Activity for Jake
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #20685 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #20246 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #16341 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #13478 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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Should you avoid offensive hyperbole? I am writing a first person narrative with a character that is very similar to myself. As such I feel like the narrator should speak and think in language that I, personally, would use. Unfortunately, I feel like it may detract from the message I am trying to convey to the reader if I write such thin... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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Internal dialogue with a quick thinking first person narrator I have seen this in visual media, but not really in written media so I am sort of at a loss as to how to proceed. I am writing a first person narrative where the main character is almost constantly in his own head. In fact some 75% to 90% of the narrative is in the narrator's head if it isn't dialog... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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How to convey (screaming) hysterics in dialogue It happens to most if not all of us. Something extremely emotional happens to us and we're just hysterical. Logic doesn't work. You contemplate punching a wall because that will help . . . somehow. Perhaps you just had your big idea stolen at work, your partner is trying to console you but it only hu... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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Dealing with quick shifts in emotion I have a character that, by design, quickly jumps between emotions. To put it into human terms, I have pictured scenes where he will, literally, within the span of a sentence, go from hysterically laughing to bored/work-mode. It's meant to capture his mental instability but I am having problems conve... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |