Here, you will find some help for your writing, from the Mary-Sue guide to grammar tips.
Feel free to ask us if anything made you confused, or if you have ideas.
Character Sheet by CursedBunny, literature
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Character Sheet
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Don't get too extravagant with this. Description of appearance is one of the most commonly overdone things with OCs. Keep it simple no one will remember a word you say if you describe everything from the shape of his/her nose to the color of his/her toenails. Also, keep this within the realm of the fandom. In a fandom where characters all have naturally colored hair, it would be strange if your character had naturally pink hair.
Weapon:
Do note the weapon depends on the fandom, the age, the time, the place, etc. Your character may also not have weapons, it all depends. If your character does have
Mary Sue Guide - Part 1 by CursedBunny, literature
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Mary Sue Guide - Part 1
The Basics
Before you start reading this, two things to keep in mind:
Do not simply assume your OC is or isn't a Mary Sue before you start reading. Keep an open mind.
This guide is NOT a rulebook. No matter how Sue I think something is, that doesn't mean you absolutely should not do it under any circumstance. Also, some things are more minor than others. Just because your character has some Sue traits doesn't make her a Sue. A little flare doesn't hurt.
Enjoy ^^
This is by no means meant to be offensive or aimed at any specific author or character. It is also not 100% accurate. There are always circumstances outside a Mary Sue Guide. The
Mary Sues, Clichés, and other things
Cookie Krisp and Cursed Bunny's Mary Sue Guide (Part 2)
Mary Sues are Mary Sues because they are unrealistic and because of the way people think of them. If everyone loves her, everybody keeps talking about her beauty/power/intelligence, and everybody instantly forgives her for whatever she might have done wrong, then she is most definitely a Mary Sue. In most cases, the few characters who have the nerve to insult Alexandria May Raven Trinity already are, or become, mean, terrible, horrible people. Keep that in mind as you read this section.
I don't know about you, but when I read a story, there are seve
Tips for creative strong descriptions:
By CursedBunny
What do you see? Hear? Smell? Feel? Taste? Although sight is the sense that is most often appealed to in writing, appealing to the other senses greatly strengthens your description.
o A description that only appeals to sight:
The girl walked into the dark room. Cob webs covered the old cracked walls, and dust had accumulated on the floor.
o A description that appeals to all your senses:
The girl walked into the eerily silent dark room, and she couldn't help but crinkle her nose at the obvious smell of must and mold. With each breath she took, she could taste the rotten, stale air. T
Quote Format and Grammar Tips by CursedBunny, literature
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Quote Format and Grammar Tips
When the punctuation at the end of the quotation would normally be a period and the speaker is given after the quote, it becomes a comma.
Example: "Jack ate apples," a little girl said.
When the speaker is not given after the quote, the punctuation remains a period.
Example 1: "Jack ate apples."
Example 2: The little girl said, "Jack ate apples."
When the punctuation is anything else, it also remains the same.
Example: "Does Jack like apples?" the little girl asked.
Even when the quotation does not start the sentence, the first letter in the quotation is, in most cases, capitalized. There is also a comma before the quotation begins.
This template is made to help you plan your story.
You can use it however you want; no one will grade you on it, so go ahead and write down anything you want on it.
This template can also be a witness of your evolution, as in, you can gradually write down all of your ideas for a title or a summary, and then, later, strike them or remove them. Think of it like a draft you use in an essay: it doesn't have to be clean, you can write wherever you want, whatever you want and however you want.
It contains some tips to guide you, tips we thought of with the experience of both a writer and a reader. You can also be your own guide of course! It's u