50 Tips for Writing.

18. Speak your mind

Speak your mind. Convey your emotions. If you can put your feelings and thoughts into the writing, your readers will be able to relate to the story, and ultimately, you. This doesn't necessarily mean you have to have first hand experience of a situation, but put yourself into the shoes of your character and see how you would react in a situation to give touches that are more realistic to the personality of the character. Giving characters ridiculous info stats like 5'11 height and 100lbs is crazy. Do your research, a 5'11 girl at 100lbs will be nearly dead or severely anorexic so whatever you do, don't be stupid and think fiction means you can get away with whatever your brain deems 'cool', try 5'11 tall girl at 145lbs and you might not scare all your readers away with your lack of knowledge. Really... Can you IMAGINE a 5'11 skeleton hanging at 100lbs? Is this really who you want your main character to be? An emaciated bone and skin structure? Go back to the drawing board and re-do your character profiles.