Fiction Writing

It helps to try to get some feedback - check whether the other person understands. If you have reason to believe that the other person doesn't understand you, it may help to do one or more of the following:* Speak slowly and clearly

* Make sure you speak loudly enough (no need to shout, usually)

* Sometimes it helps to rephrase what you were saying.

* Sometimes you need to look for simple words; if you need a complicated word, you may need to explain it.

Both are fiction, of course - that means that they are not true. Both have things like protagonists and antagonists, setting and atmosphere, theme and mood and style, and both follow the story pyramid of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement.

Here's a link to a good online name generating website for you.

No; song titles are not protected by copyright.

You need to invent your own names - writers who copy ideas from other people end up in trouble for plagiarism! If you copy someone's names or ideas, then when you publish your story, they could claim you stole those from them and sue you for part of your money.

I use online name generators for the names of my secondary characters - the main characters, I take my time and choose special names from baby name books!

Click on the LINKS for character name generator websites!

It depends on what your story is about. The title comes last, after you've written the story, because it comes from what you've written.

Yes most certainly! Most really good mystery books are fiction.

Ex.

Nancy Drew Series

Sherlock Holmes

etc.

The story in The Perilous Road did not actually occur; therefore, it is a fiction book. The events upon which it is based (i.e. the Civil War) did happen, though, so it is better described as a historical novel, or a work of historical fiction (in other words, it's a fictional story based around real events).

The best way to find the theme is to ask yourself "What did the character learn during the story?"

Surely you've gotten into bed before! What do you do when you get into bed? Do you have certain rituals you perform at bedtime every night, like brushing your teeth or turning down the covers and plumping up the pillows? In order to describe something in a story, you have to see it in your mind first. Then, you just tell what's going on so that the readers can see it too.

I found myself walking down the High Street. Which was strange because I had died earlier the same day

His/ her arms hung loosely at his/her side, a glazed look had taken over his/her eyes, and as he/she began to walk toward me I realized that creature was me. (ALTERNATE ENDING) a zombie and it was coming towards me. I threw my hands up, let out a shrill shriek and ran as fast as I could on my wobbly nervous legs.

Here is a link to how actual writers come up with story ideas.

Think about how you'd feel lost at sea. Write your emotions for the characters emotions. Ect. Ect. But you have to write why the character is there and how they got there in the first place.

So you do not lose interest and keep reading to find out if what you foreshadowed is correct.

You have written two totally different questions here. This is a question and answer site, so please rewrite this as separate questions so someone can answer each one.

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Too long!!! Just write that the tiger growled -- people know what it means.

Plot doesn't always affect setting, but it can. For example, if part of your plot is that the barn burns down on the old farm, the setting must be changed. And if your character is a police officer in a big city, his setting is going to be different from that of a privileged young lady in the same city.

If you need a moral for your fable, then I suggest something like "Be yourself-don't try to change" like maybe for one where you have a chameleon and a platypus and the platypus envys the chameleon. But then the chameleon gets trampled because he was bright red near a bull and the platypus was watching but he hides in a pile of sticks. His tale sticks out so he looks like a beaver. The bull says "Mr. Beaver, do you know who helped him?" and the platypus chatters so the bull thinks he's asleep. I improved that a lot so you can make a better fable than that.

Anything that is a crime -- pick whatever crime you think is the most interesting. If you don't know anything about crime, read a newspaper! Or watch your local news.

If you're going to be a writer, you need to make up your own story ideas. Myths are all about heroes and villains, so look around for some ideas about someone who could be a good Spanish hero or a really evil Spanish villain. Gods and Goddesses are also very frequent in myth and legend. You could also try thinking about those myth stories that explain how things came about, such as "how the leopard got his spots" or "why the elephant has big ears" (I think Rudyard Kipling wrote good stories on both of those). You'd have to think of Spanish things, though.

If you're going to be a writer, you must come up with your own "good lines." Otherwise, you should pick something else besides writing.