40605.html"I suggest some smart-arse has failed to understand that the boost pressure is controlled by the ECU in a TD5, and has screwed the waste-gate rod way too far, allowing it to over-rule the ECU and hit 20+ psi even though the ECU tries to hold it down to about 15 - 16 psi, just over 1 BAR. This tells the ECU that summat is askew, and it shuts down to limp mode. I think you want to make the rod LONGER by at least half an inch, and see what happens. Properly set, at 1800 - 2000 revs or more with the pedal decked, the boost gauge should hit about 1 BAR / 15psi and then the needle should visibly vibrate as the ECU flutters the waste gate valve to keep it under control at that pressure. When you reach this stage, call it a day! CharlesY "
What is a good title for a book on singing?
You're going about this backwards, I'm afraid. The title comes last, after you've finished your story or paper or book or poem. You must use what you wrote to find the right title.
Here are some further instructions to help you out:
Is 'The Boy Next Door' a good book title?
It might be - if your book is about the boy next door and nothing else. Before you "take" a book title, google it and see if there are already a lot more books and movies with that title.
I see two movies and a book on Google, so you might think of a slightly different title if you plan to sell this book.
If you're just writing for fun, it's a good title!
How do you create believable dynamics between characters?
You have to have believable, logical characters who would have believable dynamics first. Then, you just put them together and write out what they'd do in that situation. If your characters are "real people" with backstory and emotion and personality, your dynamics will be believable.
What is a good title for blizzards?
You're going about this backwards, I'm afraid. The title comes last, after you've finished your story or paper or book or poem. You must use what you wrote to find the right title.
Here are some further instructions to help you out:
