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Activity for T. Sar - Reinstate Monica‭

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Edit Post #21853 Initial revision about 5 years ago
Edit Post #18462 Initial revision about 5 years ago
Answer A: What is considered "childish" in fictional writing?
You are probably suffering from a case of Grimderp - when your dark parts go too dark and it stops being dark and becomes just silly. It is when a work of fiction goes so dark that it wrap around in the scale and becomes somewhat ridiculous for the reader. Writing dark, emotionally deep stories is h...
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over 7 years ago
Answer A: How do I avoid making all my characters speak like me?
Start speaking like the character every time you would write his dialog. Act while you write. Mimic his way of moving his body, the way which he speaks, the faces he does. This will provide you a lot of immersion while you are writing, it will not only boost your productivity and quality but will al...
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over 8 years ago