Activity for wetcircuit
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A: Where can I find resources about writing "Choose your own adventure"-style books? The blogger These Heterogenous Tasks has been writing his analysis on specific CYOA books, and general observations about their history, trends, and common structure.https://heterogenoustasks.wordpress.com/category/cyoa/ One article in particular is often cited by other writers: Standard Patterns i... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: Basic fails to look out for when writing the drama: What can we learn from soap operas Soap Operas are like the Ouroboros , the snake that eats it's own tail and has no beginning or end. In this context, opera is a pejorative indicating too much of one thing (an opera being several hours of "just" singing).  Soaps a... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: Foregone conclusion of novel's first part Add another dimension to the conflict so it is not a simple will he/won't he. There is something (a crutch, a flaw) he is unwilling to give up before he can move to the next stage. Committing to Space Marines means giving up another dream, or it means compromising an important relationship. His goal... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: Are there tools that can aid an author in writing a branching storyline? I am using Ink by Inkle Studios. It's writer-oriented and open source. They have a free editor/compiler that exports an elegant web version, and they have a Unity plugin. The syntax feels more sophisticated than other tools I've tried. Ink has evolved over a few versions, and was used on the game 80 ... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Dialog problems with a character with only one name? I have a character who starts as a low servant caste and rises up through society. While plotting, I never bothered to give her more than one name, I guess I was thinking her island/village is small enough that it wouldn't be important, and that she has no family name to claim. To be honest I didn't ... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Writing an "honest" Blurb? My story is set in a sci-fi universe but it is less about genre tropes and more about the kinds of grown-up complicated characters I'd want to find in any story. I'm not bragging or trying to be highbrow, it's more like I don't want to promise a rip-roaring adventure and then bait-and-switch to my ph... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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What should I include (and not include) on a book's website? I'm building a dedicated WordPress website for my (in-progress) graphic novel. My first thought was that I'd have an artist's blog for work-in-progress, and explore some of the worldbuild-y aspects of the project through media (maps and sketches). I also planned to build out an index of characters a... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: Introduce a character and forget about them until the last chapter? They might represent the villain's fate , but in that case they shouldn't come from nowhere they should be almost ever-present like vultures waiting for him to show weakness. This might be why they help your protagonist in the first place.  |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: Is there any way to get around having everyone in the world speak the same language? Write what people intended to say, not the sounds of the words. We don't write character accents phonetically (hopefully). We don't add every "um…" and pause that's used in normal speech. Instead we write what characters meant, not the individual phonems coming out of their mouths. By extension, w... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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How can I make a "meeting in VR" less dumb? I've written myself into a sci-fi cliche which I have never seen done well: two characters meet in virtual reality. The gist of my scene is one character has been in a pseudocoma, more aware of her surroundings than anyone knew. Another character needs to make a decision about her welfare, and uses ... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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Character crisis for a Science Hero? I have three protagonists working towards the same goal but with different motives. They are co-protagonists each with their own character arc and resolution. Circumstances bring them together but their personalities clash. At the end of the first adventure they succumb to their own character flaws r... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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A: Should important events that happen a long time before the rest of the story be in a prologue or in chapter 1? Opening with a no-win action sequence works for action movies. Consider the audience that likes testosterone-fueled adrenalin sequences and their expectation to get to what they paid for quickly. It must involve melodrama shorthand because it is a mini-story with characters who are instantiated and d... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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First person plural for charisma? I've been writing a friendly tutorial series for a small art software community. Somehow I decided to write it in first person plural, so the entire tutorial is "First, let's do this..." and "Now we can choose to do that…". In the past I have written step-by-step tutorials in second-person voice "St... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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Three protagonists in one novel, too much? For my graphic novel I have 3 protagonists, each a different type of hero: action, guile, and science/rational. Although it's space opera my story is character-driven, and the heart of it is their clash of personalities, and often their own blindspots which the others tend to see more clearly. It's a... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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