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Do: make sure your story has a clear defining moment.

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Jessica

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Don't: assume the reader will know about your backstory or motivations unless you tell them.
DO: give context to actions and statements you make if necessary.

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Do show how the character was at the beginning and the end, in order to see how the character changed

Don't leave the characteristics (what they look like/act like) of the character up to the reader, show them instead

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Don't: tell a collection of unconnected stories.

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Do: Develop your character using internal thoughts.

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Do: use sensory details when appropriate
Don't: state or explain settings that can be described and shown

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DO: Write a universal theme that is conveyed throughout the story and is not specifically stated.

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Do: put a new paragraph with each piece of dialogue

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Don't make the theme very specific so that a lesson can be developed and related to throughout the story

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do: add ".." and  try to add at least 2 back and forth between the characters

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Make a paragraph for each dialogue line

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Don't: have your story consist of nothing but description and no feelings.

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Dont: put your “emotions” or what you are doing inside of the parentheses

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Do: use imagery and vivid diction

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Don't make dialogue just to have it, use the dialogue to develop characters in a scene

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don't add sides stories that have nothing to do with the story that is being told

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Don't: describe everything flatly with simple terms

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Do write from the same perspective the whole time
Don't write in different tenses (present past etc)

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Do: Have good description be brief in it

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Do: use proper formatting

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Do: Use imagery and try and get the reader to really get a full picture of the defining moment and allowing them to imagine what happened.
Don't: Don't describe the details so bland-like and making it so simple and boring. Be descriptive and try and get the reader to enjoy every piece of the moment.

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Don't: Make your dialogue seem forced.

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Do: Make the theme nice and short so you don't add to much information about the story/give it away.

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Do: have a consistent theme running though your story

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Do use imagery and figurine language to describe the scene and characters
Don't just tell the readers what the character and scene look like

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Don't: jump around with no discernible theme

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Do: Use the proper formatting for dialog ("...") & make sure to include who said what.
Don't: Bunch up your dialog together, & not include who was speaking.

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Do use correct punctuation
Don't use dialogue that doesn't tell a story or continue the theme

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Do make the structure and the POV interesting and descriptive giving the reader your exact point of view as if the reader was experiencing the defining moment themselves.
Don't not include your point of view. It won't allow the reader to have a full connection with the character in the defining moment because they aren't understanding what the character is experiencing.

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Do make sure you have an interesting hook to keep your reader interested in your story.

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Do be clear as to what your theme is by telling an appropriate story
Don't develop your theme in only one part of your writing

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Do: Do show and expressing your feelings and how you felt during your defining moment. Explain how you felt, why you felt that way, what made you feel that way, etc.
Don't: Don't make the story emotionless.

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Do: Write your story with good dialogue and context so the reader can get understand what story is about without actually getting told what its about

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Don't spend the entire story narrating

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Do: Do add dialogue's in proper formatting and make sure to include who said what.
Don't: Don't make your dialogue seem informal. Don't make it seem like your being forced to use dialogue. Use it at appropriate times that fit well with the story timeline.

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Do: Make sure your theme is connected to the story.
Don't: Create a theme based on actions or persons behavior

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Do: Make sure that your theme is clear and the reader can get the message easily.
Don't: Don't have multiple themes in one. Don't allow the theme to be completely different and not connected to the story.