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I deceided to join Medium and start sharing stories. I am starting with some short stories that I have started to write. The Fifth Wheel is my frist. Thank you for reading my post.
golgaloth, to writing Your characters realise they were lied to all along.
SergKoren, to writing
golgaloth, to writing #writerscoffeeclub
Have you ever dreamed about characters in your work?I get my ideas early in the morning. I'll sort of wake up and be dozing away, then these people come into my head. Often they are doing something and I don' know why.
The main character in my upcoming book woke up next to a dead body and said, "Oh, no. Not again." It took me MONTHS to work out why the fuck she said that.
golgaloth, to writing Have you ever had to change anything because you felt it was no longer relevant?
I wrote a story a few years ago and I'm polishing it up now for publication and noticing how a few references have dated soooo quickly.
CaraBruar, @golgaloth yes, tech changes very quickly but so do social attitudes. My books from 2012 seem dated now. And then there are international changes and Covid and natural disasters, impossible to keep up.
sfwrtr, Have you ever had to change anything because you felt it was no longer relevant?
Yeah. I wrote one short story years ago, then realized that the main character who spoke about people landing on the moon hadn't been born yet so couldn't remember that. Made me feel no longer relevant.
ixtlidekami, to writing #PennedPossibilities #Writing 335 Do you use metaphors in your writing? What are some examples?
Yep. I love to use metaphors. Curiously, I use them more in the narration than in the actual dialogue. But some characters, like Laura, use them frequently. She likes to compare Our Hero to ridiculous things things, as in "This idiot's louder than an exploding orchestra", or "that dumbass eats more than a vegan castaway" =)
markarayner, to writing "Artists are people who are not at all interested in the facts—only in the truth. You get the facts from outside. The truth you get from inside." –Ursula K. Le Guin
How to be a writer:
https://lithub.com/ursula-k-le-guin-on-how-to-become-a-writer/#writing #writingcommunity #WriteWhatYouKnow #books #book #sciencefiction #fantasy #sff
NaturaArtisMagistra, "Artists are people who can think, rather than people who can paint." Sidney Nolan, 1917-1992.
golgaloth, to writing Releasing a book as an independent author these days is like screaming into the ... wait, hang on.
Do any of you use particular strategies for increasing awareness that your book actually exists? Help an author out, here.
wendypalmer, @golgaloth I know some people have had great success with facebooks ads…
There’s a particular guru who several writers here have said is helpful — I’ve forgotten the name but @adaddinsane I think has mentioned him?
futurebird, @wendypalmer @golgaloth @adaddinsane I used facebook ads to target mathematics teachers in our region to advertise a conference I organized at a CC it was really effective— but also creepy how deep I could tune that targeting. I don’t think I could bring myself to dirty my precious little hands like that ever again.
NaraMoore, (edited ) to writing #PennedPossibilities #writing 335 — Do you use metaphors in your writing? What are some examples?
I use many metaphors. I often carefully rephrased JP metaphors so people who are unfamiliar with them will understand and people familiar with them catch the cultural reference.
I like the metaphor of the frog in the well only knowing the world it sees. I have used speaking into one's nose to indicate snottyness. The most recent one I used was referring to the house where my characters live as a "mouse house."
Even monkeys fall out of trees is one l like
I had a story where characters engaged in a verbal game of upping each other with feline metaphors.
When I run into new metaphors I note them and wait till I can use them.
NaraMoore, 2/2 a partial list of Japanese metaphors I have used.
A frog in a well does not know the great sea
Even monkeys fall from trees
Like gold coins to a cat
Even want to borrow a cat’s paw
Cat’s tongue
A cat’s forehead
If you don’t enter the tiger’s cave, you can’t catch its cub
NaraMoore, to writing #WordWeavers #Writing Day 3 - Who is your most creative character?
All my LI's are creative people. Some write poems. Kao wants to be an author and Ume is an author. In terms of creative material that appears in my novels Kao and Shiro are tied with several Hiaku appearing in the text. Plot wise Ume is the most creative. Konbini Idol is her telling the story of Fukitsu, Tomo, Kan-chan, and herself.
Currently, Ume is busy writing three ongoing stories, "Konbini Idol," "The Handmaiden's Tears," and ghostwriting "My Undersea Harem."
NaraMoore, Oh yes, and Shiomi is an idol, singer, and dancer. A very good one. However, in the story timeframe, Ume is being more creative.
ixtlidekami, to writing #WordWeavers #Writing 03 Who is your most creative character?
It depends on what we call "creative".
Maistro has macgyvered many solutions to very complex situations with duct tape and a multi-tool.
Dr. Apocalypse is seen as a creative guy because the "wacky stories" he's always telling.
Laura is said to be a really good painter. A broad brush painter, Bob Ross (on drugs) style.
And the medical regenerator is very creative with his healing/rebuilding techniques…>=)
birming, to writing Just write ✍️ #writing
https://birming.com/just-write/
wendypalmer, to writing Today, in my adventures in foolishly asking the internet general research questions:
The internet, shamelessly repeating the same factoid endlessly: throwing rice at weddings is an ancient tradition dating back to the Romans!
An anonymous old lady writing a cranky letter to the editor in 1895: this is a modern tradition that doesn't date back more than forty years and needs to stop before it takes a new bride’s eye out.
ixtlidekami, to writing #PennedPossibilities #Writing 333 — Any characters who are a part of the #LGBTQIA+ community?
More than one, and in many of my stories. Loren is non-binary and genderfluid teen, with variable preferences depending on the hour of the day and how their brain wired (literally) at the moment. Maistro is everything-sexual (as long as there's consent and of legal age). The Still Unnamed Daughter might have done some non-het experimentation. And Our Hero learned to like women's clothing and shoes…>=)
lillyfinch, to writing It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.” Joseph Heller, Catch-22
#Trump #Writing #josephheller #uspolitics #Politics
Teryl_Pacieco, to writing "It's the future, why haven't we cured hiccups," whined Vena, between hiccups.
Her robotic companion rose, shrieking, "Destroy all humans!"
Vena hiccuped again, "Sorry, that isn't going to work twice."
"Then I am out of ideas," said Robonnie, sounding defeated, curling up on a cushion.
Vena stifled yet another hiccup, and started to speak, only to jump as something slammed into the window.
"Ow," said Robonnie's remote drone.
"I'm cured!"
skyfaller, @Teryl_Pacieco In real life, we do have a cheap and effective treatment to stop hiccups: https://octodon.social/@alienghic/109910474763485703
Unfortunately there's no way to make money off of it, so it's not publicized and nobody is researching it further.
It seems to work for my partner.
vik, @Teryl_Pacieco
Does anyone else just not get hiccups? Used to as a small kid, haven't for many decades.
@Unixbigot
maxthefox, to writing #WritersCoffeeClub #Writing June 1: Intro (cont)
There are 3 books (Origins, Marathon, and Labyrinth, last is ongoing), links are pinned on my feed. First is a space road trip that runs into a conspiracy, second is sort of like the game "FTL: Faster Than Light", third is essentially a space dungeon crawl with cosmic horror elements.
As my books are free webnovels in a genre that is rare nowadays, I am desperate for publicity! Check them out if you like hard sci-fi!
maxthefox, to writing #WritersCoffeeClub #Writing June 1: Intro
I am Max, a hard sci-fi fan and amateur writer. Since 2 years ago or so, I have been making my own constructed world and novel series to go with it. It is semi-optimistic, a contrast to the recent flood of doomer sf, but mostly respects science and puts a lot of effort to worldbuilding and "realistic" alien designs. In effect the setting is a modernized and science-ized space-opera, though the books have somewhat unusual premises for this kind of sf.
golgaloth, to writing How much detail do you go into when thinking about your character? What might they have in their junk drawer, for instance?
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #authodons
I deceided to join Medium and start sharing stories. I am starting with some short stories that I have started to write. The Fifth Wheel is my frist. Thank you for reading my post.
I’ve never use a book reading tracker before. But I made a few weeks ago a BookWyrme account....
ixtlidekami, to writing #PennedPossibilities #Writing 331 Ever desired a fresh start, etc.?
—Who hasn't sometimes? But this is ridiculous! I got a fresh start with a new body included! I only wanted more money and job security, and I got more money than I can spend, but security is the only thing I can't have because of this damn body and this cursed job! And and di got a better understanding of the world. So damn better that I'd like to have a lobotomy by death ray or two almost every damned day!
Our Hero
ixtlidekami, to writing #WritersCoffeeClub #Writing 31 What other hashtags inspire you on Mastodon' or similar?
My main sources of inspiration (and perspiration) here are:
#WordWeavers
#WritersCoffeeClub
#PennedPossibilities
#TimeTravelAuthors
#VisualWritingPromptWhere I try to contribute every day (except when the universe is trying to kill me). I wish I had more time to pollute more hashtags with my ramblings…=)
And I also get inspired with the photos of SilentSunday and the (to some) infamous Caturday…>=)
NaraMoore, (edited ) to writing #PennedPossibilities #Writing 331
Has your MC ever desired the feeling of a fresh start, or a better understanding of themselves and/or the world around them?Per narrative character:
Saeki: "After my failed confession I wanted one. Not that I did anything about it. I can thank Arisu for the changes in my life." #Arisu (Arisu the Girl Who Saw Ghosts )Shiro: "I didn't know I needed one until Kao came alone. Even then it took a while. I'm glad it happened though. When I think how dreary my life would have been if I had continued along the path I was going. #MyGirlfriend (My Girlfriend Almost Got Me Killed)
Ume: "Been there done that. And big time. The one I think you should ask is Shishi."
Shiomi: "They can read about it when you publish my life story."
Ume: "Working on it."
#KonbiniIdol (For Love of a Konbini Idol)
Teryl_Pacieco, to writing The hazy smoke filling the room smelled of vanilla, raisin and burning cookies.
I snapped out of my work-mode, and raced to the kitchen, throwing open the window and turning off the oven.
"Timer! Why didn't you alert me?"
The enchanted device dutifully went, "Ding!"
"Oh no, I don't believe you, I definitely asked you to go off early."
"If you want me to go off, I will; those cookies were going to be abysmal, you ought to thank me."