firemoon42: Do an outline, whatever way works best. Get yourself out of the word soup and know where the story is headed. Conflicts and obstacles. Hurt the protagonist, put things in their way, this keeps the story interesting. An easy journey makes the story boring and boring is hard to write. Change the POV. Sometimes …
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5 Tips for Writing a Flawed Character
latenightnovelwriting: 1.) Bad things should happen in your story because of your character’s mistakes, not only because of unfortunate coincidence. 2.) Resolve your conflict. If your character is a pathological liar, this attribute should have some impact on how the story ends. 3.) Avoid over-dramatizing interactions between characters. 4.) Your character’s flaws and moral decline …
dontshootmespence: theother51imagines: 0palsea: sliceofbri: THERE MUST BE A PARAGRAPH BREAK EVERY TIME A NEW CHARACTER SPEAKS THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL NO ONE WANTS TO READ ONE BIG BLOCK OF TEXT JESUS CHRIST REMEMBER TIP TOP OK: Make a paragraph every time that any of these things change! Ti me P lace To pic P erson it’s my worst pet …
some REAL writing advice
luciferofficial: i posted this list a few years ago but i thought i’d repost it with a couple edits, since it’s all still perfectly good and plenty of people could do to see it. it works no differently for fanfic and original works. For the most part, just don’t listen to anything your English teachers …
Various Mini Friendly Writing Tips
squigglydigg: DON’Ts Don’t rely too much on ellipses! (…) It helps sometimes, but pauses everywhere can slow down the pacing of a scene by a LOT. Don’t use the same sentence structure EVERYWHERE, but realize that repetition of a theme, word, or structure can actually help with emphasis! Don’t be afraid to use the vernacular! …
danielle-writes: Some advice for when you’re writing and find yourself stuck in the middle of a scene: kill someone ask this question: “What could go wrong?” and write exactly how it goes wrong switch the POV from your current character to another – a minor character, the antagonist, anyone stop writing whatever scene you’re struggling …
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