Okay, so this is basically gonna be a compilation of things I’ve learned over the years. I can’t fit everything into this post, of course, but some big things that comes to mind I’ll toss in~ I’ll also put the bulk of this under a readmore so I can add to it over time (and keep it from being a pain to scroll past, haha)!
Please keep in mind that, again, I am a self-taught writer! I am not someone who has gone to school or anything for creative writing! A lot of these are based on my opinions as well, so I am not in any way saying that I am 100% correct! If you view my points differently, that’s okay!!
• Avoid repeating yourself! It’s totally understandable to want to get a point across, but there’s a point when it turns from the readers feeling necessary emphasis into them sitting there like, “okay we get it can we move on?”
“The pain was unbearable. Everything ached. He tried to move but his limbs wouldn’t cooperate due to the pain. His head was throbbing as well thanks to the blow he received earlier. He fought through the pain and kept trying to shift his position, but the pain made it exceedingly hard.”
See? That’s what you want to avoid doing. Here’s an example of a better approach:
“It felt as if every inch of his body was on fire. His limbs were heavy and screamed with every movement he made as he struggled to change his position. Each breath he drew was ragged, and black spots swam in his vision as he fought against losing consciousness; he couldn’t think beyond an instinctual drive to get away from there.”
It still gets the point across that he’s in a lot of pain and really disoriented due to what’s going on, but it doesn’t continuously repeat itself.
Agree with all of this except the last one. If you’re writing it uh and it isn’t being published for real… use all the swears you want. I don’t mean litter your work with swears but if something fucking amazing… just say it’s fucking amazing. You don’t need to write out two sentences for it 😛
I’d say it works if you’re writing in the headspace of someone who swears a ton and would describe stuff with curses naturally, but if they wouldn’t, then yeah don’t use em
hey hey hey it’s 18th of August (where I am only, it’s still the 17th on FR oops) so you know what that means! A birthday giveaway because I turn 18 today wahooooo!! I’ve never done one before so this is going to be a small one 🙂 to enter, just reblog with your FR username and ID and don’t tag it as ‘giveaway’ in case tumblr dies! You do not have to be following me, but I write lore and yell about my dragons a lot if that’s your jam.
First prize is a noc egg, second is a lightning egg, and the third is 50 embers for Flameforger’s! for an extra entry, tell me something that brightened up your day 😀
Giveaway ends on the 19th of August, FR time at rollover! (also! here’s my wishlist in case anyone’s feeling generous 😉
Hawlucha #104191, happy birthday! Something that brightened me up recently is that I get to stargaze with a telescope.
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