I and a couple other amateurs had a bit of fun writing stories exactly 100 words in length. Does anyone have any other suggestions for fun and stimulating fiction challenges?
- David Presents

Creative writing is one of the easiest forms of literature. You can write fiction, non-fiction, poetry, basically anything goes. Anyone can learn to write creatively. However there are some creative writing techniques to keep in mind that will help make writing easier for you.

Some of the most important techniques for writing are; point of view, dialogue, flashbacks, foreshadowing, and description.

Point of view is important because you need to pick how you are relaying the story. Are you going to have a narrator? Who will it be? Will it be an omniscient character? Will you tell your story in third person, first person?

Before you begin to write your short story or novel, it’s essential to establish who the main characters are and how the story will be relayed.

Most creative writing stories have dialogue. This is where one or more characters are needed. Think of using inner dialogue to convey your characters thoughts, and think of conversations that will help move your story along. It’s smart to keep dialogue fast flowing and natural, and it needs to serve a purpose. If you just have talking to talk, the reader will quickly get bored.

Flashbacks are a great way to explain something in the past while keeping your story in the present. Flashbacks are usually used when something happened in the characters past that’s important to the story. If it’s not useful, don’t mention it.

Foreshadowing is similar to flashback, but it deals with the future. Foreshadowing is used when you want to hint about something that may happen in the future. Many authors use subtle hints to keep the reader engaged and to hint at a certain outcome or event in the future.

The last important technique when creative writing is description. Description is needed to build the mood, setting and timeline. This technique is tricky because you need to know when it’s too much description and not enough.

By mastering these writing techniques, your writing will be a lot more polished, and you may be closer to landing a publishing contract.

Good luck.

 


- Tracey Tressa

i want to start a story but i want to use a website that will keep track of my words, pages, etc
something like the NaNoWriMo website but not nanowrimo
- Max

Does anyone have ***?ps in writing better stories or poems?
What topic would be very interesting when you write a story or poem?
Does anyone have ideas on writing better stories or poems in terms of its topic, the events, the characters, the ***?ttings, etc.
The stories or poems I write may teach a moral lesson, it maybe ***?ntasy like ***?ople having supernatural powers, it may make ***?ople laugh, it maybe about ***?ople having ***?n and enjoying or they’re exploring, or they are about ghosts
- Erick ***?nanan

I love writing short stories. But, the majority of my stories are about hospitals or people getting injured. Can anyone give me any ideas as to how to write something different?
- Laura W

i am taking two english classes next year because i could not decide between creative writing and ap lit, so i was just wondering what i would be doing in the creative writing class. do i write stories that are assigned, do i write my own stories? what exactly do i do?
- heavenly demise

I am looking for an online community where I can post some of my creative writing (poems, short stories, etc…) and have them reviewed and edited by peers. I don’t want to have to pay for a subscription or anything.
- Denim

I would really appreciate personal experiences and good references.
Thanks y’all.
- OJ

What do you think about Fan Fiction aka FanFic?

I mean there are good stories and bad stories, depending where you look. But do you think writing about fictional characters as if continuing a movie or book is stupid? More importantly, is writing stories about a real person, like an actor or a band member, weird?
- Jodie V

I’ve been writing stories seriously for the past 7 years, but just can’t seem to finish a story. It just gets boring to me, even if I stop and go back to it. I’ve tried collaborating online and even that doesn’t seem to work. Please help!!
- elizabeth_ciolek