02-Common Mistakes for Novices, How Many Have You Hit?

1) Misuses of Punctuations

Many novice writers may think that punctuations are not important, and often misuse punctuation or even don’t use them. This actually has a great impact on reading experience. If you use lots of commas and have no sense of segmentation, then you are not able to grasp the logical relationship between sentences and the switching of pictures. Readers may feel very tired to read your redundant sentence. It is recommended that writers who has trouble in segmentation refer to the filming techniques in the movie. If you do not use quotation marks in the plot of a dialogue between characters, it will make it difficult for readers to distinguish the speaker, leading to the possibility of missing important plots. In addition, punctuation with tone is of significance. Dialogue without tone deprives the soul of the character, and it is naturally difficult for readers to guess what the character was feeling at that time. Regarding the use of punctuation marks, please refer to the Standard Indonesian Manual (PUEBI) for details.

2) Narrations in A Large Paragraph, Sentences with Repetitive Meanings

Online novels pursue a fast pace that fills everyone with gratification. What everyone wants to read from the Internet is the story, not a long paragraph of life philosophy, scenery description, and character introduction. These are too boring compared to the story. Some writers like to set the main line and explain the background of the novel in a large paragraph. However, readers read online novels very quickly, and many readers skip these long narratives because they are boring. There will definitely be some unintelligible points in the later plots, and readers will abandon the whole novel. Though the writer may spend a lot of time and energy creating the work, if the reader can't read what he wants, he may skip it at a glance. So be sure to write more short sentences with concise and accessible words.

3) Confusing Plots

Many novices prefer not to write an outline, and start writing directly. If you have a well-structured story in your mind, then you can write a reasonable story even without an outline. But most novices can't achieve this level, and there will be confusing and illogical plots that even the writer can’t explain. If the writer can’t straighten out his storyline, then how can the reader understand the story? Therefore, before you start writing, you must think twice to make the story complete and logical.

4) Excessively Literary Titles

Readers of literature and art books should read published books. There are life philosophies and beautiful words in published books, but online novels pay more attention to the plot of the story. This is the difference between online and published texts. Books that are too literary are difficult to stand out in the domain of online literature, because theses are not what online readers want to read. You can cater to readers’ appetites and write some titles with explosive and selling points. An attracted title captures readers’ interest to read continuously.

5) Typesetting and Lengthy Paragraphs

The layout of web texts is very important.  A fine typesetting makes the reader feel comfortable. If dozens of lines of text are crowded together, the reader will be irritated, dizzy, and may skip this paragraph, causing disconnection to the following plots. Therefore, the typesetting must be concise and avoid lengthy paragraphs. This seems to be less vital, but it exerts certain influence on readers’ reading experience.

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