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Writing Tips Master Post

Character writing/development:

Character Arcs

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Character Development

Comic Relief Arc

Internal Conflict

Creating Distinct Characters

Suicidal Urges/Martyr Complex

Creating Likeable Characters

Writing Strong Female Characters

Writing POC Characters

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Intrigue in Storytelling

Enemies to Lovers

Alternatives to Killing Characters

Worldbuilding

Misdirection

Consider Before Killing Characters

Foreshadowing

Narrative:

Emphasising the Stakes

Avoid Info-Dumping

Writing Without Dialogue

1st vs. 2nd vs. 3rd Perspective

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Transitions

Pacing

Dialogue Tips

Writing Cheating

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Connected vs. Stand-Alone Series

A & B Stories

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Writing Fantasy

Character Ask Game

Character Ask Game #2

Sorry I'm going to be more normal about him

No cuz if my best friend had been acting weird and lying and had a history of possessed murders, had stabbed me while possessed, and was angry all the time recently, refusing to tell me what’s wrong.

And I was going through the horrors and then someone told me * very convincingly* that my best friend had murdered someone and then upon confronting my best friend he didn’t deny or explain it and then angrily approached me with the alleged murder weapon in his hand…

Ya I would flinch too.

Scott McCall they can never make me hate you.

minor convenience: *takes place*

Cultivators: *spit out a mouthful of blood*

I love your writing tips so much btw!

What I’m currently struggling with is the repetition of the word « as » in my writing.

ex: « As they walked up the road, […] » or « She ate her meal as he sat down besides her » or « The water reflected the suns light as it rose »

I feel like its simply my lack of creativity in phrase structure sometimes…

Hi! So glad you've found them helpful ❤

You're right that overusing "as" can make sentences feel repetitive, but you're not lacking creativity—you're just leaning on a familiar structure. I had a similar problem with the word "before" in sentences like "she glanced at him before looking away." Here are some tips and examples that I found helpful.

Rephrase/change the structure.

instead of: as she walked up the road, the wind howled. try: she walked up the road, the howling wind whipping her hair into her face.

Use participial phrases.

instead of: she ate her meal as he sat down beside her. try: she ate her meal, barely looking up when he sat down beside her.

Break it into two sentences/parts.

instead of: the water reflected the sun’s light as it rose. try: the sun rose, its light shimmering on the water’s surface.

Use a different conjunction or preposition.

instead of: as they walked up the road, their footsteps echoed. try: their footsteps echoed while they walked up the road.

Imply simultaneity without stating it.

instead of: she ate her meal as he sat down beside her. try: he sat down beside her. she kept eating.

Whenever you catch yourself using or overusing a certain word, try to think of replacement words or rephrasings like these you could try instead. These small tweaks can help keep the flow natural while making your writing more dynamic. Hope this helped!

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ETERNALS (2021) dir. Chloé Zhao

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Past Tense, Pt. 1"

Reblog to have something lgbt happen to you this summer

Lan Xichen was confronted by the truth at the end of everything. He has to deal with the pain and guilt of that for forever especially the complicated feelings that would come from his relationship with jgy

Jin Ling’s progression was only normal. He’s now sect leader. Yeah he’s probably a little more traumatized than he was with how whole life being based on a bunch of lies but he still had people there for him. With some therapy (that he won’t get) he’d probably be okay later and be sect leader like he’s supposed to, just younger and more abrupt than he was supposed to.

Nie Huaisang will simply live the life was already living with a bunch habored chunk removed(replaced by a different kind of chunk). He’ll have the satisfaction of saying he did it, he avenged his brother but of course something will always be wrong. He will live the life he’s made for himself, he knew where he would end up let’s be real.

Wen Ning and Jiang Cheng however. That could be another longer post. It’s a toss up between both of them but it’s most likely Wen Ning because he’s literally a corpse.

But it’s definitely not Lan Xichen, I’m sorry