[Guide] K.U.S.T.'s Guide to Becoming a Better Writer (Mod Approved) [Updated]

[K.U.S.T.]

(29-11-2012 04:50 AM)SigmaSlugger schrieb:  Yeah I think in another post you told someone to look at your story and I saw the link so I clicked and then the guide stood out to me. I was like, "a writing guide? Wonder what that's all about," and then I read it. We share the same process of thinking of climaxes and then surrounding them with the rest of the story. Good luck in anything you want to write from here until eternity, my liege.

:3 Thanks a lot! I'm close to finishing "A Message for Salvation," and all I have to do is type it all up. I'm uploading each chapter when I finish it, so it should hopefully be finished or at least updated enough by Christmas break.

I'm glad to find a fellow writer who thinks the same way I do. Have you posted anything here?

[K.U.S.T.]

I think this should be stickied. Maybe this will improve the quality of the stories being posted here.

[SigmaSlugger]

Sure have! This is, regrettably, the story I wrote three years ago and the one I'm currently writing a deeper, much darker sequel to. This story made me one of the Legendary Writers of the First Generation. So I'm pretty much a big deal around WS. Or I should be. Or I think I should be...

http://www.battlefieldheroes.com/en/foru...?tid=87260

I just finished planning out the sequel so all that's left is to write it. Once it's finished I'll upload the chapters weekly.

[K.U.S.T.]

The chapters are pretty short, and I think you could use a Table of Contents link like I have in "A Message For Salvation." As for being a Legendary Writer, I've heard your name mentioned before in reverence, but I never really heard much more than that. That or my mind is just not working right for me XD. The point is, I think you're pretty famous. When you commented on this, I wanted to say "SigmaSlugger!" but I wasn't 100% positive why I was so excited

[SigmaSlugger]

Haha, that thread is loooong behind my thoughts. The first few chapters until five are all short so I'm not sure if you read the whole thing but you'll need to if you want to understand the sequel. I said regrettably for a reason though; that story is terribly written. So my fame isn't necessarily deserved(yet) but I was, I think, the fourth to write a story and at the time everyone elses' stories were pretty bad other than Proto's. But my writing has improved exponentially since then. I could give you a sample of it if you want, but make sure to finish the original. As for a table of contents it does have one in the first post.

[K.U.S.T.]

But there are no links! I like my ToC to have links to each of my chapters so people can easily find them and not spend their time scrolling through the thread in order to find the next chapter. I think it's practical.

I would love to have a copy of your story, but my parents have enacted "Family Connection Time" where all our computers, aside from a laptop used for school work, are taken away. I'm only able to use the computers rarely, and even when, I have to keep my work on the forums a secret because it's "not school-related in any way." It goes on until January, which is really irritating considering I just got a 30-day Credit Booster for BFP4F, all of which will go unused because of my father's foolishness.

If I ever get this "ban" removed, I would love to read and proofread your story. Actually, it would be great if you could proofread my "A Message for Salvation." I could use a second opinion. The version I have up right now is my rough draft that I'm allowing everyone to read. I'm typing up the rest of the story while editing the previous parts. My English teacher likes the new chapters I've written in my journal and wants to try and get it published, so I have to finish this. I may also go back and edit my other two stories so that they are in a real-life setting and not in BFH format (eg. Abilities and whatnot). Any feedback would be great. Just PM me anything you want: grammatical mistakes, continuity errors, etc.

[SigmaSlugger]

Yeah I saw yours had links but was too lazy to edit it. Family connection time? Really? Haha, that sucks but it shouldn't be too hard to read my story and hide it; it's on a word document titled ADE 2 so you can rename it to like 'Frederick Douglass Essay' or whatever. I'll pm you a link to the story to read it, but it is ABSOLUTELY imperative that you read the original first. I can also copy and paste the original into a separate document if you want to read that one away from the forums too. Note that it will suck reading, because well it sucks, but without knowing that one nothing will make sense in the sequel. I've read two chapters of A Message For Salvation, and it's pretty good! A few grammatical errors here and there and maybe some more detail, but your writing is great and the story is interesting. I wish I could show my story to my English teacher, but she'd probably scoff at it. Ah well. Getting that published would be incredible though, good luck!

[K.U.S.T.]

(03-12-2012 04:19 AM)SigmaSlugger schrieb:  Yeah I saw yours had links but was too lazy to edit it. Family connection time? Really? Haha, that sucks but it shouldn't be too hard to read my story and hide it; it's on a word document titled ADE 2 so you can rename it to like 'Frederick Douglass Essay' or whatever. I'll pm you a link to the story to read it, but it is ABSOLUTELY imperative that you read the original first. I can also copy and paste the original into a separate document if you want to read that one away from the forums too. Note that it will suck reading, because well it sucks, but without knowing that one nothing will make sense in the sequel. I've read two chapters of A Message For Salvation, and it's pretty good! A few grammatical errors here and there and maybe some more detail, but your writing is great and the story is interesting. I wish I could show my story to my English teacher, but she'd probably scoff at it. Ah well. Getting that published would be incredible though, good luck!

Ah ha ha ha. I'll make a ToC for you an PM it. I did the same thing for the links on the Dear War Stories thread. I'll try copy-pasting your story into a Word document and read it off there. Also, it would be nice if you'd work as somewhat as a co-editor with me for my story. I tried getting Tomonor's help with art, but he's too busy ATM. Perhaps later in the future

[SigmaSlugger]

I probably won't have time to do anything too big, but I'll gladly help you out! I tried getting a co-author for my sequel but no one had the time. Thanks for the table by the way, though I doubt it makes any difference. I'll pm you with a word document attachment of the sequel as it is so far.

[K.U.S.T.]

Alright. I will proofread anything you've got for me. IF you could read over my story on the forum and point out any mistakes, especially verb tenses and continuity, please do so. It would be greatly appreciated.