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Old stories!
Old stories!
So... the computer I'm using right now is one I've been using for a while, so obviously I have some stories I wrote a while ago. Here are some things I noticed.
1. I was horrible at making paragraphs. I made them, but I didn't know the proper way, as in the proper dialogue spacing and stuff.
2. Dialogue punctuation: So I've been writing fanfic recently and I submit it to this archive that has standards. Obviously, they eventually told me to fix my dialogue before submitting it. So I did. And now, improper dialogue punctu. has become a bit of a pet peeve and very noticeable to me.
I had a lot of it, even in my recent stories. (Not in my fics much though, since they're a lot more recent than any original fiction. ;))
3. Overall cheesiness. There's this one story, "Fiona Edward's Mysteries". Yeah. The title should say it all. *headdesk* I wrote it when I was, like, seven but still, it's embarassingly bad.
So have you guys read any stories you wrote a few years back? If you have, what did you think of them?
submitted by Olive
(September 24, 2011 - 7:52 pm)
(September 24, 2011 - 7:52 pm)
Oh my goodness! My old stories are horrendous!!!!!
I wrote this one titled "The Royal Guests" and the first sentence was "Once apon a time, there was a king, queen, prince, princess, duke, dutchess, and their dog." Ayyye! I was only... *counts on fingers* seven but still.
Another one that I started last year, the chapters were waaaay too short. Two pages. That is not a chapter!
Most of the 2008/09/10 have really bad punctuation and paragraphs, and I was not creative! No romance, no mystery, no creativity!
I also struggled with what Olive struggled with, cheesiness! Oh goodnesss, don't get me started!
I think I even have one that is like 100 pages of third person, but like I kept slurring into first person!
My, my, haven't we all grown?!
Haha, gooood memories though, eh?
(December 2, 2011 - 12:29 pm)