Asmita

This was really cute, and I love the Darker than Black reference! I'm going as Yin for Halloween ^.^

Definitely, without a doubt, a terrific game.

I play it on the PC, but my brother has me help him out occasionally on his xbox minecraft. PC is soo much better for Minecraft!

PC gaming for me mostly. Once in a while my brother will rope me into playing xbox with him, but console's aren't really my thing.

That's a bunch of bull considering it's supposed to be a "life simulator" game. Whether or not they like it, not everyone in the universe is straight!

This is always a good tip; get the readers attention right off the bat. Sometimes I'm one of those hand-wringers though ^.^ What helps me is if I actually do start a story with detail, just to get warmed up and get the story flowing. Then when editing I look back and find where the first suspenseful/ threatening occurrence is, extract it, and put it as my beginning and work the rest in as backstory.

I believe a timeline would be an excellent tool for me to utilize. It would defiantly keep me on track, and not hopping all over the place. As you said, some successful authors are able to write scenes and then bridge the gap. Personally, though I tend to just think of ideas and characters and write a scene specific to them, so the scenes I write are not necessarily on the same timeline. I also realize that my character development is a bit flawed because I create the basic framework, but don’t always add those tiny personal details that really create a character that you’d connect to. This was some great advice. Thank you ^.^ This ‘kid’ would call it a backstory, thank you very much ^.^ But I think it’ll be really helpful for me, as I mentioned above, to really flesh out a character and write it all down so I can reference back to it. And you’re right. Sometimes I’ve gone back and some things in the story just feel out of place; almost a disconnect. I do that as well. I’ll think of several story ideas at once and go back and forth on the writing of them, but I think going forward I’ll just stick to one at a time! ^.^ Thank you all so much for this wonderful advice! ^.^

Hello! My name is Kayla, and while I am not necessarily 'new' to the site (I've been reading the wonderful stories for years), I am just now starting to get involved with the site, and considering posting some of my own work! Any general tips for writing successful stories would be much appreciated. ^.^

Hey! I've always loved to write but my problem has always been that I get these ideas for stories, and I just jump in and write out a couple pages of main ideas/scenes. I write it scattered, and kind of jump all over the story line to different possible scenes. I can't figure out how to piece it all together smoothly. So I guess my question would be how do you really develop a character, and not jump around to different parts; and not have the filler scenes/build-up be boring? I would really appreciate some advice! Thanks ^.^

This was refreshingly honest and beautifully written. ^.^

These are wonderful tips! Thank you ^.^