Suggestions for Future Articles?

[Caligrus Morn]

We really need something on how to get your information in a story out correctly without turning it into an infodump. That's a problem that I really suffer from.

[sky]

I got one: "How to write in 1st person?" (Or third for all that matters).

Maybe not how to write it, but what should be present for a good POV.  Such as a first person gets inside someone's head so you have to mention their emotions and inside thoughts.

[swenson]

(to add to the 1st person perspective idea) Also, it's important that the reader feels like they *are* the character, in some ways. That really leads to an immersive reading.

[Shadowjhunter]

A perfect novel to check out for 1st person narrative is Robin Hobb's, Assassins Apprentice. It's very good and by far the best 1st person narrative I have ever seen.

[NaruandKane]

How about keeping a good writer's notebook?  I had before I took my writer's class--but it was just my red notebook (though the second one has a blue back cover for some reason)--and my teacher, a novelist herself, showed us how you can keep notes, outlines, maps, warm ups etc. and what you should do to help you.

Also, how about being original?

You have no idea how many "power rangers" stories I've read i.e. there is one person from every group/race/nation/element and they are all unique in their own special way and blah.
If you've watched power rangers or sailor moon, you know what I'm talking about.

[Captain11]

I need help with details on my story. What I mean is that Christopher Paolini adds things like how characters keep their backs straight or twiddle their thumbs. I need help with that because I can never find good spots to put them or even think about good ones to put in.

[Black Ink]

Perhaps an article on 'show versus tell' would be useful. Of course, people are always telling you to show what a character is doing and not tell but reading a story with each action detailed can get tiring.

An article discussing prologues and epilogues could also come in useful. Some people think that prologues and epilogues are mediums for justifying a poorly written beginning or end while others disagree with that.

Can adverbs modify 'said'? Should one cut back on using the words 'suddenly' and 'very'?

Maybe listing down how not to write would help people learn how to write.

These are basic things and don't go too deep into writing but I think that they can come useful for everyone.

[ColumbiaPhoenix]

Ok I'm only going to say this once but it's very important... ok maybe twice

OUTLINING!!!! I don't know how many times I've read that about someone outlinging. at first I thout it was unnecessary. So I would also suggest putting in the importance of outlining.

[Saeldur]

This kind of goes under copy/plagiarism, but maybe something about the difference between getting inspiration from something and copying something.

[Jarla]

This kind of goes under copy/plagiarism, but maybe something about the difference between getting inspiration from something and copying something.

Erm, how is that considered plagerism?

[swenson]

Well, there is definitely a line between "inspiration" and flat-out copying, which would be considered plagiarism. So an article about how far "inspiration" goes before it's just plagiarism would probably work best as a subsection of a larger article on plagiarism.