BTS Imagines 3

- Writing Tips -

As promised, here are some writing tips from yours truly! I'm not a professional writer and I still make grammatical errors, so these are just tips from my own personal writing experience.

Revised: December 14, 2022

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• Try to plan your story out. If you have a certain idea, wether it be a storyline or a small detail you want to add in a future imagine/story, type it in your notes or on a blank chapter.

• Don't shorten words. I've seen quite a few imagines that say, "U go on a date." or the word though is shortened to "tho". Stuff like that looks rushed and unprofessional.
It's okay to shorten words if you're writing texts. I spell everything out even with texts, unless I want to be funny, but that's just me.
Don't use the word "shook" unless you're doing it in a meme way or doing text message imagines. When there's something dramatic going on and you write "You saw him kissing someone else. You were shook." that really looks unprofessional and, in all honestly, it ruins the vibe of the story and makes it seem less serious.

• Decide a point of view and stick with it.
First person POV: I went to the store.
Second person POV: You went to the store.
Third person POV: Y/n went to the store.
I used to write in first person POV but it limited me to only Y/n's feelings and if I wanted to touch on another character's POV I would have to specify that I was changing the point of view. Now, I write in second person because I feel that the quality of my writing is better and I can also focus on every character without having to constantly switch POVs.

• I saw an imagines book once that read like this: "You hugged him and kissed him on the cheek and he looked at you and he smiled and he held your hand you're so pretty he said you blushed thank you" definitely DON'T do that. It sounds like a kid telling a story. They just keep going and saying "and" and don't take a breath and there's NO punctuation whatsoever. It's very messy and hard to follow.

• Separate your story into paragraphs. If your story keeps going with no paragraph breaks it can be very difficult to read. I've seen people in comment sections saying they were looking forward to a story but can't/won't read it because there's no paragraph breaks, so definitely separate your paragraphs or else it could drive possible readers away.

• Don't rush the storyline. Try to drag it out if you can. I've seen imagines where the story moves way too fast and they've squished a whole plot into a 200 word imagine. (It's one of those imagines where it goes: "You went on a date with Jimin and kissed him and then your ex showed up and Jimin beat him and took you home I love you he said I love you too you said.")
It's okay to write short imagines if they have a simple concept like my soft mornings imagines where it's just about you and a BTS member waking up. Short and sweet, but not rushed.

• When writing time, like 2 AM, 3 AM etc. Don't write "3 AM in the morning". AM means in the morning or middle of the night. PM means after noon which starts at 12:00 PM.
In my opinion, it's best to just say 3 AM or 3:00 in the morning.

• I learned this in creative writing when I was in 10th grade and it's one thing that stuck with me. When writing dialogue you start a new line when a different person is speaking.

Do this ✅
"Hey." Namjoon nudged you.
"What?"
"I was wondering..." He trailed off. "What would you think if I grew my hair out a little?"