 Noticing Newbies: March 14, 2007 Issue [#1593] |
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This week: Weather Reporters Edited by: esprit  
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Welcome to the Noticing Newbies Newsletter! Our goal is to showcase some of our newest Writing.Com Authors and their items. From poetry and stories to creative polls and interactives, we'll bring you a wide variety of items to enjoy. We will also feature "how to" advice and items that will help to jump start the creation process on Writing.com
We hope all members of the site will take the time to read, rate, review and welcome our new authors. By introducing ourselves, reviewing items and reaching out, we will not only make them feel at home within our community, we just might make new friends!
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Here's a quick easy tip for those of you who can't use images in a signature and would like to brighten up your posts. Use WritingML If you use the random tag, the colors will change with each refresh. Here's what I did with my handle. Note the commas for randomness.
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{size:5}{e:check2}{c:red,blue,green}{font:comic}esprit{/font}{/c}{/size}{e:leaf1,leaf2,leaf3}{e:leaf4,leaf5}
Find WritingML in Site Tools on the upper left of your screen and play with them a while. There are examples and instructions, it won't take long before you're an expert. Make notes. Practice in your My Note Pad so you can preview as you go. When they're perfect, save them in your Note Pad. You can create and save several variations on one page. Highlight the sig, copy and take it to your My Account page and open the Edit Signature(s) Manage your Signature Blocks link. Paste the signature into the text box Default Signature (Email / Forums / Books) --Update to Save it. That signature should then automatically present itself in forums.
I know you have more of an artistic imagination than I have, so you'll come up with some great sigs. Just remember if you try to use too many, your signature may break.
Weather Reporters
Have you ever heard the words 'weather report' and wondered what it meant in relation to writing?
Novice writers often make the mistake of becoming a Meteorologist. Or they take on the job of the narrator at a Fashion Show, or Travel Guide - even Real Estate Agent. In other words, all these things are done to fill up that most important area - the opening of your story. By the time the weather is established and the characters are fully dressed, the reader may be gone. Too much description is boring, and many readers will skip over it. Be sure to open your story with the story. Hook the readers and hold them with the continuing story. They can view the countryside or the room, or whatever setting you've chosen, from the eyes of a character as they experience the story. A character can simply choose a blue tee shirt because it matches their eyes. You've established their clothing and their eye color with few words. Make sure descriptions fit in naturally and unobtrusively, like a movie image, not as a narrator. It's not easy, but with practice, each attempt will be better. Even experienced writers get caught up with too much description sometimes, and have to cut during revisions. The old saying; Less is More - is true.
Avoid writing 'weather reports' and just get on with the story. It's the important thing.
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