A few general rules that easily improve writing.
Rule One: Never write POV change's at the head of the text.
For an example.
(FALLOUT-MAN101 POV) / (CurtisLemay POV)
A good writer can make it obvious in their writing who the point of view is coming from, without outright stating it as the author, and constantly telling people who the shifting POV's are for, it is both annoying, and cheap.
If you must tell, that just means that you are mostly either writing from the third person like a history book or foregoing any personality from your characters, to the point that they only exist as cardboard plot dolls and nothing more.
Rule Two: Never use digits in writing as opposed to actually writing numbers.
This is one I often see ignored by newer authors, and it's a minor simple fix that will instantly make your writing seem more mature.
For Example!
"Look Dad! I caught 49 fish today!...But I was stuck fishing at the river from 9 to 5..."
As opposed to.
"Look Dad! I caught Forty-Nine fish today!...But I was stuck fishing at the river from Nine to Five..."
See? One clearly looks, and reads a lot better than the other, despite the sentence's both being identical outside of the the number changes.
Rule One: Never write POV change's at the head of the text.
For an example.
(FALLOUT-MAN101 POV) / (CurtisLemay POV)
A good writer can make it obvious in their writing who the point of view is coming from, without outright stating it as the author, and constantly telling people who the shifting POV's are for, it is both annoying, and cheap.
If you must tell, that just means that you are mostly either writing from the third person like a history book or foregoing any personality from your characters, to the point that they only exist as cardboard plot dolls and nothing more.
Rule Two: Never use digits in writing as opposed to actually writing numbers.
This is one I often see ignored by newer authors, and it's a minor simple fix that will instantly make your writing seem more mature.
For Example!
"Look Dad! I caught 49 fish today!...But I was stuck fishing at the river from 9 to 5..."
As opposed to.
"Look Dad! I caught Forty-Nine fish today!...But I was stuck fishing at the river from Nine to Five..."
See? One clearly looks, and reads a lot better than the other, despite the sentence's both being identical outside of the the number changes.
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