Tips & Tricks for a More Captivating Writing Piece
Simon Cloutier
Golden Rules of Short Story Fiction
The essentials for every authors take on fiction writing
1. Add ups and downs for your character(s) make them a punching bag of sorts.
2. Make a setting with description
3. Create engaging character(s)
4. Change up the narration style to enhance suspense
5. Use the scenery to enhance emotion or feeling of a scene
6. Allow for the reader to feel emotion for your character (i.e. sadness, anger, irritation, glee)
7. Hit the beginning of your story with an engaging (maybe adrenaline inducing) scene
8. Give your characters motivation and purposes
9. A goal does not always need to be achieved in your storyline (sometimes character failure is author success)
10. If your story is based in a fictional city (or world) use pictures for accurate of description
Current Works
An Experiment In Writing
Her Black Diamond Ring
Engaged to the man of her dreams, Ingrethe Holtby must navigate a new troublesome life after a tragic fall over the side of a boat. Being abandoned by her brother, Ingrethe resorts to the desperate world of suffrage homes for women. May her soul be spared from the hardships of her new world.
Rhiannon
Out into the swamps of Fleetwood, a lone cabin houses a powerful being. A strong independent creature who has befriended the nearby landscapes and intimidates the locals. A lone villager comes out from the village and makes his way into the creatures swamp. Later he meets the strong and captivating witch; Rihannon. May he treat the witch well, or he might be treated to something harsher.
Mygarvah Daunn
Queen of the Daunnorian Queendom
The Four Kingdoms
"You can't expect people to do things for you. It will always be your responsibility. Which makes it better, because that means you can claim all the rewards, or pin the failure on someone else. Framing another it quite entertaining."