This isn't a guide so much as it is me gushing over this show I started watching because holy shitballs is it good.

"The Promised Neverland," AKA, "oh my god what the fuck," is easily the best thriller anime I've seen in a very long time.

Without spoiling too much, here's the synopsis for the story:

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Story Name: Interdependence (Working Title)

Genres/Tags: Romance, Drama, Equestria Girls, Sex, Sad (this last one is a maybe, simply because of the intense emotional stuff I'm aiming for. Doesn't really mean the story has a sad ending, though.)

Current Length: 17,492 words (or approx. 82 printer pages.)

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Hello World!

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CDR (Competency Demonstration Report) is one of the mandatory documents used for getting Australian immigration approval. A CDR is a gateway through which engineering aspirants migrate overseas for permanent residency. Engineering aspirants who want to get migration approval for doing an engineering job in foreign companies need to write a CDR application for Engineers Australia (EA). A CDR decides a candidate's immigration to Australia. EA, the Australian assessing authority assesses the

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Mediocrity is more dangerous in a critic than in a writer.
—Eugene Ionesco

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_{Low-key stressed flutterbutter for low-key stressed mood.}

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Here's the gist:

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While my big "flagship" story fan fiction thingymadoo hasn't even begun to come close to the point at which I can hype it with blogs, I still feel like my first one should be relevant to it. Specifically, the reason why I don't make much progress on it.

Oh no, an author with basically zero fame and/or credibility has a problem! How tragic!

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For the last 8 months (I can’t believe how fast this year has gone!) I have barely been reading or writing. A constant tied of other commitments, work, studying and other such distractions has occupied my time. In the moments where I do get a chance to breath and start reading or writing, I often fail to do so. Instead it’s far easier to watch meaningless YouTube or play games. It’s not work, it’s relaxation.

A week ago today I woke up with a desire to change that.

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Whee, it's back! My weird post series of music shares for writing inspiration. I've also gone through my previous posts (which you can find by clicking here, or just doing a blog post search for 'Music for Writing') and removed all the dead links.

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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.

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Well, I know this might come as a shock, but I've been lurking on here as a non writing user and suddenly I'm attempting to write. Well that and work on turning good stories into audio books. YAY!! *Shameless Plug* Totally check out The Audio Project on youtube!

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This is built out of good advice I've received, good advice I've given, good advice I've seen given to others, and things I've learned in my own writing. I've put this together in the hopes that it will be of some use to somebody out there. Writing is a learning process, after all.

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Gee, ain't that grand? Here's some things you might find helpful or useful.

This is a ship generator. If you love crack ships and rare pairs, and are looking for a good writing challenge, try this here. Bonus points if you write something serious.

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Hello, this is Zephyr Spark. I have this idea. In fact, I've had it for a year now, outlined and ready to be written. The story is titled "Arrow Dragon" (because I'm not good with names) and has the following plot:

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What do you guys think about working on more than one story at a time? Is it more productive or is it too distracting? Let me know in the comments!

I've got so many ideas for stories, but I really want to make sure the one I'm working on now gets updated regularly, whats a pony to do?

Disclaimer

The purpose of this guide is to teach you, the writer, what you should and shouldn’t do to assure the quality of your stories, and to show you how to best communicate with other authors as well as your audience. We, the authors of this guide, understand this will come across as telling you what to do, but that is the point of any style guide or anyone offering advice. There are many ways of creating and viewing storytelling. We are merely providing our viewpoints on it.

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