In high school, you are required to take various classes in English and Writing. While I, like most students didn’t enjoying the couple of thousand of words one must put on paper, I did well in my writing courses. I picked up on some tips from a book discussing writing contests.
When writing fiction, consider the fact that it is very similar to a writing contest. You are in a sense ‘competing’ with your other high school peers, as well as ‘competing’ for the best grade you can get.
Take some steps to improve your writing, and excel further than the rest of the class. Here’s how:
Have a strong beginning. Captivate the audience early on by writing about some action or excitement early on. Readers can get distracted or turned off to reading your work early on if you do not captivate their attention from the start.
Use memorable and believable characters. Everyone has that one character from a book or a movie that shined throughout the peeve of work, and stays in their memory for years to come. Use characters that will captivate your audience.
Have a beginning, middle, and an end. This sounds so simple, but many authors forget this. By having a flowing piece of writing, it will move the story along and keep readers interested the whole way through. Pick a central theme and stick to it, incorporating it throughout the entire story.
Avoid corny endings. Don’t make your endings predictable. Take your readers by surprise by creating an original; strong ending so that they are left feeling satisfied with that they just read. Finish strong, and creatively.
Lastly, always double-check your work. In the writing world, poor grammar or spelling can make or break you. Being marked down in your writing classes due to spelling or grammar errors are the most common, but also the most avoidable mistake you can make as a writer. Purchase a grammar and spelling program to check your work, but check it manually as well.
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June 24, 2010 by Henry Smith