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Iced Fairy:
--- Quote from: Akemi Homururo on December 06, 2011, 03:47:16 PM ---I'm already on the waiting list, so I'm not sure I could get an invite from you :x
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You can. Both me and Anathe were on the wait list before we got invited by someone else.
Alfred F. Jones:
--- Quote from: Unyuu Fairy on December 06, 2011, 06:06:01 PM ---You can. Both me and Anathe were on the wait list before we got invited by someone else.
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Oh, excellent. I'll give you my information when I'm home later today, then.
Eatay:
Erm, new around here, although I have read alot of other works in this forum and in FF.net.
Any tips for a rookie, cause i got a story in mind, but am so afraid of screwing it up and therefore I start procrastinating on writing.
How to start a new story and how to find motivation to keep writing are my basic questions
Btw first post, so very nervous.
Iced Fairy:
First tip is start small. It's much easier to get yourself to complete a 4 chapter short story then an "I don't even know how many chapters" mega series as KGB will attest.
Second tip is steal styles from real writers. Fanfiction is fun, and I'm always glad to know people are reading, but when looking for writing techniques, look at published works you want to emulate. Unless you'd be willing to pay $10 for the fanfiction you're reading.
How to start a new story : Get some meat together. Your readers should know the premise behind the story, or at least think they know the premise by the end of the first section you post. That's far more likely to get you comments, which will help you force yourself to keep writing.
How to find motivation to keep writing? That's... harder. Getting an audience helps. Knowing that the end of the story is near helps. Being really passionate about a story helps. But I don't think any of us have figured out a fail safe way to keep a story going.
Bardiche:
I consider a good way to keep motivated is to set the page format to 5 x 7 inches or thereabouts. It's much more motivating to see all those pages neatly lined up and feeling like I've written quite a bit already than it is to see all my words and posturing amount to one or two pages.