#writing terms

[novlr]

[zombiechoir]

Most fanfic writers and readers: smut, fluff, angst, Y/N, omegaverse, non-con, mpeg, RPF, PWP, dom/sub

Me, a writer, with no idea what most writing terms mean: they kiss and have sex...?

[writerpolls]

Writers: does your prose lean toward more beige or purple?

Strongly beige

Leaning beige

Leaning purple

Strongly purple

It varies depending on what exactly I’m working on, can be beige or purple

Other (explain in notes)

See results / I don’t write / vanilla

Voting ended onFeb 17, 2025

*Beige means very stark, straightforward, efficient, blunt prose while purple means more metaphorical, lyrical, flowery, and ornate prose.

These terms can be used as insults, but they can also just be helpful ways of describing writing styles. Earnest Hemingway famously gave very beige prose, where someone like Sylvia Plath wrote in a more purple style. Both styles can be done well or badly.

[zielle-oddgoose]

Why have people been calling it the "prologue boyfriend" if it's the epilogue of a series.... I'm just now realizing this. Like I knew prologue went at the beginning and epilogue went at the end, but it just now registered that people are using the wrong term... It's an epilogue boyfriend guys...

[ix-c-999]

writingroleic

A roleic term for a system member whose role, status, or experience as a system member involves writing in some way. This can involve: -being an introject from a written work or of a writer -having a role related to writing -having formed because of writing -coping with something using writing However, it can involve anything. This is inclusive of any kind of writing.

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[heywriters]

What is your interpretation of rain while it's sunny in literature? I've only gotten one good answer and any other search result has been useless to what I was asking. I've figured maybe it can mean happiness in the midst of sadness or a calm After a storm but I'm not sure I was curious what others opinions were on that.

I've never heard that phrase, or at least not the way you put it. No opinion!

[arestorm]

Términos que se usan en escritura parte II

AU: Alternative Universe. Se trata de un término que se emplea en la creación de fanfics y fanarts donde se sitúan los personajes de una serie, película, libro, etc., en un universo alternativo. Por ejemplo, Harry Potter en un mundo donde no existe la magia; o Harry Potter en el universo de Divergente.

OTP: One True Pairing. Podría traducirse como la pareja ideal o una pareja que a ti te gusta.

WOC: Woman of color. Mujer negra.

HC: Headcanon. Generalmente son pequeñas ideas que los fans tienen sobre los personajes, pero que no son canon. Por ejemplo, que Tsukishima Kei (Haikyuu!!) quiere estudiar arqueología y trabajar en un museo por su amor a los dinosaurios (que los fans atribuyen debido a que en su habitación hay figuras de dinosaurios).

Plotter: Es aquel escritor que diseña el plot de sus historias antes de comenzar a escribir. Son escritores que necesitan saber todo lo que va a pasar antes de sentarse frente al teclado.

Pantser: Son un punto medio entre el plotter y el plantser. En este caso no necesitan tener planeado todo lo que va a suceder, pero sí un esquema o ciertos datos para comenzar.

Plantser: Son los escritores que no planean nada, o casi nada, y simplemente se ponen a escribir.

CD: Character development. Es la evolución de un personaje.