#help: writing

[ellewoodsofrph]

Can you breakdown for faceless traditional filipinx icons for me, pls?

Sure.

I was thinking that it would have a sense of The Wizard of Oz, Narnia, Once Upon A Time, just anything fantasy-related. Like:

Green & Dark clothing would be Zelena/Villains/Queens

White would be for a wedding

Pink & Gold would be Glinda/Heroes/Princesses

Purple & Blue/Gold would be Mothers/Nobilities

the dance that’s there is a traditional filipino folk dance

the basket is traditionally carried over the head

These are also really important with written work as well. When you color code your characters, you’ll notice the difference between a good character vs a bad one. These are also noticeable with fairytales and fantasy stories as well, but in Filipino Culture that difference between good and bad characters is blurry since the color chart for the characters aren’t as exact as English stories.

[writershelpers-blog]

I have an idea for a story. But I am cometely lost on how to present it. I don't know if I should do a novel or a series of short stories. It's like a love story- ish. And I don't know how to start it. Like do I start it with them meeting or are they already together. Do you have any tips.

My first tip is to sit down and write.

Don’t plan, just let your ideas flow onto the paper until you can’t anymore (or about 10-15 minutes later). After doing this, reread what you have written- without making corrections- and decide if this is the direction you want to head. If the answer is yes, then keep writing.

I’m not the type of person to plan what I’m going to write down to how long it is going to be. That’s a decision you have to make depending on the story that you want to tell.

Start off simple, try to write one chapter and be as specific or vague as you’d like.

From there, you should be able to decide whether the story needs more length or if you can wrap every plot-line up in a few pages. Either way affects how the story is written but, it also depends on how much you believe you need to tell this story.

- Merida