#a3c5e6
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𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵
Warrior Fanatic
All hail me, the flower-flushing queen of Prague
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Apr 19, 2024 18:38:26 GMT -5
epistolary is fun!! It's a really underutilized format imo I finally found a place to reuse a plotline I'd planned for NaNo a decade ago! It really fits one of my newer characters who has a great arc but no home yet, and so I've been ironing out the plot holes (there were many) and making a lot of changes to the tone, secondary character, and magic system to modernize it (it was VERY YA fantasy derivative at the time because... that's what I was reading). I went to the library with my writer friends and sat there and struggled with a few big decision points before finding a line that fell into place and felt right for the story. I even carved out a little space to do a heist section, because I LOVE heists but I don't really want to have to plan an entire arc around one. So mini-heist as part of the three-part quest. I think I've finally internalized the idea of simplifying plots and arcs down to the smallest pieces. I used to struggle a lot with making my stories so complex they lost focus, but I've done a lot of work recently with analyzing other stories I liked and breaking them down into archetypes and plot moments and that has helped a LOT with my own understanding of what a story should do and how to make the movement of characters across scenes satisfying. I think I struggled with scene transitions before and I need to do another analysis of those specifically across more genres and writing styles, because I haven't found anything that really really clicks with my voice yet. I relate to all of this too well, especially the YA thing. I've personally found it easier however to not write with a specific audience in mind, but to just, well, write. I've also been trying to follow KISS more often (Keep It Simple, Stupid). It's really easy to get caught up in your own world that you end up complicating things for both the audience and yourself. And yeah, epistolary really is underutilized!
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Apr 21, 2024 9:35:00 GMT -5
Hey!
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Apr 24, 2024 16:20:10 GMT -5
How’d the season go? (:
I’m sad to admit that I haven’t been able to write in longer than I can count. But, hopefully I’ll get back into it at some point.
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Aroace
ᦓρ꠸ᥴꫀᠻꪖꪀᧁ
“Do you remember…the 21st night of September?”
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Post by ᦓρ꠸ᥴꫀᠻꪖꪀᧁ on Apr 30, 2024 4:06:53 GMT -5
How’d the season go? (: I’m sad to admit that I haven’t been able to write in longer than I can count. But, hopefully I’ll get back into it at some point. It was great! My level three team actually made it out with no deductions at a worldwide competition for the end of the season and placed 6th out of 40 teams in our division. I could not be more proud of myself and my teammates.
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Apr 30, 2024 17:25:12 GMT -5
Congrats! I’m so happy for you & your team!
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#a3c5e6
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𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵
Warrior Fanatic
All hail me, the flower-flushing queen of Prague
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on May 9, 2024 13:10:42 GMT -5
2540 words! Granted, it's just a complete rewrite of the first chapter, but at least it's something!
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Post by snowheart1 on May 13, 2024 15:14:15 GMT -5
Hello, I’m a writer (or an aspiring one, considering the only book I’ve ever finished writing was a really bad attempt at a dystopian survival story I wrote in fifth grade). Do any of you have any advice for writers block that’s been going on for months? There’s this one story I’m writing, and I have written point A and point B, but I don’t know how to connect them.
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Post by Brownie on May 13, 2024 15:21:05 GMT -5
Hey welcome!
It really depends on what is causing the block. For me, it's usually because of poor planning and/or trying to make ideas work together that probably shouldn't be forced together. If you're struggling for a long time for a solution to a problem, perhaps you could go back to the drawing board and figuring out what is the core issue and determine what you may have to sacrifice to make the story better.
sometimes ideas are great in a vacuum, but just can't work together in a coherent arc. Perhaps one of those two scenes isn't right for the story and a different scene might work better to get your characters across the plot
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Post by snowheart1 on May 13, 2024 18:27:21 GMT -5
Hey welcome! It really depends on what is causing the block. For me, it's usually because of poor planning and/or trying to make ideas work together that probably shouldn't be forced together. If you're struggling for a long time for a solution to a problem, perhaps you could go back to the drawing board and figuring out what is the core issue and determine what you may have to sacrifice to make the story better. sometimes ideas are great in a vacuum, but just can't work together in a coherent arc. Perhaps one of those two scenes isn't right for the story and a different scene might work better to get your characters across the plot Alright, thanks for the advice!
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on May 16, 2024 18:41:33 GMT -5
Hi!
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Post by snowheart1 on May 16, 2024 19:40:46 GMT -5
Hello!
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Post by ! (Ġray) ! on May 24, 2024 9:29:24 GMT -5
should i kill off a major character (antagonist) no context
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on May 24, 2024 18:39:47 GMT -5
Ummm I think that if it works for the story, sure! But don’t just kill someone to kill someone xD It’s gotta mean something, haha
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on May 25, 2024 10:52:15 GMT -5
Congratulations! How’d it go?
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Post by leafpelt11 on May 26, 2024 5:15:00 GMT -5
Hi this is cool, i usually write but they usually aren’t that good, im still young and stuff and all i usually do is fanfictions but i really like writing and i hate nonfiction!! I recently wrote Willowshine’s wish and working on the dawn of oliveclan
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on May 26, 2024 6:19:39 GMT -5
That’s still awesome, Spice!
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on May 26, 2024 6:20:58 GMT -5
Hi, Leaf! Welcome! When I was younger I use to tend to stay away from nonfiction, too. But now I absolutely love it! My preferred writing is def fiction. But I love to read nonfiction! (: Is there something specific you dislike about it?
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on May 26, 2024 6:40:52 GMT -5
That use to be me, like I said xD But now I find that a lot of the books I read are actually nonfiction xD It has to be a topic I’m interested in, though. I think what made me dislike it was bc usually it felt like school work or they were making me read something I wasn’t interested in xD
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Post by ! (Ġray) ! on May 26, 2024 7:56:47 GMT -5
i decided to kill that guy btw
story is a superhero thing im going to (hopefully???) make a comic and right now im coming up with characters and its just one big game of how many tropes can i f*** with for my own amusement
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Post by snowheart1 on May 26, 2024 9:18:58 GMT -5
Me: I’m going to write a new story! I’ll work on it everyday and never abandon it! I’ll finally finish a story!
Me, the next week: Meh, I don’t really want to write this anymore. Let’s move on to the next idea!
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Post by Quill on May 26, 2024 10:08:32 GMT -5
I just realized that writing a master's thesis counts as writing, so I can post on this thread
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Post by Brownie on May 26, 2024 10:31:43 GMT -5
I just realized that writing a master's thesis counts as writing, so I can post on this thread it is!! You might even need as many sources as someone trying to write period-accurate fiction! /j good luck on that ;-; I liked writing research papers but hated editing them; I felt I could never be concise enough. Ironically opposite of fiction writing, where I love editing and hate putting first drafts to paper because my ideas feel better in my head xp also @ yall talking about nonfiction: I don't think I ever read a textbook. Not in high school, and def not in uni. But ya know what? There's a few topics I read actual textbooks and papers on now, because once you're outside of a school setting and don't have an easy way to take a class on it, that's... how you learn more things. At least if you want to learn it in a comprehensive and up-to-date format. I'm still not sold on biography tho.
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Post by Quill on May 26, 2024 10:33:37 GMT -5
I just realized that writing a master's thesis counts as writing, so I can post on this thread it is!! You might even need as many sources as someone trying to write period-accurate fiction! /j good luck on that ;-; I liked writing research papers but hated editing them; I felt I could never be concise enough. Ironically opposite of fiction writing, where I love editing and hate putting first drafts to paper because my ideas feel better in my head xp Ugh yes, I'm in the editing stage and it sucks, despite not having that many edits to make. My goal is to have it complete and submitted by June 2 at the latest.
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#a3c5e6
Name Colour
𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵
Warrior Fanatic
All hail me, the flower-flushing queen of Prague
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Jun 3, 2024 15:42:08 GMT -5
2048 words! And it is still the first chapter, but I'm actually satisfied with it this time! Hopefully it actually sticks!
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Post by Brownie on Jun 3, 2024 16:08:28 GMT -5
Nice! I managed just under 4k yesterday I was very happy with that <3
Writing progress is in the air
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Jun 9, 2024 10:49:29 GMT -5
Send writing progress over to me xD
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