Writing Stories/Fanfiction?

[Shelly]

I'm a fanfiction writer, I do get good reviews but I would like to improve the way I write. What are some good techniques or whatever that I can use to have my story get better, and for me to be a better writer, please help!!

[Lamplaptopplant]

Read 'On Writing' by Steven King.

[Joseph]

I am 15 and write and read at a heightened college level and I have written two books but the question isn't what can I do it's what will my fans think if I do this so make a facebook page. Something else you can do is make your own website with something called "weebly.com". Make it for your fans to put their ideas out their for you and ask your fans what they would like to see in your next story or what they wouldn't want to see is important too. You would be surprised the ideas a few people can come up with collaboratively. Another bonus is if people see your ideas in one of your stories they will want to tell their friends you used their idea...the outcome...you will get more people reading your stories. Try that and just make a story based of you or one of your friends live and it makes it easy to write because you don't have to imagine as much. You can use your friends names, the landscape of where you live, major life events and anything else that is very general that you can warp into a story. Most important thing when writing is describe details to the point where your fans know what is going on but they can imagine what someone looks like, what their house or depending on what you write cave or ditch looks like, what their clothes look like, and most importantly what their surroundings look like. It is important because people need something to base their imagination off of, all they need is a slight push in a certain direction and each person gets their own image of the story. I hope I helped you out with your writing.

[777]

It's possible to get a feel for flow and voice by reading books. You obviously want to be reading books by well-published authors. I've learned new vocabulary and such from the various novels I've read. Or if you're serious about it, you can read self-help books on the topic of writing....but reading novels is more fun.