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Heartless Hìppíe
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Post by Heartless Hìppíe on Apr 19, 2011 10:06:38 GMT -8
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Post by Lil' Raskol LobLaw on Apr 19, 2011 17:21:55 GMT -8
Anyone have advice for elongating stories? I'm only at around 25,000 words, including a short story.
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Post by Eduardo on Apr 19, 2011 18:56:42 GMT -8
Anyone have advice for elongating stories? I'm only at around 25,000 words, including a short story. Give your characters more things to do.
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Demeter
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Post by Demeter on Apr 19, 2011 19:36:39 GMT -8
Anyone have advice for elongating stories? I'm only at around 25,000 words, including a short story. Subplots, baby! Or you could add in more world building tidbits, or something.
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Post by Lord Lovrina on Apr 20, 2011 5:46:55 GMT -8
Anyone have advice for elongating stories? I'm only at around 25,000 words, including a short story. More character building arcs and really minor subplots always helped me with adding on to the word length.
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shiko
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Post by shiko on Jun 4, 2011 14:24:54 GMT -8
Whats the best ways to use a reference to another book series, movie or something in life?
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Post by Mina Murray on Jun 4, 2011 14:41:28 GMT -8
Whats the best ways to use a reference to another book series, movie or something in life? Conversations and allusions work. Like have a character quote something someone said in book series/movie/ect. in a conversation or even during narration. And Allusion however is a bit trickyer. For example, you could referance say a famous battle or person: The girl's love of sweets was her Achilles heel or The final game was John's Waterloo Or even a play on a famous quote like "To be or not to be, that was the question." And instead say something like "To ask or not to ask, that was the question."
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shiko
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Post by shiko on Jun 4, 2011 14:45:26 GMT -8
Whats the best ways to use a reference to another book series, movie or something in life? Conversations and allusions work. Like have a character quote something someone said in book series/movie/ect. in a conversation or even during narration. And Allusion however is a bit trickyer. For example, you could referance say a famous battle or person: The girl's love of sweets was her Achilles heel or The final game was John's Waterloo Or even a play on a famous quote like "To be or not to be, that was the question." And instead say something like "To ask or not to ask, that was the question." Thanks!
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Post by Story Keeper on Jun 4, 2011 17:16:03 GMT -8
I need your help. How dark is too dark? My novel's intended for older teens/adults. It's set in the Victorian times in the east end of London and refers to prostitution, alcohol, Anti-Semitism and hanging. The problem is I don't want to bullshit the author.
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shiko
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Post by shiko on Jun 5, 2011 9:06:17 GMT -8
I need your help. How dark is too dark? My novel's intended for older teens/adults. It's set in the Victorian times in the east end of London and refers to prostitution, alcohol, Anti-Semitism and hanging. The problem is I don't want to bullshit the author. I would say don't over do it because then people would say you're doing all the blood,gore and sex for the point of just making it darker. I have something to ask, if I want to write a book but I want it to have characters to reference sex and things like that while still keeping it a PG-13 level, how could I do so?
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Post by yaelxyz on Aug 9, 2011 13:25:31 GMT -8
I need your help. How dark is too dark? My novel's intended for older teens/adults. It's set in the Victorian times in the east end of London and refers to prostitution, alcohol, Anti-Semitism and hanging. The problem is I don't want to bullshit the author. I would say don't over do it because then people would say you're doing all the blood,gore and sex for the point of just making it darker. I have something to ask, if I want to write a book but I want it to have characters to reference sex and things like that while still keeping it a PG-13 level, how could I do so?Maybe just make the conversations about sex not too dirty or explicit or detailed. There's a very big line between R and PG-13, so I don't think it should be too difficult. Try reading a PG-13 rated book that talks about sex, then read a rated R book about the same topic and see the differences.
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shiko
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Post by shiko on Aug 10, 2011 17:35:58 GMT -8
I want to write a forbbiden romance whats are things to do and things not to do.
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Post by Aethryx on Aug 14, 2011 17:03:48 GMT -8
Any advice for people that have a problem with finishing their work and sticking to it?
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Post by annabellamy on Aug 17, 2011 8:30:07 GMT -8
^Yeah. Listen to a song and imagine your characters doing a music video for it. I swear some of my best (and most depraved) scenes are the result of doing that same thing. Of course, make sure that the dialogue is not similar to/copied from the song.
Any advice for somebody who is:
1) referring to 'The Phantom of the Opera' to describe how somebody is singing? 2) unsure of whether having a character actually referring to the actual book (having read it and is re-reading it) is a good tool for character development?
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Post by Chaotic Neutral on Aug 21, 2011 21:14:16 GMT -8
I have a character who hates love. Well, not so much hates as just generally thinks its stupid, and yet somehow continuously gets dragged into helping out in situations where love is the focus. Should I keep this concept lighthearted in that the character's feelings about love and romance are simply used for humor's sake and never really addressed? Or would the story be more developed if I involved a darker reason for the character's general dislike of love, maybe have there be some traumatic past issue that the character eventually grows past so they can learn to accept love?
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Demeter
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Post by Demeter on Aug 22, 2011 19:30:07 GMT -8
^ I would give a reason, but it doesn't have to be traumatic, exactly. Maybe a friend's parents divorced, or maybe they've just seen to many relationships fail.
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Post by Pripyat Rarity on Aug 31, 2011 2:45:48 GMT -8
I need your help. How dark is too dark? My novel's intended for older teens/adults. It's set in the Victorian times in the east end of London and refers to prostitution, alcohol, Anti-Semitism and hanging. The problem is I don't want to bullshit the author. I would say don't over do it because then people would say you're doing all the blood,gore and sex for the point of just making it darker. I have something to ask, if I want to write a book but I want it to have characters to reference sex and things like that while still keeping it a PG-13 level, how could I do so?
Have a "fade to black" if there's a sex scene, rather than describe it. By that, I mean write in a way that makes it obvious what's going to happen, and then do a scene switch.
For example, in RPs that I'm in, writing lemons is not encouraged. Instead, writing "There was x-ratedness" or "There was an x-scene" works instead. While in a story, you would need to have a bit more description leading up to it, you can still use a fade to black. I've used one in my Vega (Claw)/Chun Li shipping fanfic; described the build up but in the end put a fade to black, cuz I personally don't like writing lemons and personally, I've found very few sex scenes in stories that are erotic to read rather than excruciating.
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Post by Aethryx on Sept 30, 2011 17:07:25 GMT -8
I want to write a creepypasta story. Anything I should watch out for, or avoid?
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Post by Story Keeper on Oct 7, 2011 22:07:18 GMT -8
How should I make scenes more sinister? The scenes in question are where my character has really strange dreams and hallucinations. I don't want them to seem like I'm saying, "By golly, there appears to be a dagger coming right at that boy's chest!"
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Post by Aunt Dew on Oct 12, 2011 1:41:32 GMT -8
I want to write a creepypasta story. Anything I should watch out for, or avoid? Don't go overboard. I find the ones which are only suggest something supernatural went on, rather then full out saying that they did, the creepiest. Also make it as realistic as possible.
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Post by Aunt Dew on Oct 12, 2011 1:53:06 GMT -8
On PG-13 sex I have read oh so many books which cut scene at the undressing and came back after the act was done. However if you actually want to describe something about the sex, a good book which actually has PG13 sex scenes (yes they do exist) is The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan. This would be the first book I read with sex scenes in it, and I was about 12 at the time. The importance is that Sheryl concentrates on what Marian is feeling (both physically and emotionally) as opposed to the sexual acts themselves. The sex scenes are VERY important to the storyline, the first two are between Marian and her much older husband (actually the second one I think it is more implied), who believes he has the right to her body whether or not she wants to have sex. Then there was one more later on which was consensual (not to spoil the story too much). I liked the way it showed that sex could be both painful and pleasant depending on whether you were ready for it and if your partner actually cared for you or not. But yeah, it was not graphic at all. I just wanted to add, there is much more to the story than sex. The story is more about ostracisation and superstition, and the title of the book refers more to another character called Raven who is deaf, then to Marian, though in a sense she also has a raging quiet.
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Post by KeyOfTheTwilight on Oct 28, 2011 5:49:16 GMT -8
What's the very best way to start an original story? I've got some ideas but I don't even know how to start it. <---Does this even make sense?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2011 11:07:34 GMT -8
Hey!
I'm trying to write some scenes in which my character battles depression. She's 16 going on 17 and she just moved from California to Texas. At this point, her relationship with her boyfriend is on the rocks, her older sister is in college (living on her own), and her father lost his job (hence the move).
I don't want her to sound too whiny or act too much like Bella. Any advice on how I should tackle this?
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Post by shiko on Nov 23, 2011 11:42:14 GMT -8
Hey! I'm trying to write some scenes in which my character battles depression. She's 16 going on 17 and she just moved from California to Texas. At this point, her relationship with her boyfriend is on the rocks, her older sister is in college (living on her own), and her father lost his job (hence the move). I don't want her to sound too whiny or act too much like Bella. Any advice on how I should tackle this? -Has depression- I would suggest you add a bit of homesickness, and a sense of being alone considering she's moving to whole new place. Let her whine about the little things at least once but don't over do it. For the little things or for me at least are a tipping point for starting to feel really bad like forgetting something on the way to school or something that reminds her of her boyfriend.
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Post by readerwritergirl on Nov 28, 2011 18:00:12 GMT -8
Anyone have any tips regarding race?
I've a story idea that involves a woman and her lover who is the King of Day. Thing that worries me is that I imagine the King as African and the woman as Caucasian (there's a reason for that). I'm scared that if I made this story and someone read it, they'd say I'm racist (which I am not).
...thoughts?
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Post by KeyOfTheTwilight on Dec 4, 2011 5:54:20 GMT -8
What's the very best way to start an original story? I've got some ideas but I don't even know how to start it. <---Does this even make sense? Could you be a bit more specific? Do you mean writing a beginning, or trying to plan an original idea or...? A character of mine is supposed to be a good hunter. Any good techniques I can use to get this across? Well, both actually. I kind of wanted to try find a way to start it. So yeah. I'm kind of experimenting this original Idea in a fanfiction way... If that makes sense. So I can kind of try and find a way to start somewhere and some how to start it as an original story. Like It starts off as one of those generic fanfic stories when a normal girl get's sucked into an anime world (believe me. I know full well it sounds very stupid and lame... =_= but there's more) but the reason why she's there in to first place has got nothing to do with the world she's in but yet, somehow she's there for a reason. You know what I'm saying? ^^; I hope this didn't sound confusing to anyone. ^_^; edit: And yeah. Now I'm having trouble trying to involve the already existing characters of this fanfic/original story hybrid.... Why do I always do this to myself. =_=;
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Post by Smokescreen on Mar 7, 2012 8:50:05 GMT -8
Well, Ive no idea how this stacks up as a beginner in the gigantic world that is the fan fiction, but here's my starter for a project I'm starting on:
In case you're wondering, yes this is the first time I've ever tried doing something like this.
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Post by annabellamy on Mar 9, 2012 16:01:38 GMT -8
How the hell do you write love poetry? I want to write one for Matt since he loves poetry, but I've got no idea what the hell to do
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Post by stormcat on May 25, 2012 13:03:15 GMT -8
Before writing any character, think of three things “wrong” with them, which you will dwell on in your writing. For instance, the main character from my writing is 1. stubborn 2. new to the area (And this “area” is another dimension) 3. mentally unstable
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