Because they kept promising the world, yet instead they just strung readers along with slice of life crap. Point is, the experience was the catalyst that inspired me to write. Since they went dark toward the middle of last year I've written 252k into first draft and no signs of stoppan.
Hunter Ross
Could a female character recover in the eyes of the average reader from killing a dog or is heckin killing le pupperwooferino an unforgivable sin?
Jose Jackson
It depends on context and overall tone of your work. Killing a (presumably tamed) dog is on a similar moral ground as killing a person, albeit less intense. If it was a justified situation (self-defense, in a war, kill-or-be-killed, just to eat), yeah, probably. Being female has literally no bearing.
Camden Lopez
If she puts her 3 inch heel through its head, probably not. If she shoots a mad dog that's not even an issue.
Christian Long
I wrote 2k words two days ago, and today I am going to write another 2k. Well, maybe 1k at least, but I am wrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriting. You can't stop me. No one can.
Nolan Cruz
What if she was being chased by them but the dogs weren't actually told to or intending to harm her?
Easton Flores
Audiences can forgive anything if the character feels bad about it.
Xavier Cook
I see. Thanks, anons.
Ryan Brown
It does depend a bit, but "chased by a dog and then kills one" is entirely forgiveable. You don't even need that much guilt, just the face they were chased is enough.
Ayden Jenkins
That's generally better-sounding. The other notable parts (the weird feet and the exhaust pipe) should be brought up when they show up, and also it's a good idea to get a general notion of his build. I get he's a robot, but is he just a metal human, or does he have, like, skeletal metallic limbs? What's immediately obvious when you look at him?
Andrew Adams
Thanks again user. Very helpful to hear all of this.
Brody Torres
>No one in /wg/ writes. Die a violent death >No one in /wg/ reads. Correct. Erect. >No one in /wg/ can write. NooOoOOooOO >No one in /wg/ should write. NooooooOooOOOOOO
Caleb Walker
It's also a thing to note that you don't have to be TOO specific with the details. It depends how granular a writer you are, you could simply say "metallic man with a shark-mandible jaw" and be done with it, leave the rest for readers to interpret, or be specific with pieces but leave the whole undescribed, etc. And again, it's always a good idea to establish the character's most notable trait in their introduction, though given this robot seems to have little personality, you'd probably need to do that by others interacting with him.
Thomas Jackson
>chased by excited pupperinos wanting to play >kills one absolutely unforgivable
Adrian Brooks
I almost exclusively read English, and I should stop neglecting my native language. I'm going through one of the classics now and learning a lot. It's not that it's doing things English writing doesn't, but that I'm viewing it with fresh eyes. One of these days I might even start writing in my native language.
Ayden Reed
My understanding is that for there to be a story writer needs a character with a goal and an opposition. To make it deep, add internal opposition. To make it enticing, add a ticking clock. >knight wants the princess but the king refuses. He needs to get magic potion from the lair but he’s afraid of the dark. Will he get the potion before full moon? What could be the raison d'être of this story?
Jace Howard
A story doesn't need to exist for any reason greater than "the author wanted to write it".
David Evans
How do I into horror? Seems like most publishers avoid it like the plague.
Cooper Harris
Do you want your work to be avoided like the plague?
Kevin Turner
>publishers Shit, I forgot I was supposed to be writing for those guys...
Bentley Scott
If no one wants to read a story, is it really a story?
Benjamin Lee
Yes. Because the author wanted to write it.
Justin Wilson
Threadly reminder to listen to Pullum in Passives or forever be a psued.
Yes. Holy shit that's a barely intelligible opening paragraph. Condense that shit down.
Wyatt Johnson
I write stuff without knowing what could become of it. In my mind I might have a character watching a river but nothing worthwhile happens. If I try to force a plot mechanism into this image and thus get into creating some story stuff, it all fails. I have tons of these snippets but i don’t know what to do with them.
Hell dude back. I've done a complete first person rework, and a lot of polishing.
Ian Sullivan
No one *reads dipshit. Every thread we have this discussion and every thread people post tons of samples of writing of which a quarter or less gets read. No one here reads.
Chase Flores
I get this writing is meant to be stream-of-consciousness or something but... It just reads poorly. Like what the fuck is this: >As Caul reasoned, when someone moved their previously stationary hand, there were only three places it could go — the nose, the crack, or the crotch. On rare occasions the hand could visit the nose and the crack, the nose and the crotch, the crack and the nose, the crack and the crotch, the crotch and the nose, or the crotch and crack. On rare occasions the hand could run the gauntlet, that is, the nose the crack the crotch, the nose the crotch the crack, the crack the nose the crotch, the crack the crotch the nose, the crotch the nose the crack, or the crotch the crack the nose. In addition, Caul reasoned, a curious soul might be tempted to smell such a concoction.
Asher Robinson
how do I write in a dream diary???? it's gonna be impossible. i can NEVER remember my dreams ffs. i want to lucid dream tho
So, how do I write? What about anything of substance?
Sebastian Johnson
You put words down.
Easton Sanchez
I see. So, what you are saying is to create a general idea of what I want to say, then try to present it in a manner in which is both concise, but vague enough for the reader to interprete it in a manner in which will require them to "fill in the gaps"? How very "modern web".
Owen Scott
You write by writing. Writing "of substance" is a vague thing and pointless to ask about if you're asking how you even write.
Juan Thompson
>what the fuck is this Exhaustion of all possibilities.
Nolan Price
very true, however im faster and stronger than you
>metallic man with a shark-mandible jaw Kek, I've been banging my head against the table for the past half-hour trying to re-write the intro so this may end up being what I go with. Always impressed with the people who can write in a second language. Can't be easy to get it to sound right.
Does anyone have an epub or pdf of 'On Writing and Worldbuilding: Volume II' by Timothy Hickson? I'd be very appreciative if someone could point me in the direction of where I could find it.
Benjamin Thompson
It gets better after that godawful first paragraph, but you need to do a serious revision pass before I'll read more.
Increase the economy of your words - a lot of sentences were long and round about ways to get to the point which can be stylistic to a point but often just felt like clutter. Clean up comma use too I saw some extras. Also read it aloud being mindful of repetitious sentences structure.
Not him but fuck pastebin, Google doc is superior visually and for commenting if desired
Tyler Wilson
If The Weeknd can go from being homeless to one of the best selling artists of all time, you can make it too.
Lucas Mitchell
Does anyone know the name of emilyanon's novel?
Nicholas James
I think its something along the lines of the emily project. But if he just posted it last night it may not be up yet on amazon.
Isaac Cook
I’m so gullible I believed the nihilists Now I’m a birthdays and Christmas Jehovah’s witness
