Keeping 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…
Read morefixyourwritinghabits: jakkuine: trying to steer dialogue towards a certain plot point while trying to make it sound natural The struggle is real. This is literally why I am on this ridiculous website at this moment.
Read moreHow I know the writer is a horny little woman-hating moral cesspool-dwelling pervert
Wait. I found this in my drafts. I never finished the post, and now I can’t remember why I wrote it.
Read morePro Tip: Cut Half Your Dialogue
”But…my dialogue is…”
Read moreWriter rushes into burning building to save two finished novels
Writer rushes into burning building to save two finished novels
Read moreTime and Your Rewrite
You have full power in your universe to dilate and contract time exactly as you see fit. How long things take on the page depends entirely on how important they are in your story. When you go back to rewrite, consider how you use time. After your first draft, you can start shrinking your first…
Read more“Speaking of…”
When you use this dialogue transition as a cheap shortcut to lay out some exposition for me, I turn right into Alison Hendrix. It’s such a bad technique that I lose confidence in the rest of your script. It tells me that for you, dialogue is how the reader finds out about the plot ahead…
Read moreUseful Confessions #8
walkingoutintherain: annerocious: Writing for competitions – you have to make something new and interesting happen immediately. Not difficult with this one crazy trick. Make sameness WORK FOR YOU. Take that opening scene that’s so common and obvious and overused and MAKE IT END IN A COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED WAY. Instead of killing that pretty young woman,…
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