The Foreword Page and Tagging

Ranting & Raving
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The Foreword Page and Tagging

 

Having the foreword page of your story on point is paramount. You don't have to have a poster, but I like them. It's like judging a book by the cover. Like the title, they should be relevant to the story the reader is about to read. If the poster is all dark and gloomy, I expect the story to be angsty and dark. If it's brightly colored with a lot of hearts, I expect a 'cute' story. It can help set the tone. Keep in mind, that you want eye catching, not distracting. And people make them for FREE! Well, some are now starting to charge karma points, but that's fine.

 

 

Titles:

 

Titles are the first thing people judge your story by, and also the first thing they see. Titles are important. They should be easy to remember and relevant in some way to the story you are writing. They can be hard to come up with, I know. As a suggestion, use the search engine on AFF to see how many other stories have the same title as the one you're thinking of. If there are more than 50, think harder.

 

They should be eye catching, without having a bunch of asterisks and exclamation points and in it. And please be spelled correctly. Oh, and if the story is in English, the title should be in English. I know we all aspire to be a bit more Korean, but leave the Hangul out of it. Please.

 

OMG!! My Step Father is My Ex-boyfriend!?!? . . . .

. . . . Is not a good title for a story. It tells you everything.

 

A Tale of Love . . . .

. . . . is too vague.

 

What do you mean LuHan is gay?!?!

. . . (okay, that's kind of funny, lol. But I still wouldn't read it.) Titles are 'proper', they should always be capitalized.

 

A stry about a boy and a gurl n luv

. . . . I don't expect much in the grammar department. And it's too long.

 

 

Can you see where I'm going with this? A 'good' title is something like, 'A Dangerous Love'. You can go in so many directions with that. Hell, I just wrote it and I want to know what's so dangerous about the relationship. I am intrigued by my own idea. Cool. . . .

 

 

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Baekhyunsoul #1
Chapter 20: I can only wish more people would use beta readers, especially if you are putting all this work into something that obviously means something to you. It only makes sense, if you’re in a rush to publish and don’t have the time time put it away to reread later when you’re not so close to it, then use the fresh and objective eyes of beta reader. Thank you for putting that out there
Baekhyunsoul #2
Chapter 20: I can only wish more people would use beta readers, especially if you are putting all this work into something that obviously means something to you. It only makes sense, if you’re in a rush to publish and don’t have the time time put it away to reread later when you’re not so close to it, then use the fresh and objective eyes of beta reader. Thank you for putting that out there
meowzwrites #3
Chapter 26: Omg yes @ mpreg just please stop
meowzwrites #4
Chapter 14: Lol @ 16. I do idol fics, and I used to give characters with very little training in one area really strong twins but now I just want to punch myself and everyone who does that in the face.
haaitje #5
Your rants and ravings are so very informative. I will revisit it when I have/find the motivation to write again. I agree with most of your opinions about the stories on AFF. I have to say I like reading your stories, I like your characters and how you "build" them. I could care less if they were black, white, purple or whatever color; race or ethnicity, I like them for who they are. How they develop. And of course their background is an important part of that but I don't think their color is key. I hope that you get what I mean, it's difficult to explain without seeing your reaction ^^. You asked about angsty stories and I just read a lot of angst stories by the same author. The stories were compelling and I couldn't stop reading them but I also thought that it was a bit too much. Too much pain and heartache never any form of relieve for the characters. I felt drained after reading their stories back-to-back, no matter how interesting I found the stories. I contemplated telling the author that, how I felt about the stories but I was to chicken to actually do it. After reading your R&R I decided to tell them anyway. It's upbuilding criticism and not a bashing. Thanks again for your insights and keep writing these interesting funny and heartwarming stories. Who doesn't want to be Luna, I sure wanted to be. ^^
PrinceOfAbstraction #6
Chapter 35: A good story will have one or more of the following - good plot/interesting characters/attractive writing style/inexplicable something that makes you relate to the story at once.
NeoCaratTypo #7
Chapter 32: I’m CHOKING I’m pretty sure that chpt 31 (Consistency) was my story ? I specifically remember thinking that it was so innovative. I hated that decision too after writing two chapters because It got so tiring to write. I do still like the concept of the story so I’m thinking of revisiting it. Hopefully I don’t make the same mistake ?
milkia #8
i've honestly read this through several times and i still can't get over how good this guide is. guide/rant, anyway. i love it, thanks for posting!
MinhosAegyo #9
Chapter 41: girl i've been off this site for years (was in like middle school when i created my account) and i come back out of curiosity (now graduated from high school) and you still spilling hot fiery teaaaa. love it. now let me go catch up on your stories cause i remember them being bOMB!
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