fictionwritingtips: fictionwritingtips: A lot of writers have trouble writing the middle of the novel. Either they don’t know how to structure it properly or they’ve just lost motivation (I’ve written endless posts on motivation, so try searching for them). I think we’ve all read books that have just lost all momentum in the middle, so…
Read morewriting-questions-answered: Anonymous asked: Is it possible to write a scene, both interesting & legal, of the character listening to music? In a movie that bought the rights, it makes for an interesting look at the character’s personality & choice of music, sets the scene, etc. But how can you do that in writing without naming…
Read moreThe 7 Deadly Dialogue Sins
The 7 Deadly Dialogue Sins justanotheridijiton: 1. Obvious exposition. Husband: “Darling, how long have we been married now?” Wife: “Silly, it’s been 20 years. Remember Hawaii – the North Shore?” Husband: “Oh yeah, that little honeymoon cottage.” When your characters seem to be speaking more to the audience than to each other, you are being…
Read morelibraryoftheancients: squirrelstone: gideonseymours: miscommunication as a plot device makes me angry if you just talked to each other but no on the one hand i agree with this but on the other hand one of my coworkers rented an alpaca from a petting zoo and brought it to work because my boss said she wanted…
Read morewriter friends: file under how to character arc
Read morecreativecalico: aqueousserenade: coledownlow: I love this quote. I love this movie. This scene impressed me so much when I first saw it. It still fills me with… idk something. I love it. The first time I truly understood this scene I was filled with a terrifying understanding. Writer friends: File under How to Dialogue
Read moreThe ScriptX family as of 5/10/17
scriptshrink: Have writing questions, but don’t know who to ask? Check out the ScriptX family of blogs, all of whom provide detailed writing advice on a huge variety of topics! First, the Fascinating Feature, where you can get the best posts of all the ScriptX blogs, as well as updates and announcements about the family:…
Read moreIn your opinion what are the most annoying ways to start a script? (Ex. Alarm clock ringing)
The most annoying way to start a script is… The Average Morning. Whether it’s the mom getting those scampy kids off to school and Dad off to the office or the schlubby person waking up in their messy room and slobbing their way to work to get inevitably fired or the Single White Successful but…
Read moreKeeping it simple since 30,000-45,000 BC.
Read moresaxigenouscorviform: glorianas: my fave bit of black dog folklore is that in some folklore there is a belief that the first person buried in a cemetery stays there and doesn’t cross over and helps other spirits move on and protects them from evil spirits, now naturally people want to avoid this fate for their loved…
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