User blog:Sparrowsong/Random tips for writing

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Exactly what the title says. Some of these are just for PJO fanfics, while some are for writing or fanfics in general. Sorry if this offends anyone. -Song
 * 1) People who are pretty usually know that they're pretty. Having one character call your character pretty and then having her modestly deny it is pretty Mary Sue-ish. People who are really beautiful/drop dead-gorgeous (like the Aphrodite kids)...chances are that they know they're beautiful.
 * 2) Instead of "I was wearing a blue dress," try saying "I wore a blue dress." It sounds more active.
 * 3) Athena is NOT blonde. She has black hair, but lots of people think she is blonde because Annabeth is blonde. Annabeth gets her hair color from her father. So unless your child of Athena has a fair-haired father, I really wouldn't reccomended making them blonde. But two brunette parents can have a blonde child as long as they both carry the recessive gene for blonde hair. Hmm...I wonder if Athena's mother was blonde (since Zeus has dark hair)?
 * 4) Technically, the books never actually said that Hermes is blonde. But you can make him blonde in your fanfics if you want. Or make him have purple hair, even. It doesn't really matter, LOL.
 * 5) Two blue-eyed parents cannot have a brown-eyed child. The reverse is possible (and very common), though.
 * 6) Zeus has grey-black eyes, so Thalia does not get her eye color from him. And since he was said to have brown hair, Thalia's mother probably had black hair. But since we don't know her description and probably never will, we can't be sure. Again, you can give Thalia's mother whatever hair color you want.
 * 7) So far, Rick Riordan hasn't confirmed whether Thalia has blue eyes or green eyes. In The Lightning Thief, she was said to have green eyes, but in The Titan's Curse Percy says that she has blue eyes. Either is fine, though most fans consider her to have blue eyes.
 * 8) Hairstyle isn't genetic. If your character loves to wear pigtails, that does not mean her child should, too!
 * 9) Most so-called "CCers" are actually cyberbullies. Yes, flaming someone else's story just because you don't like it is cyberbullying, people. Cyberbullying is a form of emotional abuse . And yes, I am talking to you, all you flamers from the PJO section on fanfiction.net. This isn't really a writing tip, but I just thought I'd say this. Whatever.
 * 10) Flamers and trolls are the same thing.