I'm making a story about my knight. It will be pretty intense so I won't be on the spiral knights website it will be on fanfiction.net it's probably going to be about ten chapters. Here is the summary. Even when I was little I always wanted to be a knight from the time I landed on this new planet I got my wish. But it wasn't what I wanted and the more I was in the clockworks I learned more about the world the more scared I was to go back down there and the more I knew about myself the more I had trouble sleeping staying up all night scared not only for my safety but for what I may do. For what I can't control for what I can't tell my friends but want to do badly because it leaves them all at risk. Now half my squad is captured and the only one that came back besides me is badly injured but I'm going to get them back even if I die trying. Sometimes when the fate of everything is in your hands you have to think am I a hero for what I do good or a monster for when I fail any day I could meet my end. And in these times I must do what's right. But what is right and how much time do I have to think about it before I too meet my end.
My fanfic summary. It's about my knight wolfcs and his mission to get back his squad from the clockworks
Uh... like he said, but to go into more detail:
-First and foremost, separate your paragraphs out. That way, your reader's eyes get to breathe, and if they lose track of where they are, they can more quickly find out where they were. Try adding a paragraph break (on this site, you hit enter twice for that) between every 5 or so sentences, and (when you get to dialogue) don't have two people speaking on the same line.
--You can even have a line break for dramatic effect! Putting "When I landed on this planet, I got my wish." on its own line would be pretty cool.
-Make sure to add periods and other punctuation where you need them. Take the following lines as an example:
"If you attack the guard scorpion when its tail is up itll counterattack with a laser don't attack it now"
"If you attack the guard scorpion when its tail is up, it'll counterattack with a laser! Don't attack it now."
In the first one, it sounds like someone is saying that sentence really fast. If your someone really IS talking really fast, do that (Bravely Default did exactly that with one of its characters), but most of the time, you want to have periods, commas and exclamation points much like in the second one.
-Separate what's part of your story and what's an introduction or otherwise outside the story. So like this:
((This is a story about an awesome dude!))
There was once an awesome dude named Gerik who...
[imagine there's a story here]
...and so ends the tale of Gerik single-handedly defeating ten zombie dragons with his bare hands.
((Critique is welcome, thanks for reading!))
-Feel free to post your fic here as well as Fanfiction.net! Treasure Vault is made for this stuff.
-Writing takes practice. You'll get better as you go; I know I've improved a lot just from what I've done here. Learn from your mistakes and from both the successes and failures of other writers, and listen to constructive criticism.
EDIT: This guide looks like it might help you out.
Also, I was wrong about the Bravely Default reference. In addition to not having punctuation, Konoe Kikyo also had no spaces in her speech when she talked. It was still an interesting example of playing with conventions to improve characterization, but at the same time, it was the exception rather than the norm.
Well, yes. That would be the long answer. I would have provided advice on specific topics if ask, but it looks like you beat me to it. Either way, that offer still stands, so if you need help with the more advanced techniques later on, I'd gladly offer a hand. First and foremost, you really should focus on learning the basics, though.
Writing takes an insane amount of practice. When I started, I thought I was good. Now I think I'm good, and look back thinking how resoundingly meh I used to be. Don't be afraid to ask for advice on anything. Everything from sentence structure to chapter structure, character development to plot development, etc. can be improved no matter who you are.
With that said, don't be too critical or too cocky. It took me years to write anything I would be particularly proud of, looking back. Good luck to you! :)
I'm glad for the advice but this was just a quick intro. I didn't have much time to write it the finished story which is almost done will have most of the grammar fixed so no worries also I'm really bad at writing I honestly hope my story sounds good when you read it I'm just trying to tell a story and I don't know how it would turn out when I started but it's going to out in under a month hopefully. Anyways thanks for the advice I think it will make the story easier to read. Just when I write these things I am always pressed for time like I have to go down stairs and do math work soon I don't have a lot of time to write this stuff. Luckly for the final story I have a lot of time so it should sound better. I want people to like my story because then I didn't waste my time I mean if it's enjoyable or if you learn something or maybe you thought it was cringe and had fun cringing if any of those happen then I feel I did my job anyways I got to prepare for my exam have a good day everyone :)
So for anyone interested in my story. It's almost done being written there are 10 chapters each about a page or two also there is going to be other story arcs because I have a long story to tell about my knight he had many experiences some great and many terrible. He lives a life no one would want in a harsh world. Where he just like cradle has never been what people thought and even his understanding of himself could be wrong the truth will always be hidden until it finally reveals its self at that point what will happen to him will he survive those who made him come to be? Will he make it will anyone make it. Needless to say this is a story about survival,life,and its insanity, most of the time people think it's heros vs monsters a us vs them but this story is Us vs death,are selfs,"monsters",and even some of his own because whatever happens. wolfcs isn't who you think he is.
Look, I don't mean to be rude, but before you get into this whole writing thing, you should first learn how to form a coherent sentence. Which is to say, use grammar and punctuation. Just so people can actually understand you. Just look up the basic rules for punctuation, grammar and sentence structure. There should be quite a few guides on the internet. Maybe then you can consider writing an actual story.