Writing Sins: Bad Descriptions. · 10:56pm Feb 24th, 2013
Welcome to another Writing Sins.
Bad Descriptions are exactly what they sound like, inadequate descriptions. First impressions count for a lot in everything, and descriptions are the first thing most people see next to the title and if a description is bad, your story isnt going to look good to your reader. take for example the description for my little portal, friendship is science.
Pinkie Pie breaks the Fourth Wall, bringing them to this universe where ponies are tested at Celestial Science. Will they survive testing and make it to the cake? Oh, and Chell is here too!
its that last line that irks me so much. its basically saying "hey, there might not be a reason, but Chell is in this story because i want more readers!"
that may not be the reason, but its what i get. another example is the description that tells the whole backstory, missing the point of a "description."
in the end, the desciption is a very short summary of the plot that doesnt give away too much or too little.
with that, i'm Nova Shino, signing off.
Is this a petition? /sign
I don't know how many amazing stories I may have missed due to lackluster description. For me it's like the samples you get in the grocery store before you decide to buy whatever they're selling. It shows me what kind of writing I can expect in the actual narrative. I have passed up SO many stories because the description was trash.
862513 actually, its a little thing i'm making when i come across things that people keep making in their stories yet drive me up the wall.
What about capitalization errors, comma splices, multiple speakers within a paragraph, lacking periods, putting punctuation outside of end-quotes, or putting punctuation inside of end-parentheses?
862913 in the decriptions? i'll see if i can cover that when i get to it. thanks NAB
862998
Sort of. I kind of meant in general writing and in the stories themselves, but that works, too.
In fact, I was just making a mean and rather insulting joke on the blog itself, but that was childish of me. I am pointing this out before you see it for that very reason.
863035 ...are you talking about Brotherhood Bonds?
863045
No, I was stupidly and pedantically insulting this blog entry of yours.
863047 ...
you cheeky bas-
*connection lost*
863053
No, really, I'm sorry. Really, I should just delete the comment altogether. You are quite competent as a writer, and I needlessly insulted you.
863067 *connection re-established*
thank you very much.