Guide to Writing

The_ShadowVisitor
One day i was just playing Brookhaven, Nothing much was happening until i noticed a Person stalking me, At first i didn't think much of it because i know people like to role play and watch people. The only thing that i noticed was that they kept joining my games although i had my joins off, When i approached the person they had told me "If you ever talk to me again YOU will be the one i stalk till you end your days on roblox". I had thought this was a little weird although i have seen stuff like it watching videos about a creepypasta, So i didn't think much of it. The day after i saw what i thought was the same person, But they were different because they had switched sides of their color, Their avatar was black and red. The day i noticed them different i decided to go up to them because they weren't the same person. The person who i met was named The_ShadowAdventure, After i had talked to this person they had told me "Dont ever talk to my buddy ever again, or else". I had thought this was pretty weird... After a week they haven't been showing up after a while. I had decided to research them, They both were friends and they was also people who said if you talk about them they will target you. I have never talked about them although they had decided to target me, The only encounter i have ever had with them is the day i decided to talk to them because i kept noticing them.

Capitalize Your Sentences:

 * The BEGINNING of a sentence starts with a CAPITAL letter. it doesn’t start like this. It starts like this.


 * Only the first letter of a sentence, and Proper nouns/pronouns/names in general need capitalized.


 * Capitalize the first letter in a quotation. (Example: Bob looked at me and said, “Wow!”)


 * EXCEPTION: When a sentence quotation is split in the middle. (“Wow, you know,” Bob said, “that was amazing.”)


 * Capitalize “I.” It’s I, not i. I walked the dog. I killed a man. Etc.

Do Not Capitalize Every Word Like This.
That’s already been covered in the Quality Standards. A Pasta With Every Word Capitalized Like This Will Get "The Tag". Understand?

Punctuation Time!

 * If it’s a punctuation mark, put a space after it. Punctuation marks include but are not limited to: Exclamations (!), periods (.), semi-colon, colon , question mark (?), and comma.


 * SPACE after the end of a sentence. < See that? There’s a space after that period. Without a space, a pasta looks crunched together and becomes hardly readable.


 * If there is more after the end of a quote it ends with a COMMA. (“That’s a lovely dress,” he said with a skeptic grin.)


 * If there isn’t, it ends with a PERIOD. (He glanced at the dress, eyeing it up and down, and said, “That’s a lovely dress.”)


 * PERIODS and COMMAS go INSIDE the quotation marks.


 * A question mark that belongs to a quote goes INSIDE the quotation marks.


 * A question mark that doesn’t goes outside of the quotation marks.


 * If you are using “air quotes” or quoting something while you are quoting, use a single quote mark. (“And then I ‘maced’ him with the perfume. Just as effective as pepper spray,” she said.)


 * DO NOT PUT A SPACE AFTER A QUOTATION MARK.

The Annoying Wall of Text
Use PARAGRAPHS. Here’s when you should if you are unsure and need a guide:
 * After someone speaks.
 * Changing speakers or dialogue.
 * Transitioning subjects, or
 * Breaking up long amounts of text for idea transitioning.

Common mistakes one should avoid (Words.):

 * "It's" is not a possessive pronoun. "Its" is the correct term. "It's" is a contraction, meaning "it is."


 * "Your" IS a possessive pronoun. "Your bike." "Your thing." etc. "You're" is the correct term for things like "You're busted." etc. It means "You are."


 * There: Is a place. Their: It’s their toy. They’re: “They are.”

Common Mistakes one should avoid (Fragments)

 * A sentence that is COMPLETE has a subject, and a verb, and forms a complete thought.


 * A fragment often contains conjunctions that cause them to no longer be complete thoughts. (“Because I ran.”)


 * Imperative sentences have an understood “You” at the end. “Take out the trash” is basically “YOU take out the trash.”

Tense:

 * Keep tense the same all the way through the sentence.


 * Common past tense words have “ed” at the end of them.


 * Common mistake: It’s not “Bringed.” It’s “Brought.” Not “buyed”. It’s “bought.”


 * Another common mistake: It’s “sat,” not “sitted.”


 * Future tense words that are common have the word “will” preceding them. “I will take out the trash."

Comma Splicing/Fused Sentences

 * Use a semi-colon to separate two main clauses. “The man was old; he was at least 70.”


 * Use a period to separate two main clauses. “The man was old. He was at least 70.”


 * ^ Both make sense.


 * Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction. “The boy was small, and his weight had to have been less than 100 pounds.”


 * Use a colon when the second clause explains the first. “The man was old: he was at least 70.

Other common mistakes:

 * Numbers: Use figures for numbers above 10. Use words for numbers one through nine.


 * Use modifiers correctly. A modifier is something that relates or “modifies” a word in a sentence.


 * Use synonyms. Don’t use the same word 35 times. It makes things boring and monotonous.

Other Quality Things.

 * USE SOME DESCRIPTION. Which is better: “Character X stabbed Character Y,” or “Character X jammed the knife into Character Y’s chest, smiling cruelly as blood began dribbling out.”? Try to incorporate an exploded moment.


 * A pasta can be short, but it must be able to tell at least SOME story. If your story has no plot, pointless, and anti-climatic, please post them here, where there are two categories for them.


 * If a person you write a pasta about exists in real life, ASK THEM PERMISSION, and DON’T OFFEND THEM.


 * THERE IS ALREADY A TITLE ON PAGES. There is no need nor reason to repost the title in the pasta itself.


 * TRY TO AVOID CLICHES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. They’re boring, and so over-used that they’re over-used here.
 * Users can't just 'be creepy'; there has to be a reason.
 * Please refrain from putting "Do not edit or delete this" on your pastas. Pastas will be edited for a good reason. Also refrain from typing notes for your pasta, as well.If it's bad it will be reverted. Pastas will be deleted if they're bad. Simple!