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Tips on How to Write Naruto Fanfics

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Created by 3-Days-Grace on Tuesday, December 18, 2007

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Hi, I'm here to help anybody who wants to become a better, more experienced writer. I read a few of these myself, and they really helped me. (With my second story I'm Living Lie, disregard the first one ).
Numeral uno...Format:
The format of your writing is very important. It needs to be big enough for people to read, but small enough you don't have to use the scroll bar every two secconds.
Layouts are important too, there's no point in writing a story people can't read. It's not fun to hightlight either.
Spacing is cruciel. If you write in blocks (just keep writing and writing with no spaces in between paragraghs) it's very hard to read.
It's also irritating too. You can split the blocks up by starting a new line after you describe something, someone says something, or a suspenceful moment.
When people talk:
There's two ways you can do this.
"Like this" you said.
or
You: Like this.
I don't have a problem with either of them.
Just the second example is more like a play.
You: *snaps fingers* Hurry up!
Just make sure you have the actions in **.
As for the first one, there is many things you can do with it. Like after you say something, you can describe how it's said.
"Just go and die!" she spat. "I don't need you anymore!"
Describing things:
Description is the key to a good story. It can be kind of dificult, though.
If you don't use enough of it, your story will be pretty boring, but if you use too much, your story will also be boring.
Here's an example of to much , too little and just right.
Too much: A shiny black kunai knife with a black handle that matched the rest of it shot out from the dark green bushes by the path with may animal trakcings and hit you hard in the back of your bright blue tee-shirt with the rose dessign along the collor and sleves...
Too little: A kunai hit you. It had come from the bushes.
Just right: A kunai suddenly came out of the bushes and flew toward you. It hit you in the small of your back, you fell over and everything went black.
Something like that.
Mary-sue's and Gary-stu's:
I don't have a problem with people writing about marry-sues.
As long as they know that they are, and don't care either.
In case you don't know, a marry-sue or garry-stu is a character with the same situation, point of view on life, personality as every other character people make up.
Right now, marry-sue is a girl who is beautiful, Anbu or higher by 13 or younger and is extremly talented.
All the guys like her, and are constently asking her out. She also has a pet animal that only she can talk to .
She hates life, and her parents were killed by Orochimaru,the Akotsuki, or they just die.
If you want to that's fine, but if you dont want to make a marry-sue, these are some ideas.
She has a family, but maybe one of her siblings/parents have cancer or an other disease.
She could be an amazing ninja, but is poor, so she can't afford to be taught. This story could be about becoming a ninja (and falling in love).
A Gary-stu is the same, only in guy-form.
Spelling:
Spelling is important also. Misspelt words can irritate the reader.
I understand you can't spell every word right, but at least try. There are on-line dictonarys, and you can always type your stories on microsoft word.
OOC-ness:
OOC means "out of character" this is when a character that already exists, is not acting like himself.
For example, Naruto turns down training because he doesn't feel like it. Sasuke blushes when Sakura talks to him, and asks her out.
Shikamaru goes hikeing for no reason or Sakura shoots Sasuke when he asks her out. (lots of OOC-ness there).
If your leading up to one of these things, like Sasuke asking Sakura out, make it very gradual.
Like Sasuke doesn't know what theses feelings are, and LATER he finally gets it.
Story plots:
Try to make your story plot unique. Different. Simular ones are:
You fall in love with the person you've always despised.
You fall in love with your best friend.
Be different! People love it!
Another thing, for a good story, you can't rush into things too much.
example: You look into the eyes of this Sasuke kid, and before you knew it, you were pinned to the tree, kissing him.
Not good. We like suspence! We like too read funny things!
About suspence, it can be a burden or it can hook your readers in. Depending on how you use it.
If you leave off where Shikamaru (your boyfriend) saw you kissing Sauke, we want to see some drama!!!
If Shika just walks away and doesn't let you know he saw, then that's pretty boring.
We want to see him yell, rip Sasuke off you, cry if nesesary!!!
There is endless posibitlties for that scene! Use them!

I hope this helps, and if you have any questions or something else I can write things about, message me!!!
Message me! If you want...

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