Keeping your story organized by Serious-Muffin, literature
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Keeping your story organized
Name: What's the name of your Manga/Comic?
Description: This is like what you see on the back of books where they give you a spoiler and leave you hanging.
Cast: Who are the main characters? Who are the side characters?
Goal: What is the point of the manga? What is the main character trying to achieve?
Important Facts:
Just list a bunch of things that you think are important in the story, things you don't want to forget.
List them in point form
Made easy by holding down Alt + 7 with the numbers to the far right.
Timeline: When does your Manga/Comic take place? Or does it lack time?
Length: How many chapters are
10 Second Tip - Foreshadowing by OokamiKasumi, literature
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10 Second Tip - Foreshadowing
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I hear the term 'foreshadowing' a lot. That's when you hint at stuff to come, right? So yeah, but how do I DO it?
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Foreshadowing is when the opening scene of a story is a kind of nutshell prophecy for the whole story.
* In a Horror, this is when the originating Bad Thing happens.
* In a Mystery or Crime story, it's when the first victim is slain, and/or object (McGuffin) goes missing.
* In a Romance this is where the main character meets their soon-to-be lover for a fleeting but memorable moment.
* In a Sci-fi, this is where the ruling Theory is presented.
* In a Gothic, this is where
Advanced CHARACTER Creation by OokamiKasumi, literature
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Advanced CHARACTER Creation
Advanced CHARACTER Creation ~ for Fiction
Hero ~ Villain ~ Ally
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There are three essential characters in every story. There may be any number of side characters, but in traditional Adventures, and Romances of every stripe (erotic or not,) the main conflict is usually, if not always, a TRIANGLE of complimentary opposites.
Translation: You could tell the whole story with ONLY these Three Characters; perhaps not with any real detail, but you could still do the entire basic plotline.
THREE Characters?
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I'm sure you're familiar with the names Hero & Villain or Antagonist & Protagonist already. Those are pre
Tricks for Writing DESCRIPTION
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"I think the biggest problem I have is lack of detail. I can see things in my head, but other than the general surroundings, I'm always too intent on what my characters are thinking, or doing, or about to do to remember to add the details necessary to paint a really clear picture of where they are and their environment." -- Wanna Rite Reel Gud
The way to deal with that is by writing what you can. When you're done, go back and put in all the rest. Also, in situations like this, a beta-reader is your best bet at seeing where you skipped something.
As for What to desc
Your Character TOO Special? by OokamiKasumi, literature
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Your Character TOO Special?
Is your Special Character
TOO SPECIAL?
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Are you indulging in a few too many "special traits"? Is your story really an excuse to show off your Super Special Character? Are you committing a MARY-SUE/GARY STUE?
--> Dead give-away: Your favorite character is YOU only BETTER!
Who is Mary Sue/Gary Stue?
According to SubReality.com:
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"Mary Sue / Gary Stue is any original or deeply altered character who represents a slice of their creator's own ego; they are treasured by their creator but only rarely by anyone else. A Mary Sue/Gary Stue is a primadonna (usually, but not always badly-written,) who saps life
Sentence Structure for FICTION by OokamiKasumi, literature
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Sentence Structure for FICTION
On Basic Sentence Structure for Fiction
(Grammar Nazis BEWARE!)
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Everything I ever learned about writing Fiction DIDN'T come from school; not even college. In fact, the way one writes fiction is almost the complete opposite of everything I learned in school about writing.
In order to make my stories crystal clear in my readers' imaginations, I write in precise Chronological Order, in the order events actually happen, PLUS in the order that the eye sees it.
Case in point, when describing a character, I describe them from top to bottom, in the order that the eye notices them. Face, hair, upper body, arms, hands, then lower
"I was just wondering what you think about interior monologues, long passages of reflection?" -- Curious Kitty
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A note on:
-- Interior Monologues
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Whether you are considering adding a lengthy monologue to a story, or intend the monologue to be the story itself where the focus of the entire story is on one character's thoughts and feelings with very little action -- from my observations and experimentation, the readers either love them or hate them. There's no in-between.
However, it is notable that the internal monologue stories that are sought out most frequently tend to focus on a profound emotion of so
RESEARCH is your Best Friend by OokamiKasumi, literature
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RESEARCH is your Best Friend
RESEARCH is your Best Friend.
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"...for bigger fictions (maybe 10-20 chapters, or more) for a big fan fiction or OC fiction, how much do you plan out?" -- Wanna Rite Reel Gud
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How much do I plan out for one of my novels...?
-- I detail everything. Seriously. I believe in a Total Immersion style of writing. In other words, I want to know the world so well, I can simply step into the mind and skin of my main character and LIVE the story.
How do I do that...?
I start with a basic plot formula and extrapolate on certain points as needed.
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Romance needs extra doses of lover's angst,