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xhikaruchanx: thisgrrlwithhands: Answer all these questions and you should have a fully-developed character for your audience to connect with. A strong character can carry a weak plot; but a strong plot can’t carry weak characters oh my god yes

The Writers Helpers: Masterpost of TWH articles

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Masterpost of all the articles we have done in the past few months (that we can remember). I am making this as a resource for all of you to check before sending questions and hopefully it will make it easier to find the things we’ve done. It will be updated constantly. If you know I’ve missed…

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The Writers Helpers: Writing: Your Characters Must Earn (or Have Earned) Their Skills

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  • Magic (and other skills—especially physical skills) must be practiced. Yes, your wizard could be the “chosen one,” but remember that even Harry Potter had to practice his patronus charm. In The Matrix, Neo had to learn how to get used to working within the system.
  • Knowledge…
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teachingliteracy: amandaonwriting: How to end your novel The Dos and Don’ts By James V. Smith Jr. Don’ts Don’t introduce any new characters or subplots. Any appearances within the last 50 pages should have been foreshadowed earlier, even if mysteriously. Don’t describe, muse, explain or philosophize. Keep description to a minimum, but maximize action and conflict. You have placed all your charges. Now, light the fuse and run. Don’t change voice, tone or attitude. An ending will feel tacked on if the voice of the narrator suddenly sounds alien to the voice that’s been consistent for the previous 80,000 words. Don’t resort to gimmicks. No quirky twists or trick endings. The final impression you want to create is a positive one. Don’t leave your reader feeling tricked or cheated. Dos Do create that sense of Oh, wow! Your best novelties and biggest surprises should go here. Readers love it when some early, trivial detail plays a part in the finale.  Do enmesh your reader deeply in the outcome. Get her so involved that she cannot put down your novel to go to bed, to work or even to the bathroom until she sees how it turns out. Do resolve the central conflict. You don’t have to provide a happily-ever-after ending, but do try to uplift. Readers want to be uplifted, and editors try to give readers what they want. Do afford redemption to your heroic character. No matter how many mistakes she has made along the way, allow the reader—and the character—to realize that, in the end, she has done the right thing. Do tie up loose ends of significance. Every question you planted in a reader’s mind should be addressed, even if the answer is to say that a character will address that issue later, after the book ends. Do mirror your final words to events in your opener. When you reach the ending, go back to ensure some element in each of your complications will point to the beginning. It’s the tie-back tactic. Merely create a feeling that the final words hearken to an earlier moment in the story. By James V. Smith Jr. Source for Dos and Don’ts. Visit Writers Digest for more.

julvett:

lecavaliers:

you know what’s really dumb

the whole ‘love triangle’ and ‘you can only choose ONE’ thing in romance plotlines

like fuck you

just once

i want a hero/heroine to step back, flip the bird to the author, and say “you know what, i want both of you.” and then for the love interests to look at each other, shrug, and say “i’ll share if you’ll share”

watch savages

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mark-gaytits:

Some resources for those writing medieval-type stories:

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Fuck Yeah Character Development!: Tips for Characterization

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Characterization is one of the most important elements of fiction. While literary fiction requires a more complex treatment than does most genre fiction, all writers must people their works with interesting, believable characters.

1. Know your character’s past without…

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WriteWorld: An Amazing Resource: ObsidianBookshelf.com (Val Kovalin)

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Index of All Articles by Title:

  1. Characters - Too Many Unnecessary Characters!
  2. Description - Body Types, Male, Large
  3. Description - Body Types, Male, Medium Size / Athletic
  4. Description - Body Types, Male, Small
  5. Description - Eye Color, Examples of Great Descriptions
  6. Description…
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WriteWorld: pulpofiction: writing a kiss, tips for everybodywhatever the hell...

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writing a kiss, tips for everybody

  1. whatever the hell you’re doing with tongue, stop
  2. invade, fight for dominance, and wrestle are literally the worst descriptors ever in the whole entire world of talking about kissing
  3. tongues do not roam and they do not go exploring…
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Some Writing Prompt Generators

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Serendipity (names, places, mapbuilding, etc.)
Quick Story Idea
Full Story Idea
Writing Challenges
General Character
Quick Character
really just all of Seventh Sanctum
RPGesque generators
Writing Prompts
Inspiration Finder
Story Arc
Fantasy Story Situaton
Adventure
Chaotic Shiny is just really good in general
Random Plot 

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