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Insightful writing (aka how to rip your reader’s heart out) - a tutorial
At the request of my very good friend and inspiration, @therealpoesdaughter - this is a small attempt at describing the process behind some of my writing.
Truth be told, I don’t consider myself that good a writer, or even that creative in terms of plot progression. One thing however that people have told me is that my writing is somehow deep/insightful/introspective in a way that brings out deeper emotions of the characters I write about. I don’t know if there’s a way to mimic that, but I’m going to try and create a ‘method’ to explain the madness that is the introspection reflected across my writing.
Here is one general rule I keep in mind as a reminder –
We are all complex, complex beings. We are constantly watching, judging, feeling, knowing, betraying, pining, wishing, and moving. We are evolving all the time, as are our thoughts and motivations, hopes and fears. It’s not a linear trajectory, though! Realizing the sheer humanity of your creation, is key.
With this in mind, here’s how I generally approach writing:
1) Capturing a snapshot in time. What truly breathes a life into a character imo, is writing about them as real people at a point in time, and try to capture all the dynamics above as they would be materializing in their head at that moment. Recreate everything, using all senses - what is unfolding before their eyes; does a certain sensation remind them of something? etc.
(Pro-tip: olfactory senses [smell] is the strongest at evoking old memories)
2) Go deep. As a writer, be prepared to take a deep dive into your character’s head. Swim through all the potential emotions they will be going through that moment in time, all their pre-determined beliefs and notions, all their hopes/dreams and motivations, all their pain and hurt. Because they will be going through all that, you just have to find it.
3) And once you have a range of these emotional dimensions, choose the ones that evoke the strongest emotion in you (the writer!). Chart them, mind-map them if it helps. But when it comes to writing you only focus on the ones that stop your own heart in your chest. If there’s something that leaves you reeling, it will have the same effect on the reader.
4) Amplify with non-verbal cues. Because your character is caught at a point in time, One thing that helps in making an environment/ambiance/air within a scene, is the pain that the writer puts into it. If a terse conversation is happening, then there won’t be as many words, as gestures, glances, clenched fists, heavy silences. Document them, it will add more realism to the scene and gravitas to any words spoken.
5) Rethink your dialogue. This is the real clincher (and requires the most editing IMO). Your character has been through hell and back, you are fully inside their head, and know all the different things buzzing around. You know there is one thought/emotion/cognition that they are hung up on the most. You know that they are reflecting all of that with their body and their silence to other people around them.
Now is the time for them to speak. What will they say?
This is completely at the discretion of the writer. But one thing to keep in mind is that at most points, characters will be tongue-tied. So what they say will often be either metaphorical or somehow indirect, because facing emotions in a difficult time is one thing, voicing them out will be another. And strangely, this is also the time to truly personalize your character. Be experimental at this stage, but the rule of thumb is to stick with the sentence (which should be simple, short), that once more, impacts you the most.
Now here’s a brief scenario as an example of how all these things fit in a scene:
Context: A woman was shopping at the grocery store/mall, and lost her 3-year old son for a good hour. Here’s how the above elements would play out.
1) Capture a moment in time: the mother is looking for her son. That moment when she would be looking for her child would be filled with the usual tension, anger, stress, anxiety, trepidation, horror. But underlying emotions/thoughts: they would be late for a birthday party, what would her mother-in-law/husband/any other antagonist figure in her life say, she was a failure, she was an utter, utter failure, etc.
2) Go deep: Think out every single emotion/thought. Why tense, why horrified, why anxious, why the hell is that birthday party important, why the fear of her mother in law, why is she a failure?
Now at this point, you’ll have a lot of stuff, and most of it wont make it to your final writing. So be prepared to edit and cut - it’s part of the process in helping identify what impacts one the most.
3) Choose the strongest emotion: and build your writing around that. To me, would be the sense of failure. Every single time that young mother had felt incompetent, inept, stupid, would rush through her brain. Every failure, from dropping out of college to a public gaffe, would rage through her mind. Now attached to failure is self-loathing, so it will be accompanied by a lot of “you dont deserves.” ‘You don’t deserve to be a mother,”/ ”You mess everything up, you dont deserve a happy life” / “You are a failure, you dont deserve a beautiful child like Ethan..” etc.
4) Amplify with non-verbal cues: The mother is waiting in a lounge as the mall police continues their search. There is an attendant with her, but she’s distraught, pacing, crying, trying not to make a scene, trying to reel it in, wringing her hands, slapping her forehead. Eventually, the attendant tries to make small talk, but quiets down because she knows its not the right time, it was never reciprocated.
5) Rethink dialogue: Of all the dialogues that stuck out to me most, was this one thought verbalized - which deflected acceptance of pain openly, is emblematic of the mother’s character, yet reveals she is human and not without a heart.
“I wouldn’t wish this upon an enemy,” whispered the mother to the attendant, tears clinging to her lashes, her breathing uneven.
(they find the son at the end, dw :p ).
I’ll try to reblog this with an actual scene incorporating all of these some time later ^ . But for now, that’s all folks. I apologize about the length, this was my first time doing a tutorial like this. Hope it’s helpful, reach out if there are any questions! Enjoy :)
This was very helpful. I’m legit going to use these steps to delve deep into the meat of those important scenes. Thank you for writing this! I think it’ll help me tremendously.
One question, though. I suppose it seems like an obvious thing, but would you say this skill is one that really just takes practice? I think it probably is but in your own experience, would you say that’s true? I need some reassurance that I’ll eventually get better at this lol
What is that old saying - a hero is only as good as their villain? This week on Write & Wrong, we take a look at the 6 faces of Villainy, the tried and true wa
Advice for Fanfiction Writers
Note, these are my personal opinions but I thought they might help some people.
1) Always write for you. Not for likes or reviews/comments or favorites, write because it’s what you want to do.
2) Take a few minutes to proof read, don’t post right away. Get in the habit of editing.
3) Always leave a coherent summary. Don’t apologize or or talk to the reader in this section, let them know what the story is about. That’s what that space is there for. You don’t need to tell them it’s your first fanfiction, in fact it might color the reader’s impression of your story. Instead give readers a strong summary to keep them hooked. This leads to my next point.
4) Always stay confident. Criticism hurts, but that doesn’t mean you’re bad at writing or untalented. Keep at it, you’ve got this. Confidence shines through your work.
5) Do a little research, readers will appreciate it. I’m not sure I’ll trust a story where characters wears jeans in a medieval setting or use katana in modern London. A little bit of fact checking goes a long way.
6) Don’t hate on pairings you don’t like. This is more of a courtesy than anything, but fanfiction is about imagination and creativity. Hostility only leaves a bad impression of your on potential readers. Keep it to yourself if you can’t be nice.
7) Leave trigger warnings, please. Some readers really need them and views are not worth the emotional suffering of someone else. If you’re uncertain what might be a trigger then go ahead and note it anyway. Better safe than sorry.
8) Be yourself. Write what you want without fear. You can grow writing fanfiction, it isn’t something to be ashamed of. Many famous people did before fanfiction even had a name. Keep going and post your stories. You owe it to yourself.
Some beautiful rad queer stickers seen in June 2019
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Please PLEASE read about it and spread it around. On yesterday's first pride in my home city the marchers (me and my close friend included) were attacked by the group of extremist far-right with stones, eggs, flares, bangers and, of course, lots and lots of slurs. I was spat on and I still consider myself lucky, people ended in hospitals after getting beaten after the pride. It was a scary place.
I really hope it won't be overlooked.
We won't "get they fuck out".
No number of "hunting for fags" will stop us from being, living and loving. (yes. this happened yesterday. right after the march fascist chanted that they will "hunt for fags" and so they did, there's a video of 3 grown ass men beating and kicking a guy not older than 15, one kicked him in the face)
Oh and, and some facts
- The numbers. There was about 1 thousand people at the pride and 3 thousand opposing. Football hooligans (VERY aggressive group in Poland) from the whole country came to Białystok just for this
- There were about 74 events planned just to stop the march. Only 1-3 of them were accepted by the local government
- The church thanked the protesters from "defending family values"
- The minister of education said its all the fault of the fact that prides are taking place
Ah, yes. Białystok. All of Poland is plagued with homophobia, neofascism and other "traditional values", but that little city stands out like a festering wound in an already sick body.
Yeah but you know what? All the more reason to be proud as fuck of the people who walked in Pride there, of all the people who are from Bialystok but don’t condone violence or homophobia. As far as I’m concerned, that’s Bialystok, the rest aren’t worth spitting on.
Please PLEASE read about it and spread it around. On yesterday's first pride in my home city the marchers (me and my close friend included) were attacked by the group of extremist far-right with stones, eggs, flares, bangers and, of course, lots and lots of slurs. I was spat on and I still consider myself lucky, people ended in hospitals after getting beaten after the pride. It was a scary place.
I really hope it won't be overlooked.
We won't "get they fuck out".
No number of "hunting for fags" will stop us from being, living and loving. (yes. this happened yesterday. right after the march fascist chanted that they will "hunt for fags" and so they did, there's a video of 3 grown ass men beating and kicking a guy not older than 15, one kicked him in the face)
Oh and, and some facts
- The numbers. There was about 1 thousand people at the pride and 3 thousand opposing. Football hooligans (VERY aggressive group in Poland) from the whole country came to Białystok just for this
- There were about 74 events planned just to stop the march. Only 1-3 of them were accepted by the local government
- The church thanked the protesters from "defending family values"
- The minister of education said its all the fault of the fact that prides are taking place
Okay, I need like 50 right away! Found them on Amazon in case anyone wants to check them out.
Amazon.com : Myard Fireproof Imitated Human Fire Pit Skull Gas Log for NG, LP Wood Fireplace, Firepit, Campfire, Halloween Decor, BBQ (Qty 1
I mean I just use regular skulls…
Right? It’s like buying a bag of pine cones. It’s sad people are too lazy to just bleach the skulls of their slain enemies anymore. Go outside! Plunder a city!
If you can’t harvest your own human skulls, store bought is fine.
Millennials are killing the skull harvesting business
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Richard Carter has passed away
Richard Carter, who played The Bullet Farmer in Mad Max: Fury Road, died Saturday July 13th after a brief illness. He was 65.
Richard Carter, 1953-2019.
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This was wonderfully hilarious
Working video link: https://youtu.be/5WTkJHHF4B4
Fire in the night
Fic authors deserve more credit.
Story time: I started a book about 23 hours ago and just finished it. Also in that time I slept for 10 hours, spent time with family, was at work, etc. Anyway, I enjoyed the book (Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda). But it felt like it flew by, so after I finished I looked up the word count because what are pages? Pages are meaningless. I only function in word counts anymore.
The estimate I found was 58,580. My immediate reaction was “oh, that’s why. That’s nothing!” But what a shitty response. Because no. That’s not nothing. That’s a whole. Damn. Book. An entire novel! And Fic authors regularly bust out 30k, 50k, 100k, 150k words. AND THEY DO IT FOR FREE. WHILE WORKING AND LIVING THEIR LIVES.
So anyway, thank your favorite fic author today because they deserve it. Because they’re amazing. They’re the MVPs.
Some rough word count equivalencies for you, via famous novels, just to give you an idea of what OP is saying:
30k fic = Animal Farm by George Orwell
50k fic = The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
75k fic = Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
100k fic = To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
150k fic = The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien
200k fic = Moby Dick by Herman Melville
250k fic = Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
300k fic = A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin
350k fic = Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
400k fic = Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
when the capitalists die out either thru global warming or revolution will we be able to start homegrown internet
been reading about dual power and how to grow my own tomatoes and i’m wondering how and if we’ll be able to start commie internet lol
like obviously the internet is this huge electric capitalist controlled hardware infrastructure thing so after all that shuts down is there a way to do it ourselves lol
i want to come home from a hard day on the communal allotment, kiss my Wife, crank up my generator, and start sharing meams!
GOOD NEWS: the homegrown commie internet is in the works! Across the world, people fighting against censorship and for a more democratic internet are building mesh networks (meshnets) of long-range wifi (LoRa)
Since wifi is just a standard for sending data through radio waves, and radio waves can go a pretty long way if you use ‘em right, it’s not that difficult to connect two computers by wifi from across town. Then you just keep adding more computers to the network and you’ve got internet!
Small antennae, like for connecting across the neighborhood, can literally be built out of trash
And a larger, more accurate one can be built pretty cheap too
(You can also reuse an old satellite TV dish, or really anything else that’s roughly parabolic)
There are LoRa meshnets in places like New York, India, and all over Europe: Spain (pictured below), Greece, Austria, Germany, etc
As for sharing fresh mëmês, the network to go to is Scuttlebutt. Unlike most social media, Scuttlebutt posts are stored on your computer and sent directly to your friends’ computers (rather than being stored on the cloud and sent to a central server). It works just fine over traditional internet, but you can also view and interact with it offline, and it has protocols for connecting over any means that two computers can share information - that includes LoRa, as well as hardwired connections, sneakernet (basically mailing a USB stick back and forth), etc
What that means is you always know that your info is just as safe as the network it’s sent on and the computer that receives it - no one even theoretically has the ability to collect and sell it all. And, since it’s all run on your computer, there’s no servers to go down or companies to go out of business that could destroy the whole thing
You can read more about this kind of stuff here (or here if it’s cloudy in Barcelona)!
there’s also the work being done by the DCPT, left-behind Detroiters meshing together their neighborhoods to share overpriced high-speed connections among the community and producing these good good educational documents, especially this rad resource page. building meshnets to share a global uplink is very similar to building meshnets for the purpose of intracommunication and these resources are useful in both cases
I’ve had a couple people ask about how to join/organize something like this, which is great! The best list of active projects I know of is here, though you should also do a search online if you don’t see one in your area in case they missed it. For those without a nearby group, put a pin here and try contacting nearby pins as well - you can use the instructions on buildyourowninter.net as well as the DCPT’s resources as linked above to get set up!
Please reblog this version so others can get involved!
Hey guys! Last minute announcement, but I’ll be at Anime Expo 2018 in the Artist Alley from July 4th to 7th! Located at the Kentia Hall in the Los Angeles Convention Center, Table E26. Along with my lovely friend, TealTeacup. I’ll be selling prints and stickers!
Samples of what I’ll have at the table can be seen on my STORENVY.
Come by and say Hi!
Hope to see you there!
by Andrea Sutinen