How to Write a Somewhat Decent Trophy Guide.

First of all, the painfully obvious. Play the game before you attempt to write a guide. You look like an idiot otherwise. Now for the guide.

Before You Start:

1) Play the game through atleast once. Explore all features you can: This will give you basic knowledge for trophies that you haven't gotten yet. For Example: In shatter, you go through the first chapter two(i think) chapters to unlock the score bonus mode. It doesn't make sense for you to play the first chapter, and instantly think you have the knowledge for a guide.

2) Read some other guides: Read a guide with lots of praises. These praises mean the guide is good, and that it would be a great example to follow.

3) Refrain from using Leet Speak or text talk: Lol it not cool wen u tak liek dis u no?

4) Remember who you are writing for: You are writing this guide for another gamer who owns the game. You have everywhere from newbies to pros. You don't need to explain the controls to every single trophy. The person you are writing for has a general knowledge of the game. 

In the Guide:

This section is from personal experience. This is NOT the only right way to do things. This is just the way I found easier personally. Just because there is more than one way to o it, doesn't mean you cant screw it up.

1) Proper capitalization: I think that most trophies are capitalized, and since you are writing a trophy guide, and you are listing the trophies from the game, yours should be too. 

2) Trophy Names AND Descriptions: A description of a trophy, is a basic idea of what you need to do for it. You can, however, group trophies that are similar together. An example are the Katamari Forever Size Trophies. You could group those trophies together and make on big description.

3) Organization: I organized my guides by the how you get the trophies (single round, story modes, mini-games etc…) You can organize them that way, or trophy type (bronze, silver, gold), pretty much any way. But throwing them all on a guide in no specific order is generally misleading.

4) The guide: After the description of trophy/trophies, make sure you include an ATLEAST basic walkthrough to getting the trophies. It is a trophy guide, not a “look-at-a-trophy-list-then-restate-the-trophies”

FOLLOW UP:

1) Make sure you check your guides often to see if there are new questions or comments that you feel must be addressed. 

2) Be honest with your answers: If you truly don't know, don't try to tell.

I wish to have any suggestions you fellow guide writers may have along with these tips.