April 2012
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Prompt idea by archichefdreams:
Write about prom gone all wrong. Maybe at the end of the night, things finally turn around.
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Prompt idea from lonelyassassin:
Choose a newspaper story and write a fictional version of the event described. Remember that fiction transforms life, so you are not simply reporting the event. (From my creative writing class).
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Yeah Writers, my darlings, my loves, my reasons...
I am going on vacation holiday for a week so I won’t be able to respond to/post any messages or asks until May 2. But prompts are still queued to publish every day so don’t despair. I may be able to get on the Wifi on my phone in some places but we all know that the Tumblr app, though useful, is no Tumblr website.
I’ll let Leo wave goodbye for me. Seeya in a week!
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Prompt idea from lonelyassassin:
Write about a recent dream you’ve had, one that stuck with you long after you were awake. Tell the dream exactly as you remember without mentioning that it is a dream. Avoid “dreamy” language. be as precise as you can. Use concrete images. (From my creative writing class).
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Dear people who question why girls go to the...
18twelve:
hyrulian-feminist:
toomuchtaylor:
middle-east-beast:
Hermione went alone and got attacked by a troll
Moaning Myrtle went alone too and was killed by a giant snake.
Katie Bell also went alone and was cursed by an opal necklace.
And Ginny went alone and was possessed by He Who Must Not Be Named.
Lol
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too-fly-to-recognize-deactivate asked: Exactly! Themes are what I was referring to when I said "grand idea." But it's true that the subtext of a character is intensely important. It's probably the most important thing to figure out before the start of a story, but don't hold the characters back from what they could do. If they're telling you to take the plot somewhere, then go there, I say. The story will...
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odieround asked: Great stories have been written from plans, and also from just writing without one. It does not matter which you do as long as it feels right to you. You have to find your process and use it, if that means trying many then that is what you have to do. There is no correct way to write so just keep doing what you are doing, because as far as I am concerned if it feels good then that's success...
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too-fly-to-recognize-deactivate asked: RE: Plot. I say to just go for it. Plots weigh down an author's creativity and the freshness of the characters, I think. It's important to have a grand idea to go off of before starting to write a long story, but I believe the true voice of an author emerges when he/she lets go of rules. The imagination runs wild and beautiful things happen. Let the story evolve, let the characters build...
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the--lioness asked: For marktswimmer's question: For me personally, I am a really detail oriented person. I find it most helpful if I have the major points mapped out, then figure out the small bits as I go. As writers, our abilities are constantly changing--in six months or so, we might not find certain information relevant anymore or might find something new that works even better. It's all about the...
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doctorticktock asked: @marktswimmer: I think it matters quite a bit what kind of person you are. If you know or feel that planning out a story meticulously will deter you from it and make you bored of it, I'd jump right in. If you know you will get lost/confused/frustrated with a story just by going in cold, then plan it out. Personally, I like to just start a story and see where it takes me, but I also have fun...
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you-dont-know-where-ive-been asked: I don't know if it really matters to plan out a story or not beforehand. I've done it different ways-- I've written stories where I had every scene planned out, or where I had nothing planned out and just went with it, or where I only had the ending planned. In the end, I always ended up going back and editing whatever I felt didn't work. So I think it doesn't matter so...
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cloudburstbrokenbysunshine asked: For me I find that the best way is to have a really good idea and a general understanding of where you want the idea to go. This could be plot-wise or ending-wise. Recently for me, the ending of a story I just wrote could have gone 3 different ways, but had the same overall feel to the ending. Meanwhile the plot was a mess. Does that help?
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marktswimmer asked: do you think it's better to plan out long, complicated stories in a lot of detail, or to just have a general idea in your head and dive right into actually writing it?
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mardrina asked: may i ask you a great favor? I am about to begin writing a short work of inspirational statements that i may turn into a book for a friend who has struggled with depression and suicide attempts for over 3 years. If you could possibly make a post asking anyone to send me a message in my ask answering the question: "what makes you happy?" the answer can be simple or elaborate, secretly...
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Unmotivated Characters Don't Have to Suck
mooderino:
You may at some point want to write about a character who doesn’t know what they want. Who has no focus or great passion for life.
Often this will be the starting point of the story and events will conspire to shake them out of their stupor. Or it could be a character study, possibly an existential tale.
It’s a valid character to write about because there are many people who feel...
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...aaaand this is why Romeo & Juliet's not my fave
romeo: hey i just met you.
romeo: and this is crazy.
romeo: but i saw you at your dad's party that i wasn't supposed to attend and i thought you were pretty cute so i followed you and we kissed but then your nanny called you away and i found out you were a capulet and got bummed so i sneaked into your back yard in the middle of the night and climbed your balcony uninvited to profess my undying love after an hour even though i wanted to bone rosaline like two scenes ago.
romeo: so marry me maybe.
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“‘I love you’ means that I accept you for the person that you are, and that I do...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via girlinlondon)
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20 Great Things About Dating a Writer →
I joked around on my tumblr that I would copy & paste this on my eHarmony profile page when I’m 40 and still foreveralone. Haha, just kidding. But I mean, if any yeah writers need to outline why they are prime dating material, here are some reasons! x
These are funny. Click the link above!
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Prompt from lonelyassassin:
Take a song that you admire, one you find compelling/intriguing. Use it as inspiration for a one-page story. Change the particulars and make the song’s story your own. Use the song’s feeling to create a new direction. (From my creative writing class).
It can be longer than a page if you want :)
arachnogirl asked: Hi! I've been pretty interested in your blog so I submitted a story. I was just curious about reading stories posted by others and perhaps one day my own. Where can I find them? Thanks :)
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luipaardjack asked: I work around the same-sex pronoun issue by not writing sentences that need pronouns. It's given my creativity a big boost too.
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wordsthatscream asked: If nobody has said this yet (about the same sex thing), depending on what kind of encounter it is you could just avoid pronouns and names entirely and write in a kind of fast-paced descriptive manner, i.e. just talk about the physical actions taking place in succession using various verbs and adverbs, without actually referring to the individual characters. That way you can stay in the third...
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1dizzyspells asked: My only advice (regarding same sex couples) would be to consider writing from the first person? Good luck!
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jerrymouseketeer asked: Um, this might be obvious but reading gay porn could help. Bro Google's king.
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queervomit asked: On the who same-sex pronoun fiasco: If it's from a first-person perspective, it shouldn't be hard. I'm assuming you're writing from third-person? Then use one of the guys/gals names more often. That's how I do it. Like, "Ben took Roscoe's hand in his and gave in. He wasn't ready to do this, but it felt right." Does that help?
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teacake421 asked: Re. the pronouns: it's tricky. I try to use the characters' names whenever it sounds good, and I play with sentence structure and POV a lot. I avoid epithets like the plague. (ugh.)
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courtedbydeath asked: People tend to use their names every now and again but if it's in a story and the insert-name's-here start piling up to the point of distraction trying distinguishing them further - if their hair color, age, or built is different use that as an identifier as well. Also, if they have a title or specific job/skill set/appointed task you can use that as well. I tend to write...
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too-fly-to-recognize-deactivate asked: It's easiest to just use the names and only use pronouns adjacent to the names. if you don't know their names then refer to them as "the first man/woman" and "the second man/woman." Just do what you have to cover the pronouns. But I would advise rereading or asking someone to read it for you to see if there's any confusion. There's no real trick to this....
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slashwriter asked: Re: pronouns. This is a *very* difficult problem and one that many writers of same-sex couples run into. Fanfiction writers use epithets (taller, shorter, older, younger) but publishers do *not* like that. Instead, stay with first names, but be careful! TOO much repetition of first names can be just as confusing. I've heard from one editor that said that as long as it is clear by sentence...
