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Is anyone else having problems posting images? Like, I tried to post a painting I did and it just sat there and tried to load for like 5 minutes and never let me post it. Is it just me?
does anyone else have a plant that makes them really miss home. mine is goldenrod
a couple people rbed this and i love the answers so rb and put your answer in the tags i want to know
picture this, i give you a glass bottle and tell you to open it, but bottle openers are forbidden, how do you do it?
im talking about this bitch btw
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sorry I kind of love horror where it’s just like. the evil mold did it
How to Write a Broken Character
Does your character start the story in the midst of rock bottom? Or does the plot itself bend and break them? Here are some tips on how to write a convincingly broken character, because it can be hard to nail that emotion.
1. If your character begins the story already broken from a past event— don’t infodump it onto the reader. You want to slowly reveal the trauma bit by bit to the reader. This will not only keep them guessing and intrigued by the characters reasoning for being the way they are, but it’s a more natural way of opening up.
2. Research mental illnesses and disorders. Your character is broken, but do you know if they have a condition from the trauma they suffered? PTSD, anxiety, depression, etc. How does your character act because of said condition? Are they actively fighting against it, seeking help, or just living with it? Maybe they don’t even know that they have it themselves.
3. Relatability. You’ve heard it a thousand times. In order for a character to receive sympathy from the audience, they have to be relatable in some way. Everyone has been broken one time or another in their life, no matter how big or small it may have been. Figure out how you can relate your characters brokenness to the readers.
4. Hope. Hope is one thing that can really tug on the heart strings of a reader. Some broken characters may be extremely hopeful, only to be let down time and time again. Others might refuse to hope all together— or may accidentally let a tiny sliver shine in. Either way, as the author you can use hope to make a broken character more relatable.
5. How do they react to being broken? Some people become bitter and mean after hitting rock bottom while others turn to drugs. Some people become very shy and reclusive while others might just throw themselves into parties in hopes to distract from the pain. Heavy trauma can totally change a person’s personality. Is who they are now a result of the event that broken them? Do they hate themselves or has the trauma actually made them a better person?
6. Emotion. A face full of tears can be just as strong as a lip twitch. Everyone reacts differently to situations and you can use this to your advantage when writing a damaged character. Figure out how your character would react to hard times as a result of being broken.
7. Consider making them sympathetic despite their situation. They have lost everything and anything yet they still give to others.
8. Give them a side character that contrasts them. If your character is very unstable, gloomy or broken— it could be helpful to have a stable, happy or put-together character to balance the mood. When writing a broken character, sometimes your story can begin to feel very melancholy. This might not be your intent though, so consider lightening the mood with other characters.
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I’m curious, you guys tell me how you distinguish between your two sets of grandparents when speaking (or how you did it as a kid). Was it always Grandma [Lastname] or Grandpa [Firstname], or did one or both sets of grandparents have nicknames? (Like Nana or Papa.)
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i feel like everyone has at least one of these so: in the tags tell me what media someone else needs to experience to truly understand the person you are today. mine is undertale and the owl house
hey, generally speaking i am pro-pirating but there is post going around with a free version of Maus by Art Spiegelman on a google doc and i am genuinely asking you all to not reblog it. Art Spiegelman is still alive. he still makes money off of Maus. and what is being monetized is his generational trauma as the son of a holocaust survivor. please either buy Maus or get it from the library (libraries also benefit the author and when more people request or check out a book it communicates to the library that they need more copies). pirating Maus is very different than pirating a marvel movie or reading a google doc of a book no longer in print. please use critical thinking.
Hi, quick question that's not... directly related to anything I'm currently working on, but something that I've just been wondering about as tangentially relevant. Do you think it's possible to write an adventure-type story centred on child protagonists, without falling into the common Missing Parents / Free-Range Children / Adults Are Useless tropes?
I know that having adults present and involved would avoid those tropes by default; but I feel it then becomes difficult to justify the child protagonist(s) being part of the action at all when the adults would, quite naturally, want to keep them out of such danger. Do you have any thoughts on ways that could make a child-protagonist-centred story work, without those tropes being brought into play?
Thanks, as always!
Missing Parents/Adults Tropes
Again, I remind you...
YOU DO NOT NEED TO AVOID TROPES!!! :)
Tropes are an inherent and organic part of literature. They are an essential part of storytelling that help readers understand the plot.
What you need to avoid are clichés, which are tropes that are used in nonsensical ways or are used the same way over and over again.
There are three main reasons missing parents tropes become cliché:
1) There's no logical reason to explain the absence of adults/parents.
2) There are situations where it's unrealistic to believe no adults would be involved or at least present.
3) Adults seem to not be part of young characters' lives.
Explaining the Missing Adults/Parents/Guardians
Adults aren't usually present for every second of a child's life, and the degree of absence rises depending on age and situation. I grew up in the 70s and 80s when it was still pretty common for kids to walk out the door at sunrise on a summer's day and not return until after dark. Since we were playing in the woods, in yards, and in our walk out basements, we could reasonably go hours and hours without interacting with an adult. Of course, we rarely did because we wouldn't go more than a few hours before begging one of our moms for snacks and Kool-Aid... The point is, it's really not that unreasonable for kids and teens to have experiences without adults involved, but you have to think really hard about where the parents/adults are and why it makes sense that these kids/teens are having no contact with them during this time. If you can think of a logical explanation (maybe everyone lies and says they're at one person's house...) then you're fine. Alternatively, maybe you're writing a fantasy wherein a group of young adults sets off on a cross-kingdom journey with no adults present. However, if they're encountering people, you have to bear in mind that all of those people won't also be kids or teens...
Sometimes Adults Just Have to Be There
Unless you're writing a story where there's a specific reason why adults aren't present (like Lord of the Flies or the Sky Crew kids' first days on Earth in The 100), you need to remember that adults exist in the world and there are a lot of roles they have to fill. If your group of characters sneak into a speakeasy to get information about one of the villains, there have to be adults present as both guests and workers. This isn't Bugsy Malone, after all...
Or, let's say you're writing a sci-fi story set on another planet, and your 16-year-old character has just joined the military, which they're old enough to do in that world. Unless this is a planet colonized by teenagers, it's completely unrealistic for there to be no adult officers present anywhere on the military base. If people aren't joining up until they're at least 16, you can't have a bunch of 19-year-old majors and colonels walking around.
So, even if parents/guardians/adults aren't directly involved in your younger characters' adventures, make sure adults aren't absent from necessarily adult roles.
Adults Are Part of Young Characters' Lives
Even in a story like The Lord of the Flies or the first days on Earth in The 100, adults were never far from the minds of the young characters in the story. They were thinking about their parents or other adults in their lives. They missed them, worried about them, shared memories about them, wondered what they might do in one situation or another. By making sure to acknowledge the adults who have played or still do play critical roles in your young characters' lives, you can keep adults as part of the story even if they're notably (and logically) absent during much of the action.
I hope that helps! ♥
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A small town with a thriving and diverse community from all rungs of the social ladder is the scene for our stories. The goal, is as always to see and be seen, but do take care of your reputation. While gossip is rife in Town, it can be just as cutting in a village like this.... An active and friendly community, perfect. for fans of Jane Austen, Bridgerton and historical fiction. Jump right into the action. Age 18+ Welcome to Tyrehampton! Join us now on Discord. Valentine's Day is just around the corner! Get ready for the basket auction event.
“The other charge levelled at me is that, regardless of the sentiments of either party, I detached Mr Bingley from your sister. I have no wish to deny this, nor can I blame myself for any of my actions in this matter.”
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Third-Person Narration: Strengths and Weaknesses
Third-person narration is by far the most common perspective found in contemporary fiction. There are a range of benefits to writing in a third-person narrative style. These benefits are distinct from those found when writing in the first person or second person, of course, but the status of third-person writing as the standard has more to do with industry norms. This status comes with a certain degree of respectability that the other main perspectives are not always afforded.
For this reason, many writers assume that writing from a third-person POV is the best way to impress agents and publishers or at least that failing to do so will make it harder for them. This can be true, of course, but it is not always the case.
What is Third-Person Narration?
To put it simply, third-person narratives are those which tell the story as if the narrator is watching the characters. Telling a story in third-person means using “he/she” or “they” as opposed to “I”, “We”, or “you”. This viewpoint is versatile and flexible, making it one of the easiest POV’s to use for complex, multi-storyline, multi-character plots.
Some examples of different styles of third-person writing include:
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie:
“Logen opened his eyes a crack. Light, blurry bright through. This was death? Then why did it hurt so much? His whole left side was throbbing. He tried to take a proper breath, choked, coughed up water, spat out mud.”
We, The Drowned by Carsten Jensen:
“Many years ago there lived a man called Laurids Madsen, who went up to heaven and came down again thanks to his boots. He didn’t soar as high as the tip of the mast on a full-rigged ship; in fact, he got no further than the main.”
So, as you can see, third-person narration can be applied in more than one way. This versatile point of view allows you to bring the reader nose to nose with your characters or hold them far above the details to give a wide view of the story. This versatility is what appeals to so many writers. Read More
Derbyshire, 1812.
A small town with a thriving and diverse community from all rungs of the social ladder is the scene for our stories. The goal, is as always to see and be seen, but do take care of your reputation. While gossip is rife in Town, it can be just as cutting in a village like this.... An active and friendly community, perfect. for fans of Jane Austen, Bridgerton and historical fiction. Jump right into the action. Age 18+ Welcome to Tyrehampton! Join us now on Discord. Valentine's Day is just around the corner! Get ready for the basket auction event.