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A: How do discovery writers hibernate? You have finished most of your novella, but need two more chapters If you are struggling when you are about to end the book, you should give yourself a pat on the back, and also give yourself more time to figure it out. Personally taking breaks and doing activities do help me when I am determined to... (more) |
— | almost 5 years ago |
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Can dream reveals make good climaxes for a POV’s internal struggle? Dream twists just spoil our senses of disbelief. I can see how that can be excetuted carelessly, but if done for the need of showing what the main character wants or fears most then maybe it would be the better way of involving the trope. My story is about the issues between good-lawyer Adrian and h... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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Can ‘Stupid’ Characters Make Plot Narratives Memorable? Characters in movies ‘28 Days Later’, ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ made terrible impulsive choices that cost other characters their lives, but if it weren’t for any of those choices made in the films, they wouldn’t have had any significant drama - Ignoring an expert about releasing a... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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How do Red Herrings work? The more distractions you have in your narrative, the fresher the plot/character twist. They were used in ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and the Harry Potter series, to keep the audiences focussed on a different ‘conclusion’. How are they done, exactly? (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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How do relationships build the main character or plot I read that it’s approved of to have the protagonist to have deep relationships which I mean as friend-related bonds between people - because it makes the character stand out I’m asking this based on Question 10 on JoWritesStuff.wordpress.com about ‘Strong Female Characters’ > How does she relate t... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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What can a fight scene prove about characters? My story begins with a woman minding her own business and is forced to fight for her life; against a grotesque (but unseen) creature. The creature is too strong for her, she isn’t strong enough to defeat the creature but she starts hitting it without tiredness; until she is forced to flee ( I thought... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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A: Too Many Goals? He sounds like a social character who has got all the attention a teenager (I'm not assuming he is one) could want - it’s good if he has some goals but too many would get tedious - what is the most important goal? For example in Breaking Bad - Walter White wanted to fund his family’s welfare when he... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Does my constantly sad character make a terrible main character? One of my characters, Mallory is a 37-year old mother who is willingly strict with her son, as repulsive as that sounds it turns out she is remorseful over her parenting decisions and her son is deliberately badly behaved (a literally evil boy). I have planned outlines for some sequels, Mallory is t... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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Can reading Franz Kafka help uninspired comedians? I briefly read ‘Investigations Of A Dog And Other Creatures’ by Franz Kafka; I think that he was demonstrating satire by exaggerating a point that his canine protagonist was making about the availability of food: “Life is hard, the Earth is mean.” I thought this phrase was humourous because it over-e... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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Am I describing a zombie? I introduced a young person (called Raven) who the main character was friends with in my story; Raven is an excellent student who the main character is also teaching music to. The story is the result of experimenting with Discovery Writing. This character is one of the many others in the story - mos... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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How to edit story structure I’ve written a plot for a long story. But it’s not easy for anybody to review because my characters’ dialogue and goals are all over the place, it’s often usually mixed up and I struggle to structure it back because I often forget the plot. I know that a good plot carries out suspense and emotion inc... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Is my character an intellectual or detective or both? My character has a habit (or running gag) of pointing out plot holes in conversations with her friends who lie a lot. She is quick to tell them what fragment of their stories about what they had just done recently doesn't make sense. She knows when they are lying about something as if she is Sherlock... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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A: Writing technique resources As a habit I read some educational General Literature and Factual/Referance on Google Books (previews are free) booksgoogle.com www.writersdigest.com (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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How useful are stock characters in fiction? I am writing a realistic-fiction novel set in the USA during the Great Depression. I intend to use some stock characters to make the story colorful and to flesh out the culture of the period. Stock characters are types of fictional individuals who have one thing in common with another, like Dr. Fran... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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A: Advice on portraying my protagonist's anger without making her insufferable I suggest a popular literary technique called 'indirect characterisation' If your writing in first person; write about her thoughts and reasons and actions. If she is approached by someone who speaks and she reveals how that person has affected her ,good or bad. If in second person you may start a ... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |