True to life.

None of the characters should be happy-go-lucky, everyone has problems. Also stories that uses cliches but gives the character a soul, life, and real feelings, so that the cliche is hardly noticable

The Truth about Skinny

The good stories aren't always fetching more reviews and a lot of hits. Sometimes, they get left out and thrown into the cyber rubbish bin. I'm kind of the rubbish man.

There's this story I stumbled by yesterday. It wasn't getting tons of reviews like the famous ones (Myrika, xoxluurve etc) but it sure was a good read. I didn't regret reading. At all. It's summary captivated me and urged me to read on.

Nocturnal

He was suffering from insomnia. And if isn't bad enough, he's seeing things. A strange girl in his kitchen at the middle of the night. If only it was hallucination, life would be much easier.

i'd like to see a female main character who is completley content and happy with herself.

its like ever since twilight all the girls have to be quiet, or shy, or have something wrong before they can find their true love.

i'd like to see a female main character who is completley content and happy with herself.

How would the character develop?

Michael

It is possible. I have no idea how to explain that to you in English (it's my second language), but I am positive it can be done.

As my scriptwriting teacher said, you have the hero, who goes through a series of challenges until he can be the hero you want him to be. The challenge women go through in stories don't have to be based on their looks or shyness, it could be another number of things.

When I want a good love story, I type Hate to Hope on the search engine and read on. Seriously. I'm almost done with all of her stories, including the ones on her other account. I love stories wherein the plot does not only revolve on the romance, but around something else... er... something special and original.

Personally I like cliches, but cliches that gives us readers something new. And also characters are important, even if the character is a cliche, but if they're realistic and relateable, then it's all good.

I also find it interesting that you think stories with tons of reviews are overrated. One of the stories I currently enjoy reading in FP is "When The Actor Can't Act" by jessnutsss. It has the many reviews, but somehow I don't think it's overrated. I really recommend it for those who are suckers for a good romantic read. Here's the link: http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2605368/1/When_The_Actor_Cant_Act

GAH. looking back at my old response, i sound so ... young. not that that's a bad thing, but seriously.

well, not all stories with a bucketload of stories are overrated. but most to date are, with a few that are original and that actually feel so real it's seriously not funny. i know it's a big accusation, but i find it true. most stories now are the same plot on every page, like a girl who sneaks into a all-boy boarding school and a boy whose enrolled into a all-girls boarding school by accident and LOL! gender laughs ensued.

now, i think cliches are okay, but it's when a story falls back onto it too much that i stop reading. i mean, i can already tell what's going to happen. the not-that-smart nerdy girl turned celebrity overnight and (not-so) bad boy are going to end up with each other after a conflict of the epic proportions and his bitchy high heel wearing cheerleading ex (did i mention she's the captain? O:) is so two-dimensional that no one cares.

i want a story that's not so unrealistic because we all know that if this was real life and the cheerleading ex is as manipulative as the story makes her out to be, she'd have a backup plan and would crush that nerdy girl into oblivion and then grab a vendi whatever from starbucks. i wouldn't know. ive never been to starbucks ): but that's cause i strongly dislike coffee and there's no starbucks near me.

so anyways, i guess what makes a good story (to me) is a story where the story is fantastically real.

like it's so real that the main character would be my best friend or that ** down the street. where the girl or boy doesn't just deal with having a boyfriend/girlfriend/wanting one/never-been-kissed but with grades and going to school and parents (yes, the parents have to be there because i love parents, weird as that sounds, in a story cause hello, i have parents and they're ok for the most part.), and friends who don't fit into a super-flat specific role like the gossipy best friend.

oh, and where the main character doesn't have some weird allergy (this might come back to bite me) or is super-accident prone. i mean, sure we all have our moments but everyone's not bella swan. jeez.

:)

"True to life.

None of the characters should be happy-go-lucky, everyone has problems. Also stories that uses cliches but gives the character a soul, life, and real feelings, so that the cliche is hardly noticable"

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I like that post.

I want something that's realistic. In a sense. Kind of hypocritical coming from someone who has one supernatural/romance story in this category, but yeah. There's certain things that I want "realistic". No story should be all fireworks and happiness. To be honest, I want to see pain and grief in stories. It just brings the whole story down to the real world. It seems kind of morbid, just throwing out negativity and claiming it as "realism", so I enjoy things that are also light and fun. Life isn't just a vortex of suffering, so I appreciate some funny moments (as long as it's not overboard with the cuteness).

I like stories that have characters who are very... deep in character. I don't want to see one brand of person in the story, I want to see different things. I don't want to see really overdone cliches with no twists, such as: Nerd girl meets jock guy. The end. There's nothing between the beginning and the end except for obvious, predictable cliches. I love seeing unexpected twists, even if they don't favor reader's opinions.

I like good chemistry between the characters. I don't want just random people thrown in there. One amazing person + One amazing person =\= An amazing couple. The separate characters may have their own flare, but I'd love to see the couple's problems and ordeals. I want the couple to be a separate character (not literally, of course).

Oh, and no happy endings. At least, PERFECT happy endings. The dog get's his bone, the local meat shop is saved, mom and dad won the lottery, you get the tuition for college, my soul mate is in the bed with me. No. that doesn't work. That doesn't happen. At least make something... missing. From this complete happiness.

can't think of anything else at the moment.

now, i think cliches are okay, but it's when a story falls back onto it too much that i stop reading. i mean, i can already tell what's going to happen. the not-that-smart nerdy girl turned celebrity overnight and (not-so) bad boy are going to end up with each other after a conflict of the epic proportions and his bitchy high heel wearing cheerleading ex (did i mention she's the captain? O:) is so two-dimensional that no one cares.

i want a story that's not so unrealistic because we all know that if this was real life and the cheerleading ex is as manipulative as the story makes her out to be, she'd have a backup plan and would crush that nerdy girl into oblivion and then grab a vendi whatever from starbucks. i wouldn't know. ive never been to starbucks ): but that's cause i strongly dislike coffee and there's no starbucks near me.

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That made my day, along with the bella swan comment.

LOL. To expand on my post, I'd like to clarify the fact that I don't hate all that cutesy kinda stuff (otherwise I wouldn't be sauntering around in the Romance section), but too much of it is just... fluffy. I like seeing GOOD cliches. Cliche's aren't just one brand. There's many types of cliche. Like why is it all ways that the GIRL is the nerd and the GUY is the jock? Why can't it ever be the other way around. I'd like to see twisted cliche's for once. They probably won't be as cliche as normal cliches, but it's still in the cliche area due to the typical characteristic of the cliche characters. Cliche is a really annoying word.

Also, if there's a really bitchy girl in the story, MAKE HER DO EVERYTHING SHE CAN TO STOP HER COMPETITORS! Let's be realistic people. If some distorted nerd is stealing YOUR "superhotlykOMG!" boyfriend, what would you do? Sit down and whine "I broke a nail! Time out!" or would you try to perform the excorcism of Emily Rose on her? Yeah, that's what I thought.

I also hate when high school is so typicalized. I hate seeing lines like "There's the popular kids - Jocks, Cheerleaders, Hot people, but really shallow, and then there's unpopular kids - Nerds, Geeks, people who are really smart."

That ** me off, I'm sorry. What kind of school do you go to? No wait, WHEN kind of school do you go to? 1867!? People can be popular without being addicted to sports, or dressing like a tramp, dumb as a yo-yo, or picture-perfect. People can be unpopular when there beautiful, or when they're in to sports, or if they try out for the cheerleading team. Maybe the reason they're so unpopular is because they're STUPID as opposed to being a SUPER GENIUS.

For friggin sakes, people, step out of the '80s and thrust your eyes into the actuality of school.

Am I allowed to triple post? if not, oops.

ugh I have to write this post all over again because I accidentally closed it.

Okay, um. Don't remember what I said. Here's all that i remember: My recommendation for really cute stuff:

http://www.fictionpress.com/u/520897/xoxluurve

random story recommendation. it has a bit of sadness in it, at the beggining.. supernatural/romance. Yeah, I know, I'm a total snot for posting my own story. Sew me.

http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2693280/1/Shade

well, i dont know if there's a triple-post-posting rule so yeah but if there is, then it'd only be your first offense? :)

(warning: long post ahead. may cause sleepiness, eye-rolling and the occasional oh snap!)

cliche actually is a really annoying word. i used to say it as cle-itch 'cause that was the way i read it because apparently people have tendencies to create words that aren't pronounced the way they look. i remember i said to my sister, "your such a cliche," cause i was badass like that and my mom turned around and went, "what did you just say?" worst two minutes waiting at a intersection of my life.

did i ever get a talking to about bad words. :x

i agree with you, especially on realistic stories. life isn't one emotion and it isn't as some black-and-white as stories make it out to be. yes, the girl may be a nerd, but why can't she be a fashionable nerd? or just fashionable? why does she have to have mangy, grungy dungy (...) hair and wear old rolling stones tees?

(btw, i love how in stories, the nerd has this hot bod underneath her clothes. wouldn't people notice if you had boobs the size of pamela anderson's? me thinks they would)

ive seen the whole reverse-roles thing. but most times, it's as stereotypical (sadly) as the original. the popular girl notices something in the nerdy guy she hadn't despite him sitting right there (i really mean right-there-next-to-her right there) and it's revealed that she's a secret star wars fan because star wars is the epitome of nerdiness apparently.

but opposition from her shallow friends keeps her from her one. true. love until ** eye for the straight guy turns him totally fab! the end. uh, major loophole: where do they get all this money to buy a new wardrobe? my parents would say that what i have is fine and they gave me money a few weeks ago to buy stuff. end of case, you lose. now go clean your room.

personally, i'd sit down and whine. maybe even cry a little, cause it takes a shizzload (im trying not to go overboard on the cursing XD) to grow my nails. but that's probably because i bite them when i'm nervous. or bored. :/

haha, i don't know how people can pinpoint an exact group. in my school, sure, a few people are usually together, but we all move around. there would be me, the awesometastic (:P) class clown/self-proclaimed indie kid and then my friend whose the versatile fashionable in-person who hangs with everyone. i guess they do that because to write down actually what everyone is would take a whole book, so it's much easier to stick with already made groups.

as i was saying earlier, life isn't black-and-white. there are the good times and the bad times and just-there times. a person can be happy all the time, but there will be times when that person just needs to sit and cry or get mad and throw something.

i hate when a author does something to please a reader because that means that you're not writing for yourself, you're doing for someone else. and i hate that, no strongly dislike, just hate.

i value your opinion and everything, but if i want my character to stay with that lowlife sonnava, then i'm going to make her stay with him because i wrote her character that way and she's not just going to suddenly realize out-of-the-blue that she can do better.

eh, a character i wrote hooked up with a guy that she liked. they don't really have any chemistry or anything, so all they do is makeout.

i didn't want to do the whole movies and gushy romance stuff because im lazy, so i made him a cute looking guy with nothing going on (he likes to beat up guys as a pasttime /:) and her, a kinda boycrazy girl whose smart but then again, she's a teenager so she's not really thinking with her head when it comes to guys.

they fight alot. i think i secretly put a little too much of my last boyfriend and me in there. XD

i like happy endings as long as it isn't all neatly wrapped up in a bow. i mean, c'mon it's very unlikely that you get that scholarship to that college you can't afford the same week you meet the love of your life and your parents decide to get back together. seriously?

i like twist endings too, but i strongly dislike when it comes out of nowhere. like the author just pulled it out of their ** because they got tired of the story or thought it was genius. i especially hate the, they rode off into the sunset only to be hit by a car that's not even invented in that time and die. what the-

i love unresolved endings, y'know, the ones that leave the story open for interpretation like ghost world or the bell jar. :)

and to answer your question, a duh conduit, they go to the school of badly written cliche two-dimensional cutout carboard box characters. its common knowledge :P

and btw, what's with the whole losers/nerds/artistic/indies wearing converses as a way to show their originality and non-conformist ways? and why do the popular queen bees wear pumps (wouldn't it hurt wearing pumps all the time? i heard that it causes serious problems on the news)? converses are popular, so wouldn't the queen bee wear some?

i hardly ever see the "in girls" wearing christian li-something or coco chanel. my friend whose super-popular wears heels, but she wears her converses until they're beat up and scraggly.

For friggin sakes, people, step out of the '80s and thrust your eyes into the actuality of school.

that made me laugh. it reminded me of that movie kickin' it old skool. :)

ooh, story reccomendations. i shall take a look. O:

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