I’m working the beginning of my story so that the background will be told through flashbacks more than an info dump. I was just wondering if there are any suggestions on how to incorporate them effectively. Thanks!
A couple of people mentioned that the title of mystory “Black Jade” didn’t fit. After reading it, I was wondering if there were any suggestions you guys had that I may try to see if another one would fit better. Thank you!
Sometimes, for me, titles are harder to come up with than the actual story. I’m working on one now, and I just can’t tell if the title says what I want it to. Like, I think Drifters worked well for the story I turned in for class, because it was a basic theme throughout the story. But this new title (for a completely different piece) just doesn’t seem right (it’s The Right Decisions, if you’re wondering).
How do you guys come up with titles? And what do you do if you’re not happy with the title you have?
–Emily
I am currently adding the last pieces of needed information to my story. I still have one voice in italics that has long portions of description of Heaven, it’s rules, and sometimes incorporates the main characters.
My problem is finding a voice for this. I feel that I have decided on Raphael to be writing this or thinking it. My reasoning for this is:
1. Lucifer fell. (a friend of Michael)
2. Gabriel (his eluded lover) took the fall for him.
3. Michael (Lucifer’s friend and Raphael’s confronter) took a stand against the council and became Gaven.
This would leave the only Archangel with characterization in Heaven being Raphael. He could be telling someone these rules or stories. He is the only one who would hold any true emotion toward any of this. The rest would merely be doing their duty.
What do you think of this?
Herfordshire Church Building
Hello. I am currently editing my story (the 1815 period piece), and I am curious as to whether more attention must be paid to the surroundings. For example, the countryside, the family’s mansion, etc., as I have not paid much attention to these details.
I am wondering what you all think of this. Would more details bog the reader down, or make the piece more interesting and believable?
My story had someone with an english accent in it and I’ve been debating how to show that instead of just telling it. I of course didn’t add the dialogue to my short story the first time around but my final revision of the story for the portfolio needs a dialogue so I need to figure out how to show an accent. But how does someone really portray an accent in a story? I’ve been looking up slang and such but some things are just so different that I would feel like it was forced. For example:
Where are the abouts of the loo? vs where is the toliet?
Another example being, what is the time? vs what time is it?
So question is, would it be too forced to really dig deep into the english accent or should some minor slang be used to portray the accent for the reader? So how does a writer show a brithish accent? Any ideas?
Something I have a hard time with when I write is that I always just want to get straight to the action. I’ve countered this bad habit a bit by doing character sketches before I start writing, but it’s still an issue. Does anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions on how to incorporate more character development without making it seem insignificant?
Yea, so I’m close to being finished editing my short story. I’ve fixed all the grammar and punctuation errors I made in the first draft; which by the way I didn’t realize I had so many. But the last thing there is to be done is fixing the ending. When it was my workshop day a few of you mentioned that the ending cancelled out everything that Tech had done to stop his violent nature. But I do not know where to start to change the ending. If you have any suggestions, please by all means comment.
My story was the one from the guns point of view.
When I write, I have a very easy time creating characters that I like. Creating a plot that I like is harder for me. Whenever I write a short story the plot seems to change constanly. A Sacred Institution is an extremly different story than my first original draft.
With my difficulty writing plots, I always seem to end up with characters without stories/plots in mind. I currently have about a dozen characters like this. Does anybody else have problems with this? If so do they have any tips on how to create plots for orphan characters?
I have found this remarkable story by Anton Chekhov as I was attempting to find stories to help build my short story skills. I find the dialogue to be remarkable, thoughtful, and realistic. It is attached and can also be found here.
http://chekhov2.tripod.com/183.htm
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