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by A Couple of People » Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:24 pm
by Juvencus » Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:34 pm
by The New World Oceania » Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:59 pm
Juvencus wrote:I want to write stuff, but I have no idea what. Could you please give me some ideas?
by Skymoot » Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:24 pm
The New World Oceania wrote:Juvencus wrote:I want to write stuff, but I have no idea what. Could you please give me some ideas?
Look into getting a copy of Novakovich's "Fiction Writer's Workshop."
Until then, here's a prompt I like: George's Perec wrote in one of his journals, "Idea for a horror story — a cure for cancer is found, but it requires human flesh."
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by Respubliko de Libereco » Sat Mar 04, 2017 12:32 am
Juvencus wrote:I want to write stuff, but I have no idea what. Could you please give me some ideas?
by Adytus » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:21 am
Juvencus wrote:I want to write stuff, but I have no idea what. Could you please give me some ideas?
by Forsher » Sat Mar 04, 2017 3:27 am
Juvencus wrote:I want to write stuff, but I have no idea what. Could you please give me some ideas?
by The New World Oceania » Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:20 am
Forsher wrote:Juvencus wrote:I want to write stuff, but I have no idea what. Could you please give me some ideas?
An idea I had.
Some of you may have heard of the Art Book... we have two copies of the same edition and as I was flicking through it one day I thought, "What if you tried to generate a story with each chapter inspired by an artwork from the book?" At this point, I seem to have something which would be workable from the first 50 pages. I have not finished the outline, however.
The problem with ideas like this is that I know that over-planning is a common trap.
by Ameriganastan » Mon Mar 13, 2017 4:51 am
Edward Richtofen wrote:Ameri's so tough that he criticized an Insane Asylum and was promptly let out
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Immoren wrote:When Ameri says something is shit it's good and when Ameri says some thing is good it's great. *nods*
by Nordengrund » Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:51 pm
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by Tzarsgrad » Mon Mar 27, 2017 10:21 am
by Sunstruck » Mon Mar 27, 2017 10:31 am
by Trotskylvania » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:00 am
Your Friendly Neighborhood Ultra - The Left Wing of the Impossible
Putting the '-sadism' in PosadismKarl Marx, Wage Labour and Capital
Anton Pannekoek, World Revolution and Communist Tactics
Amadeo Bordiga, Dialogue With Stalin
Nikolai Bukharin, The ABC of Communism
Gilles Dauvé, When Insurrections Die"The hell of capitalism is the firm, not the fact that the firm has a boss."- Bordiga
by Thanatttynia » Mon Apr 03, 2017 5:08 pm
Sunstruck wrote:here's a random tip
don't use the phrases "seemed to" and "began to" very often
characters began to fight, people seemed to be sleeping, cabinets appeared to be locked
sometimes people do that to make their writing look more sophisticated but it really would sound better like
characters fought, people slept, the cabinets were locked
because
they just are. those things are just happening, that's how it is. the extra words are unnecessary and clog up writing. they're filler words that make written works sound boring to read. and I've noticed those words being used in a lot of role-playing threads, many people use those words and it always snaps me out of my immersion
by USS Monitor » Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:36 pm
Thanatttynia wrote:Sunstruck wrote:here's a random tip
don't use the phrases "seemed to" and "began to" very often
characters began to fight, people seemed to be sleeping, cabinets appeared to be locked
sometimes people do that to make their writing look more sophisticated but it really would sound better like
characters fought, people slept, the cabinets were locked
because
they just are. those things are just happening, that's how it is. the extra words are unnecessary and clog up writing. they're filler words that make written works sound boring to read. and I've noticed those words being used in a lot of role-playing threads, many people use those words and it always snaps me out of my immersion
I agree that people should probs use less of those particular phrases, but I don't think it's necessarily as cut and dry as that. To use your example, sometimes people can seem to be sleeping without actually sleeping - the author is probably trying to make a point about it not being certain that they are. There is a difference as well between a cabinet appearing to be locked and a cabinet actually being locked.
And when you get into the whole thing about words being unnecessary and clogging up writing it's hard to know where to stop; before you know it you've got little more than a glorified screenplay. That's fine for a screenplay but something like that leaves a lot to the imagination until it is physically acted out, and leaving lots to the imagination probably isn't what a writer is trying to do in something like a roleplay.
by The Federation of Kendor » Tue Apr 04, 2017 2:13 am
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by Forsher » Tue Apr 04, 2017 2:55 am
The Federation of Kendor wrote:Ate any of you here currently writing a story?
by Nordengrund » Tue Apr 04, 2017 4:18 am
Respubliko de Libereco wrote:Juvencus wrote:I want to write stuff, but I have no idea what. Could you please give me some ideas?
Why not write a retelling of a favourite legend or folk tale? Throw in your own personal modifications wherever you feel like it, but don't feel a compulsion to make it "a brand new and unexpected take on a classic" or anything like that. Focus on the characterization, setting, and little details that you think best fit the story, but don't worry about being totally original.
Coming up with "ideas" is far from the most important part of writing, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
by Osnil Returns » Tue Apr 04, 2017 6:57 pm
Nordengrund wrote:Respubliko de Libereco wrote:Why not write a retelling of a favourite legend or folk tale? Throw in your own personal modifications wherever you feel like it, but don't feel a compulsion to make it "a brand new and unexpected take on a classic" or anything like that. Focus on the characterization, setting, and little details that you think best fit the story, but don't worry about being totally original.
Coming up with "ideas" is far from the most important part of writing, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
I actually worked on a reselling of the Tortoise and the Hair, except I focused on setting and characterization, trying to come up with personalities and daily lives of the characters.
by Ameriganastan » Tue Apr 04, 2017 10:25 pm
The Federation of Kendor wrote:Ate any of you here currently writing a story?
Edward Richtofen wrote:Ameri's so tough that he criticized an Insane Asylum and was promptly let out
Sinovet wrote:Ameri's like Honey badger. He don't give a fuck.
Krazakistan wrote: He is a force of negativity for the sake of negativity
Onocarcass wrote:Trying to change Ameri, is like trying to drag a 2 ton block of lead with your d**k.
Immoren wrote:When Ameri says something is shit it's good and when Ameri says some thing is good it's great. *nods*
by Nordengrund » Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:33 pm
by USS Monitor » Wed Apr 05, 2017 11:27 pm
Nordengrund wrote:What are some tips for worldbuilding. I don't want to be too focused on the setting that it gets in the way of actually writing the story, but I still think it is important, especially since my story is fantasy.
I have an idea for a character, and I think the story is going to be low fantasy and character-centric, where magic and the supernatural is absent or at least just subtle and not playing an important part of the story.
I don't want to resort to the default generic pseudo-medieval European land, but I also don't want to feel like I'm ripping off of IRL cultures, either. Most of the story will take place in a city.
by Altoa Land » Fri Apr 07, 2017 7:52 am
Juvencus wrote:I want to write stuff, but I have no idea what. Could you please give me some ideas?
by Trotskylvania » Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:54 pm
Your Friendly Neighborhood Ultra - The Left Wing of the Impossible
Putting the '-sadism' in PosadismKarl Marx, Wage Labour and Capital
Anton Pannekoek, World Revolution and Communist Tactics
Amadeo Bordiga, Dialogue With Stalin
Nikolai Bukharin, The ABC of Communism
Gilles Dauvé, When Insurrections Die"The hell of capitalism is the firm, not the fact that the firm has a boss."- Bordiga
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