Activity for Stephen‭

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Edit	Post #31204	Initial revision	—	about 5 years ago
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Answer	—	A: Why are outlines so essential? It's never bad to go with the flow. In fact, there's a word for people who write like that. Pantsers. Those who write by flying by the seat of their pants. Writing an outline makes you more of a Plotter. Both have their plusses and minuses and as with most things writing (point of view etc.) it's a m... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Answer	—	A: How do big creative writing projects with multiple people work, preferably in the videogame industry? I doubt there are any hard rules to this though I would guess it his divided into members of the writing team with a whole story overview as well. Using The Last of Us as an example, there is a whole story to be told but little pieces are revealed during each chapter. In addition to this, smaller st... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Answer	—	A: How can I get my readers in the gut? The best advice I can give is that your readers won't care about what happens to your characters if you don't. You have to want them to succeed when you write their story or it will come off as generic and with no impact or lasting memory. I once read a series of books and at the end of the third on... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Answer	—	A: How to get a derailed book back on track? Always work around your characters. They're what drives the story forward, not your plot. Without interesting characters, you've just got a series of events happening one after the other which wouldn't make for a very good book at all. I once had a character I wanted to go to a specific location. Sh... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Answer	—	A: Have a tough time figuring out third-person prose I have the opposite problem. I can write in third person fine and much prefer this but struggle with first person. My solution? Practise. To give you an example, I wrote a story of two women having an argument in a cafe from the third person perspective of the waitress serving them. Obviously, she ... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Answer	—	A: Referring to characters that are too familiar for a name Having your character calling the man raising her father isn't a problem. She knows he's not her biological dad but as far as she is concerned, he is her father and will call him as such. Where you seem to be having trouble is the reveal that he is in fact not who you have said he is. There are var... (more)	—	over 9 years ago