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Prompt #309: Imagine your OTP (2)

Imagine your OTP where Person A is learning a new language and likes to say a few words to Person B in that language every day. They say it means random things, like “the door is open” but it really is a love confession.

+ if Person B finds out what it really means

++ if Person B answers one day

metteivieharrison

7 Bad Plots

I’ve seen all of these and I bet you have, too. But sometimes, we don’t see we’re doing them ourselves.

1. Victim Plot A story about a character who never acts, but is always acted upon by evil villains. We’re supposed to feel sympathy, I think, but I always want to hit the victim and ask them when they’re going to DO something about their life.

2. Deus Ex Machina Plot Frequently happens in children’s fiction when the adults come to save the kids. But it also happens in adult fiction when an earthquake or a natural disaster changes everyone and makes them see how all that came before doesn’t matter.

3. Coincidental Plot The author lets coincidences cause all the problems and then solve them all. Has a certain resemblance to the victim plot, only I know it’s the author I want to hit.

4. Random Plot This is a series of events that are only loosely connected. Even if the main character is propelling the plot forward, they are changing their mind too much to make me care.

5. Meaningless Plot There’s no thematic cohesion, no overarching purpose or meaning to the events that happen, no sense that this has a larger, human meaning.

6. Abrupt Ending Plot You know you’ve read a book like this, with a tacked on ending because the author thought that would be cool instead of annoying. You have to craft the events so that they lead to an inevitable (if surprising) ending. That’s your job, writers!

7. Gotcha Plot A twist ending that doesn’t feel satisfying. It’s just so that the author can feel powerful over the readers, who couldn’t possibly guess that.

Do better!

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I haven’t read any stories with these other than having problems sometimes with twist endings I had already guessed in advance. But obviously the original author of this post has struck these, so reposted.

#hilaryclinton #donaldtrump #vote #republican #democrat #trump #clinton

writeworld-blog

Have you been down to the harbor lately?

Writer’s Block

In one sentence is the spark of a story. Ignite. Mission: Write a story, a description, a poem, a metaphor, a commentary, or a memory about this sentence. Write something about this sentence. Be sure to tag writeworld in your block!

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Write About

Write about your protagonist from the point of view of someone who hates them.

yourstoryisnoteverover-deactiva

Women belong in the kitchen.

Men belong in the kitchen.

Everyone belongs in the kitchen.

There’s food in the kitchen.

therealsteelman1

I can get behind this movement

kimflewoverthecuckoosnest

Can I stay in the dining room though?

yourstoryisnoteverover-deactiva

You can stay in the dining room. Food will be ready shortly.

kimflewoverthecuckoosnest

Thank you, I’ll set the table

yourstoryisnoteverover-deactiva

Use the good china.

micdotcom

Watch: The most wonderful moment of joy came when he entered a Nazi guard bungalow.

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We are the last generation who can hear from these survivors directly. Do not take that lightly. Do not waste that opportunity. Do not forget your freedom isn’t infinitely guarenteed. And do not, do not, let it happen again.

healingdoesntcomequickly

Really truly, watch the video, reblog it. Teaching about the holocaust is so necessary for our generation before it slips under the rug and people forget about it.

rolkientolkien

The only time I’ll reblog a mic.com post

THOSE LITTLE MOMENTS IN BOOKS WHEN THEY ACTUALLY MAKE YOU FEEL SOMETHING, LIKE YOU SMILE OR KINDA GET SAD AND JUST REALLY FORGET YOURE READING SOMETHING MY FAVOURITE

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writeroftheprompts

Fluffy, adorable situations a father could get into while babysitting his child alone for the first time?

That moment he realizes he left the baby’s blankie in the car. That his wife just drove away in.

Feeling way too proud of himself when he gets the temperature of the milk just right on the first try.

The baby won’t stop crying and so he starts flipping through the channels to see if anything will calm the baby and ends up watching an infomercial of a blender for an hour. (Hm, you know that might actually common handy for when we start making baby food…)

His wife was really worried about leaving them alone so he keeps taking pictures and videos of the two of them (when the baby isn’t crying) to show her later and prove he knows what he’s doing.

He over prepares for this because there is no way he is going to let anything happen on his watch so there are lists and instructions everywhere and he has planned the feedings, naps and everything. Everything is going great but then the feeding takes a little longer than expected because there was a little spill and the baby just wasn’t hungry and then he has to change the diaper when he was supposed to giving the baby a bath, so nap time is delayed…

He realizes a little too late that they’re out of diapers.

Alternatively, he realizes they need diapers and sets out to the store with the baby but isn’t exactly sure what to do with them.

characterdevelopmentforwriters

How does your character deal with being embarrassed?

lizard-is-writing

I’m back on track, just as I promised, with a concept I’m completely obsessed with and right on time for the July Camp NaNoWriMo too! Today I’m going to talk about how to utilize your writing notebook develop new ideas quickly. It was how I came up with a concept in about a week after discarding my last novel in progress that I knew would not become the project I wanted it to be. I use my notebook throughout the writing process and I’m going to show how I use it each step of the way.

Brainstorming. Before I even start writing, I use my notebook to develop a concept. How?

Free writing. Write out thoughts, “what if’s,” what’s on your mind, etc.

Explore a prompt. I find a page of writing prompts and try to see how they might look if I were to draw them out into a novel.

Try out workbook exercises! Ready, Set, Novel! (by Lindsey Grant, Tavia Stewart-Streit, Chris Baty) is one of my favorite writer’s workbooks. I’ve tried all the exercises with past projects and I always return to it and write the results in a notebook (now that the pages are all filled out and full!)

Develop characters. This is where I keep lists of names. I mix and match until I figure out the characters in my new project and take notes.

Plan ahead. This is where I figure out an outline if I feel the project is better off having an outline.

In the middle of writing. If I don’t have my laptop (where I actually sit and write my novel), I have my notebook. I keep it on me so that when I have time or am struck by an idea I love, I can jot it down. Sometimes these ideas aren’t even coherent. No one needs to see the inside of my notebook. It can be a mess. A mess I understand. A mess I come back to later and think about so I can use it later when the thought is more fully developed.

Writer’s block. If I’m in a mindset where I can’t do any typing and make any further progress, I go right to my writing notebook. There, my ideas can be sloppy and horrible. No one needs to see it. But I play with ideas on how to make progress and move forward with my novel until I get it right and can return to writing my novel.

This post is part of my “Writing a Novel” series. Be sure to check out the rest and see my process in action!