Guide to Writing Novels (NovelToon Official)
1.3 Common beginner mistakes, what to watch out for?
Here are the common mistakes beginners make in writing.
1) Misuse of punctuation marks
Many novice writers may think that punctuation is not important, and often use punctuation inappropriately or even not add punctuation. This actually greatly affects the reading experience and the reader's assessment of the quality of your work.
The use of multiple commas and no decapitation of sentences indicates that you cannot understand the logical relationship between sentences and frame changes. If a sentence is too long, the reader will gasp to read it. For writers who cannot decapitate sentences, can learn the tricks of scene division in film making as a reference.
If you do not use quotes in interstellar dialogue, this will make it difficult for readers to distinguish speakers, which may cause readers to lose concentration on important plots.
In addition, punctuation is very important. Dialogue without reading the tone is the same as a character who lost his soul and emotions. Writing like this will certainly make it difficult for readers to guess what the character feels at that time.
Regarding the use of punctuation marks, please see PUEBI for details.
2)Too many narratives, repetition of meaning sentences
Online novels pursue fast rhythms, fast rhythms can make everyone feel happy. What everyone wants to see from an online novel is a story, not a single story about life philosophy, landscape description, and character recognition. It's too boring compared to the story. Some writers like to set the main plot and explain a fair amount of the background. Meanwhile, readers read novels online very quickly, so many readers miss this long narrative because they feel bored. The reader will think, there will definitely be some points that cannot be understood in the next plot so as not to continue reading the story. The author has worked hard at writing for a long time, but the reader cannot see what he wants to see. This causes the reader not to read it carefully and skip it. So, make sure to write more short sentences, the text is concise, and easy to understand.
3) Plot mess
Many beginners choose to write right away without writing a story frame first. If in your mind there is a complete and clear story structure, even though there is no story frame and as long as you can write a reasonable story, it does not matter. But, most novice writers cannot do this so the plot of the story becomes chaotic, absurd, even the author himself can not explain the storyline. If the author alone is not clear with the main plot of the story itself, how can you ask the readers to understand it? So, before you start writing, you have to think about how to create an integrated and logical story.
Readers of literature and art books can read published books. In published books there is a philosophy of life and beautiful words, while in online novels pay more attention to the storyline. This is the difference between an online novel and a printed novel. Books that are too literary, are less in demand by readers in the world of online novels. To attract readers, it is better to write a title that describes the content of the story and has a selling point. The title of the book can grab the attention of the readers so that they will continue reading.
5) Layouting, super-long paragraphs
Layouting in online novel writing is very important. Good drafting can make the reader feel comfortable. If one paragraph has more than 10 lines, this will make the reader feel irritated, dizzy, and may miss the paragraph, so that when reading the next paragraph becomes disconnected. Therefore, the layout of the preparation should be short and clear, and avoid the use of long paragraphs. This method seems unimportant, but it has a great impact on the reading experience.
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NOTES:
A Brief Guide to PUEBI:
THREE COMMON MISTAKES IN WRITING ONLINE NOVELS (+ HOW TO FIX THEM)
👉 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JFFvHigNl0F51ISExce6L0FNvKGPj1P9Ow-z1l3FwmU/edit?usp=sharing
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