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-sapherequeen- said:
1) Write for the joy of writing, and not focus on whether or not the things you write will make the bestsellers' list. Too many writers do this, and it's such a negative energy to hold to yourself in my opinion.
2) Let your mind wonder freely, a lot of stories may come to you at once if you allow that. :)
3) Try not to create stereotypical characters. For example; a Goth teenage girl who wears all black, has black dyed hair, very pale skin, resembles a vampire, listens to death music and nothing more, intimidating and sarcastic, a horrible attitude, or the blonde Barbie Doll bimbo cheerleader who has everything (Boyfriend, nice car, wealthy folks). Characters like this. I realized that I myself often make mistakes with this, and am currently working on that.
4) If you want to publish (Or post your stories here to be less melodramatic) a story or stories you wrote, I highly suggest that you develop a very thick skin. Because a lot of people are opinionated, opinionated to the point of insensitiviy. Someone will most likely tell you something offensive about your writing, such as..well, tell you "It sucks balls" to give a blunt hypothetical statement.
You need to learn how to respectfully respond to constructive criticism, and how to ignore or find witty remarks to the ad hominem attacks. :)
Not to scare you or anything, there are a lot of appraising people here. I'm just telling you this to prepare you!!
5) This is something that I myself do.
If you're having trouble finding the physical characteristics of a character you're planning to introduce; You could Google images of the kind of character you have in mind. It tends to help :)
The author Louis Sachar usually does the same thing.
6) Speaking of authors;
A lot of writers are inspired by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Jane Austen, Stephenie Meyer, Jodi Picoult, Stephen King etc.
I myself have two inspirations :)
In case you're one of those writers;
Allow your inspiration to be a role model to you, but don't turn completely into your inspiration. And when I say this, I mean; Don't write exactly like him or her. That's simply copying for one. And be your own special writer, be your own person. Don't die a copy, be an original (I know, melodramatic, but individuality is that deeply important to me :) ).
That way, if you have your own style of writing that other young writers like, they may look up to you and have you become their inspiration.
That's all the tips I can offer as of now...
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