Imreis
First Post
So call me a stickler for fluidity but I read lots of descriptions out there every time I come into chat and many of you are great writers in training who could just use a few pointers. Now don't change on account of me but I thought I would like to share my pointers with you all since lately I've been getting plenty of requests to help write something up for other players.
1. Try to avoid possessive words like: He/She, His/Hers to start of all your sentences. It's alright to use every so often but it just gets redundant and it ends up not portraying a clear mental image. Try using a thesaurus to help you along which great ones can be found online.
2. Punctuation. Periods are your friends as are Comma's but they do not have to be used like they are going out of fashion! The biggest thing to remember is when writing: a period is a pause to breath, a comma is a half pause, and the semi colon is used when referencing a similar area of something but starting a new topic.
3. I can not stress enough to reread what you wrote out loud to yourself a few times before finalizing it. When reading it to yourself over stress punctuation, this will help point out in your mind where something should or should not be.
4. Make it flow especially when talking about the clothing or armour or what ever they may be wearing. Big tip here that I use. Try to think about how you look at someone when you first meet them.
a: Starting at their boots.
Boots, Pants/greaves, belt/sash, shirt/vest, coat, neckwear.
b. Starting at head.
Head gear, neckwear, coat, shirt/vest, belt/sash, pants/greaves, boots.
If they are wearing full armouring still follow a similar layout. This allows the readers eye to more accurately follow a picture forming in their head of what this individual will look like.
5. Spell checking. Can't stress this one enough; everyone does it occasionally and it can't be helped but that is what rereading is for. If your not sure on the spelling of something some great sites to check out are online dictionaries which will offer you an alternate for what you could have meant, and if you have Word or Works those come with built in spell checkers.
6. Lastly, never be ashamed of having someone else look it over for you to double check spelling errors, punctuation, and redundancy.
7. Please do not add in anything to your dessy like; your profession, that you are on the run, that you steal...nothing like that tells me what you look like. Next, please please please dont tell me your personality, id rather watch and find out then read it and rell myself not to interact with you if i already know your antisocial. Unless its telling people what they can physically see by eye or smell on you then do not list it.
1. Try to avoid possessive words like: He/She, His/Hers to start of all your sentences. It's alright to use every so often but it just gets redundant and it ends up not portraying a clear mental image. Try using a thesaurus to help you along which great ones can be found online.
2. Punctuation. Periods are your friends as are Comma's but they do not have to be used like they are going out of fashion! The biggest thing to remember is when writing: a period is a pause to breath, a comma is a half pause, and the semi colon is used when referencing a similar area of something but starting a new topic.
3. I can not stress enough to reread what you wrote out loud to yourself a few times before finalizing it. When reading it to yourself over stress punctuation, this will help point out in your mind where something should or should not be.
4. Make it flow especially when talking about the clothing or armour or what ever they may be wearing. Big tip here that I use. Try to think about how you look at someone when you first meet them.
a: Starting at their boots.
Boots, Pants/greaves, belt/sash, shirt/vest, coat, neckwear.
b. Starting at head.
Head gear, neckwear, coat, shirt/vest, belt/sash, pants/greaves, boots.
If they are wearing full armouring still follow a similar layout. This allows the readers eye to more accurately follow a picture forming in their head of what this individual will look like.
5. Spell checking. Can't stress this one enough; everyone does it occasionally and it can't be helped but that is what rereading is for. If your not sure on the spelling of something some great sites to check out are online dictionaries which will offer you an alternate for what you could have meant, and if you have Word or Works those come with built in spell checkers.
6. Lastly, never be ashamed of having someone else look it over for you to double check spelling errors, punctuation, and redundancy.
7. Please do not add in anything to your dessy like; your profession, that you are on the run, that you steal...nothing like that tells me what you look like. Next, please please please dont tell me your personality, id rather watch and find out then read it and rell myself not to interact with you if i already know your antisocial. Unless its telling people what they can physically see by eye or smell on you then do not list it.
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