Activity for Bob Tway
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| Edit | Post #26796 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #19916 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #14796 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #10585 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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A: What should I do when I am stuck on names during freewriting? Keep a list of names Early in Time Clare's writing podcast Couch to 80k he sets the reader a task of spending 10 minutes inventing names. I loathe and detest coming up with names, and was dreading it. But I found that approaching the job as an end in itself, with no particular goal in mind, very l... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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How can I learn subtlety? I'm a journalist, and my writing work often involves writing reviews. Similar work in the field often focuses down on the mechanical, objective qualities of the thing being reviewed and that's been my approach for many years. Now, however, I'm starting to try something different. I want to take a mo... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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A: How to handle translation of a language in a comic, while preserving a sense that the language is significant? Another suggestion: use a heavily stylised phonetic language. The most extreme example of this I've seen is in a novel rather than a comic, Riddley Walker by Russel Hoban. The entire book is written in a debased form of phonetic English invented by the author. It's readable by anyone that can speak ... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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A: How much detail is too much? While the existing answers are helpful, they don't address what seems to me the crux of this question. The answers will change depending on what you are writing, for which audience and what effect do you hope to achieve? For example, I primarily write journalism. The idea is to engage the reader qui... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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How to move from writing scenes to a short plot? I've been working professionally as a part-time freelancer journalist for the past couple of years. Over that time I feel I've got a good grasp of how, technically, to construct an engaging piece of writing and how to shape a story. I'd now like to try my hand at some short-form fiction. When I sit ... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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How do I develop skills at writing and planning plots and characters? I currently earn a little extra money by doing freelance journalism on the side, in addition to working a day job. This is professional, paid work from more than one outlet so I would hope I could claim to be at least a reasonably proficient writer. Increasingly I feel I'd like to try my hand at a l... (more) |
— | over 10 years ago |