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Joined 12-27-11, id: 3569415, Profile Updated: 04-02-13

Disclaimer: I am not reviewing you with any hatred or dislike. I honestly don't know you but I like reading good stories and I like good writers and if I could help you become a better writer I will gladly offer you my experience. I am not being mean, I just want you to feel accomplished with yourself.

Here's some basic writing tips that will get more readers:

Title: The first thing people see is your title so if your title has misspellings or punctuation errors then people will assume the worst and not read it. A basic rule is to capitalize the first and last word and all words in between that aren't connecting words like and, the, and a or an. For example The Wind and the Willow Tree. I don't know if that's an actual title and I don't care. Spell check doesn't work on the title so make sure you double check before posting.

Summary: After seeing your title people decide, oh that sounds neat, and they read your summary. Now not to pick on anyone in particular but recently I have noticed a distinct increase in summaries that lack punctuation, have spelling errors, and use abbreviations or texting lingo. Now if you do any of this, your wrong. So stop. Right now. If your summary looks like that it is assumed that your story will look like that. Don't get defensive now, you know it's true. If you have a choice between an interesting summary and a summary with all the stuff mentioned above, which would you pick? Your summary is your hook, without a hook there will be few, if any readers. Please, PLEASE check over your summary before you post it to make sure that you would want to read it as an outside person and PLEASE don't write it in two minutes, your summary should take thought.

Body: When writing your body there are a lot of things to consider but if you use texting lingo, expect scathing reviews. That's a huge no-no and it really is more annoying than anything. Also check your spelling and your grammar and all that punctuation stuff. It is important and it does make your story better. A thing that I see a lot in my nine years of reading fanfiction is sentence coherence. What I mean by that is writers who write their story and they don't read it out loud to make sure it sounds right. Reading your story out loud, even the steamy scenes, is the easiest way to make sure your writing doesn't sound cheesy and to make sure your sentences make sense. A big thing now that I see is having characters IM or text. Now I mean this in the nicest way when I say that is the stupidest filler there is. Unless you are a god/goddess of writing you will epically fail and make your story less credible. Those short sentences may take up space but they look and sound awful. IF you try this, stick to basic abbreviations and such. If you and your friends made up something for texting, the rest of us won't get it. To my next point, conversation should not drive your story. If your plot can't go forward without people talking, take a writing class or read actual novels until you get the idea of using events, conversation, and different elements in the story to drive the plot forward. It's important to use your whole story and not just your characters to move your story.

Well I'll add to my tips as I go but I will also review stories. I will read your story until I can't read any more and I will review. Whether that means I get past the first paragraph or make it all the way to the last chapter is up to your writing. I really am doing this for you. A little for me because I want to read good stories, but mostly for you. It doesn't mean I hate you or I'm being judgmental (which I am kinda but in a teacherish way) I just want better writers in the world. I love you!

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Quietus by AngeLhearteD reviews
When first he laid eyes upon her, he thought her the very personification of spring. He watches, from the depths of shadow; waiting to steal her away from the land of the living. Waiting to make her Queen of the Dead. Hades/Persephone retold. SasuSaku.
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WEEKS BEFORE HE LEFT by Propertyoftheuchiha reviews
Why did he leave, really? :SasuxSaku. graphic lemon
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