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5 Tips on Emotion

Oct 14, 2010

EDIT: If you like this journal entry, check out The Sarcastic Guide to Writing ebook http://www.amazon.com/The-Sarcastic-Guide-Writing-ebook/dp/B005TOCC1C for exclusive content on world-building, character, and dialogue! Sorry for the delay; I attended the Austin GDC ... whoof. Still tired. 1. Mediate your character’s emotional responses. I see this a lot, and it reads like bipolar disorder. The character exalts in their laughter, achieving tears of mirth, and then in two sentences manages to burst into the other kind of tears. The bad kind. Conversely, there’s the character who doesn’t care about anything, even kittens.

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5 Tips on Emotion by Droemar, journal

5 Tips on Emotion

Oct 14, 2010

A Guide to Writing Combat-Related Mental Illness by doughboycafe, literature

Literature

A Guide to Writing Combat-Related Mental Illness

Coming Back from Combat: A Writer’s Guide to Combat Related Psychological Illness in Fiction The aim of this guide is simple: plenty of people want to write about war, to explore it, to understand it and understand soldiers they know who are in it or have come from it. But, often times putting the aftermath, the pain, and the psychological impact war has on the mind into words is difficult to do well. This guide exists to help fiction writers accurately portray psychological disorders in their work, because the people who suffer from these disorders and their loved ones deserve honesty and do not deserve to be misrepresented. The guid

A Fresh Start: 19 Cliches You May Want to Avoid by WonHitWonder, literature

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A Fresh Start: 19 Cliches You May Want to Avoid

First of all, I freely admit that what I say isn't gospel. I am a total amateur at art and writing. I've learned everything that I know via the internet and a few drawing books. It's just that I appreciate all of the tutorials here on dA that have helped me out, and I want to put a little bit of my own methods back in. -zzzzzt- “Greetings, human writers. It has come to the attention of Planet Zorgaborg that you humans have been abusing terrible clichés and tropes for far too long. We pirate your Earth TV shows, movies, books, and more for entertainment, and we demand better from you! Therefore, we have abducted one of your d

Profile Pic: Making A Character Profile Sheet by WonHitWonder, literature

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Profile Pic: Making A Character Profile Sheet

First of all, I freely admit that what I say isn't gospel. I am a total amateur at art and writing. I've learned everything that I know via the internet and a few drawing books. It's just that I appreciate all of the tutorials here on dA that have helped me out, and I want to put a little bit of my own methods back in. Once upon a time, I ran out of things to complain about. And so it was with a heavy heart that I hung up my tutorial-guide hat forever, never to be heard from again… Just kidding, my life just got massively complicated for a year or so and I didn’t have the time to write anything. I doubt I’ll ever stop c

I Miss You: Should You Orphan Your Character? by WonHitWonder, literature

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I Miss You: Should You Orphan Your Character?

First of all, I freely admit that what I say isn't gospel. I am a total amateur at art and writing. I've learned everything that I know via the internet and a few drawing books. It's just that I appreciate all of the tutorials here on dA that have helped me out, and I want to put a little bit of my own methods back in. Be warned: this is a really sensitive issue. I really hope that this isn't something that is just taken lightly by an author. This discussion may also be a bit too gruesome for some, so viewer discretion is advised. Some of the best and worst characters ever put to paper have been orphans. But are you writing Batman or jus

Your OC's Hair by MissLunaRose, literature

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Your OC's Hair

Brought to you by Super Editor You have the unique opportunity to see a Writer's Guide being drafted. Some bug of a mysterious nature decided to delete the resource text last January or so and I think the text is gone for good, so I'm re-writing it. This notice will be taken down when this is no longer considered a draft. (Yes, I'm letting you read my draft. Now you have insights into my evil mind...) *~*~*~The Actual Guide~*~*~* Most girls are taught that there is a standard, all-encompassing way to take care of hair. You brush it every morning and don't pull the tangles too hard. When you wash it, you use a little bit of shampoo for the

Help! I have a Mary Sue! by MissLunaRose, literature

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Help! I have a Mary Sue!

You know that you have a Mary Sue when she upsets the monochromatic color scheme of my Writer's Guides. Mouse over blue text to see a note. Internet communities often lash out at writers who create Mary Sues. Declaring the writing to be below their standards, they proceed to punish the creators. They mock the characters, verbally abuse the writers, and write hyperbolically about how much they wish the characters would die. Bullying writers (who may be very young) is only going to make them afraid to write—and therefore improve—or share their work. Not only that, but it discourages other writers from speaking for fear of public

Writing Style vs. Voice by illuminara, literature

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Writing Style vs. Voice

A Writer's Guide to Style vs. Voice Here on dA, there seems to be a lot of confusion and general mass hysteria when it comes to the subjects of writing style and voice. What are they? What's the difference? Can you write one without the other? How important are they, anyhow? Do you really need either of them? Wait, what are they again? Style is the form and structure with which you write. Voice is the attitude and perspective with which you write. In other words, voice is the emotion and feeling of a piece of literature, and style is the technical way of communicating that emotion. Clearly, there is a tangible difference between th

Creating Voice by CrumpetsHarvey, literature

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Creating Voice

When you write dialogue, when you write dramatic monologues, when you write in first person, your character must have his own voice. Voice is in part the distinct vocabulary, grammatical tendencies and spoken patterns which are unique to your character. A linguist would call this his idiolect. Voice’s other part is made up of the interests and obsessions of your character: what sort of things they notice about the world, how they interpret them in relation to their previous experiences, and what emotional colouring they give events. We might call this perspective. Idiolect Firstly, a story: I am English, middle class, and I studied at

Jump Start Your Story by Beta-Readers, journal

Jump Start Your Story

May 11, 2012

Welcome to our brand spanking :new: Quarterly Resource Feature! That's right, four times a year we're going to invade your inbox with some pointers, guides and tutorials to assist you in your writing adventures and there's nothing you can do about it! :giggle: For our first feature, we're going to keep things simple and work with the basics of starting your story. It should be obvious that a story starts with an idea. But how do we get from a basic idea to a full blown novel? Well, there are lots of answers to that. Here are just some: How to Write a Novel :thumb152122723: BarbecuedIguana (https://www.deviantart.com/barbecuediguana) not only explains basic plotting, but als

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