Overpriced Writing Advice
Where you can learn the stuff I paid thousands of dollars to have taught to me, for free.
...Or In This Case, I Share The Free Stuff I Find - Pt. 5
(AKA "Blog share: How Do Great Authors Use Emotion In Their Books?")
(Art by Mirroredesa)
As of right now, I'm doing well. Hope that continues forward through the day, as today hasn't been too bad, aside from a few unsavory people at work.
Welcome back to another Monday installment of our summer special! That’s right, it’s Being a Better Writer‘s Summer of Cliche Writing Advice! It’s not over yet! We’ve still got a few weeks (and cliche topics) left.
I go into every story hoping for something that will be worth commenting on. Unfortunately, not everything warrants prolonged critiquing. This is especially true of fanfiction, where many writers are still learning and improving. Here is a selection of reviews/critiques, in two sentences or less. All of these stories were found via the featured or popular boxes. Unlinked stories are rated M and are extremely NSFW: they may be found via the author links.
I go into every story hoping for something that will be worth commenting at (great) length on. Unfortunately, not everything warrants prolonged critiquing. Here is a selection of reviews/critiques, in two sentences or less.
Overpriced Writing Advice
Where you can learn the stuff I paid thousands of dollars to have taught to me, for free.
Archetypes
(Or "8 1/2 Character Roles To Boost Your Story")
Titles are one of the most important parts of any work, in any medium. Titles are the first impression your story gives. When someone recommends a new book or movie to a friend, the title is the only universal part. The title requires conciseness, but must also hint at a lot of ideas and information.
Of course, it's sad to be sad. Don't get me wrong. What I mean when I say this is; Your protagonist being sad doesn't make a story about sadness, nor should you expect your audience to empathize with that.
Everyone gets sad, obviously. We can relate to a characters' sadness and feel it as our own, when well written. This should serve as a quick guide to common pitfalls and how/why to avoid them.
While I´m working on the next chapter (yes, indeed thats still happening, don´t hit me!), I thought it would be a good time to continue this blog series to tie you guys over until the release.
As usual, these are only guidelines not rules, so if you disagree with my advice feel free to ignore it. These blogs just serve s window in how I write my stories and what elements I use. Now without further ado...
Worldbuilding
Ugh I can't decide. This is the main thing keeping me from writing. I don't want it to be the generic cringy human in equestria with like me talking about it, but when I do third person it feels just as weird cause I overuse him, his, he, he's and etc. I used at least 6 different of those in like 2 sentences. And I just feel like the third person takes away from the experience. Man I just don't know. What do you guys think? Give me advice in the comments (if anyone actually reads this).
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Classic posts dig into a four-year archive of weekly BaBW articles to dig up a couple that are relevant to one another, forming a quick and easy to browse sampling of some of the site's various writing articles.
Overpriced Writing Advice
Where you can learn the stuff I paid thousands of dollars to have taught to me, for free.
...Or In This Case, I Share The Free Stuff I Find - Pt. 4
(AKA "Blog share: The Importance of Your Story's Beginning OR The Inexorable Foreshadowing")
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