#writerthings

[jaearden]

Excuse me while I re-read this story that I wrote for the thousandth time.🤓📄

[clovelarch]

Ornate writing that's not pretty prose

We've all been adviced against using purple prose or pretty prose in our writing, and I do go by that statement- pretty prose is like studding a frying pan with rhinestones. Sure you might've bedazzled it but it's deprived of its functionality.

Pretty prose distracts the reader from the soul of your book.

But that does not mean your writing can't be lyrical or descriptive. There's a fine line between lyrical writing and purple prose. But there are simple ways to enhance your description and prose without it being overly decorated and distracting.

TIPS TO WRITE LYRICALLY WITHOUT IT BEING PURPLE

Play around with words : for enhancing description, you don't have to use words that only an oxford graduate will understand. Instead be creative with your combination of words. For instance, when writing the description of a sunlight, instead of using adjectives like bright, shiny, golden etc. try to use words which you won't at first think of using in this scenario - like strands of sunlight, or a splatter of sunlight.

Pay attention to the when's and where's: it's important to pay attention to where you want to elaborate and where you want to keep it simple. You probably shouldn't be describing that park bench that your characters will sit in once and never visit again. But you might want to describe it if that park bench is where the story takes place - if it has emotional significance to the story or the description is necessary to the plot. Don't go elaborating the setting in the middle of an action scene. But if it's your characters just entered a misty forest that's about to change their lives - go ahead. Use all your creative energy.

Describe feelings rather than appearance: you can write prettily when describing how your character is feeling rather than how your character or their surroundings look. Say your characters depression is like being trapped in a tangle of ivy, or how your character feel like they inhaled stardust when they see their loved one. Concentrate on their feelings.

[jovialmoonprincess]

✧ ➷ My Masterlist ── ⊱  ۫ ׅ ✦

All stories here are original ideas, written and developed by me. Please do not copy, repost, translate, or claim any part of my work as your own without permission.

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CHARACTERS

[ Coriolanus Snow, The Hunger Games ]

— ★ guilty conscience

— ★ AU: Journey to Redemption

First Part. / The Winter Ball / Champagne Problems / Frost and Thorns / The Storm Within / In Silence, We Crumble / Loving him was Red / Paired Again / During the Storm / Death By a Thousand Cuts - Part I / Death By a Thousand Cuts - Part II ... To be continued here... Finished here

[ Daryl Dixon, TWD ]

— ★ . one last night part I part II

— ★ . dont tell anyone

— ★ . against better judgment

[ Jax Teller, SOA ]

— ★ . stop laughing, it’s not funny!

[ Dr. James Wilson, House M.D ]

— ★ falling for you

[ Obi-Wan, Star Wars ]

— ★ People You Know part I part II

[ Steve Harrington, Stranger Things ]

— ★ You missed my birthday again, didn’t you?

[ Tom Riddle, Harry Potter ]

— ★ Obliviate

CELEBRITIES

[ Bill Skarsgard ]

— ★ . Headcanons: Dating Bill Skarsgård as a Famous Singer

— ★ . How your camera roll would look like as Bill Skarsgard's girlfriend

[ Roger Taylor, Queen ]

— ★ . Love of my life

➷ Writing prompts ── ♪♪ ✦ ♪♪

100 assorted dialogue prompts night

i’ve been in a writing mood lately, expect plenty of angst, some gentle fluff and smut 🖤

writing for Coriolanus Snow, Sirius Black, Tom Riddle, Draco Malfoy, Loki, Dr. Spencer Reid, Dr. James Wilson (House MD), Jax Teller (Sons of Anarchy), Luke Castellan (Percy Jackson), Steve Harrington (Stranger Things), Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us, The Walking Dead (Daryl Dixon), Legolas, Evan Peters, Obi-Wan Kenobi you can suggest others… ✨

< Read it on AO3 >.

[jesustheapollo]

Book of poems by me, Jesus Apollo 🌞🌙

[guardianbuyo]

Is this good or is this sh*t?

[12-toads-in-a-trench-coat]

writing stories

*foreshadowing*

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i am literally a literary genius when i foreshadow you don't even know

[miss0nonsense]

Writer things ♣︎✎

Staying up all night because you are so invested in where your story's going

Thinking your story is a masterpiece one day and wanting to burn it the next

Procrastinating with tiktok/tumblr

Trying to draw your characters and miserably failing

Playing dramatic montages of your characters in battle in your head while listening to intense songs

Rooting for your own characters

Shipping your characters and then realizing 'oh wait... I can make them like eachother 😳"

smudges of pen or pencil on the sides of your hands

Rainy afternoons staring out the window and pretending to be a Jane Austen character

Harassing your pets because you need affection

Ranting about plot holes to your not-even-mildly-interested-friends

Reading other books and comparing your story to them

Talking to yourself like a crazy person

Daydreaming about your rise to author stardom

Writing 6 page entries in your journal

✨Anxiety ✨

Knowing that one day, you're gonna be someone's favourite author

[the-merchant00]

Girlfriend: Oh, sorry are you writing? what are you doing? Me: No. I’m surveying the landscape. Her: ? Me: I’m scrolling through tumblr for inspiration.