thewritingcafe: This writing advice was so helpful that it deserved its own picture heading. A huge part of writing is cause and effect, but when worrying about conflict, resolution, characters, the plot as a whole, and more, we tend to forget about this and our stories end up being described as “this happens and then this…
Read moreKnow Your Cliche #1
annerocious: The (one) female character is subtly beautiful, even though she is – Without makeup. In old jeans and a ratty tee-shirt. Unaware of it. Covered in mud. Foaming at the mouth. Shedding her bony exoskeleton.
Read moreThis is what I got when I GIFfed my first name.
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Read moreannerocious: of-spaceandstars: so like how do you stop writing utter trash ??? you never do. you just rewrite it.
Read moresleepybrowneyes: seifukucat: Googled “dog swearing” and wasn’t disappointed. His look of determination. Like, “You’re going to f**king jail, Greg.”
Read moreThen, in a series of subtle developments, it becomes apparent that no one can leave. They make preliminary gestures. They drift toward the hallway. There is nothing to stop them. But they cannot leave. They never exactly state that fact; there is an unspoken, rueful acceptance of the situation, as they make themselves comfortable on…
Read moreHow to Cut Dialogue
It is perfectly reasonable to have a damn talky first draft. You don’t know everything about your story or your characters yet, but you’re sketching in scenes in the order and direction of the plot. So you take a shortcut and have your characters sit down and talk about what you know is important to…
Read moreA Leg Up #2
It seems like a natural fit to have a big move on page 20, which is your slingshot into Act Two. It’s not a good use of your pages, however, to spend 20 pages developing a world that your character is going to abandon. If this is your story, be extra diligent to set up…
Read moreultrafacts: Lone females retreated to isolated nesting boxes on penthouse levels. Other males, a group Calhoun termed “the beautiful ones,” never sought sex and never fought—they just ate, slept, and groomed, wrapped in narcissistic introspection. Elsewhere, cannibalism, pansexualism, and violence became endemic. Mouse society had collapsed. (Fact Source/more info) For more facts, follow Ultrafacts MOUSE…
Read moretastefullyoffensive: This is getting out of control. (photos via ZookeeperRachel) THIS IS WHAT MEMES ARE FOR.
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