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Headers: On caution, yellow lights and Warnings. - From PrettyGothGirl's Pen
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Writing Tips and Advice from the Fandom Perspective. Headers: On caution, yellow lights and Warnings. Sep 27th, 2009 at 5:21 PM. In which we discuss warnings, what warnings are, what they cover and the arguments for and against them. Warnings, because they are optional and highly subjective, are a hotly debated subject within the writing portion of fandom. There are three general sides to the issue; those who insist on warnings; those in favor of warnings; and those opposed to warnings. They agree that w...
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Three sage pieces of advice that everything else falls under and one corollary. - From PrettyGothGirl's Pen
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Writing Tips and Advice from the Fandom Perspective. Three sage pieces of advice that everything else falls under and one corollary. Aug 14th, 2008 at 2:15 PM. In which, we discuss the three general pieces of advice that I give to everybody and the fourth piece of advice that often gets forgotten. Sage Advice Number One: Write. It seems simple in the context, doesn’t it? Please, don’t get discouraged and keep writing. Sage Advice Number Two: Read. Sage Advice Number Three: Show, don’t tell. Show, don’t t...
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Point of View: The narrator and the narrator's distance from the story - From PrettyGothGirl's Pen
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Writing Tips and Advice from the Fandom Perspective. Point of View: The narrator and the narrator's distance from the story. Feb 15th, 2009 at 11:13 AM. In which we discuss the first and third person point of view. Here is a paragraph in the original first person:. Here is the same paragraph as it would be in third person:. There’d been many times she was afraid and upset for no reason. She thought it was because of Yuna, yet as they had discovered more about what happened to the guys she began to wo...
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One Fish, Two Fish, Alpha Fish, Beta Fish - From PrettyGothGirl's Pen
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Writing Tips and Advice from the Fandom Perspective. One Fish, Two Fish, Alpha Fish, Beta Fish. Jul 10th, 2009 at 2:59 PM. In which we discuss what is a beta, what does a beta do and do you need a beta? The most common duty of a beta is as a proofreader. Sometimes, no matter how many times a writer re-reads their work, they will still miss a misspelled word or that comma splice. A beta reader is like a pair of fresh eyes. They can see and correct spelling and grammar for you. As for how to edit, that fal...
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Table of Contents - From PrettyGothGirl's Pen
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Writing Tips and Advice from the Fandom Perspective. Jun 20th, 2020 at 8:20 PM. The Four Basic Pieces of Advice-. There is no such thing as a bad idea, just bad execution. Story and Plot: Plotting to take over the world, justification for being evil. Point of View: The narrator and the narrator's distance from the story. Tense and Voice: When is the story taking place and who is doing what. Grammar 101: A Brief on Capitalization, Punctuation and Spelling. Literary Styles: Realism versus Fantasia.
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Reviewing and Commenting for the Reader - From PrettyGothGirl's Pen
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Writing Tips and Advice from the Fandom Perspective. Reviewing and Commenting for the Reader. Jul 23rd, 2009 at 1:39 AM. In which we discuss, what is a review, what does one talk about in a review and why should one leave them. Sometimes it’s two words. Write more! It can be three words. I liked it! Or it can be as long as the word limit of the site allows. Reviews/comments are very flexible. The primary thing about leaving a longer review is to be polite. It’s important to remember that everything y...
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Literary Styles: Realism versus Fantasia - From PrettyGothGirl's Pen
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Writing Tips and Advice from the Fandom Perspective. Literary Styles: Realism versus Fantasia. Oct 12th, 2010 at 8:23 PM. In which we discuss two literary styles, Realism and Fantasia. (Literary style, not to be confused with style, which in reference to writing, the way a writer well, writes.). Warning: Content is pure opinion of. Due to these factors, calling the opposite of realism writing, genre, makes no sense to me. I thought about calling it ‘creative’ or ‘imaginative’ writing, and then though...
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Tense & Voice: When is the story taking place and who is doing what.... - From PrettyGothGirl's Pen
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Writing Tips and Advice from the Fandom Perspective. Tense and Voice: When is the story taking place and who is doing what. Feb 15th, 2009 at 11:28 AM. In which we discuss, past and present tense and active and passive voice. Tense, what is a tense? A tense deals with your verbs. Bedford describes tenses as tenses indicate the time of an action in relation to the time of the speaking or writing about that action. Past tense is used for actions completed entirely in the past. Here are two paragraphs of A ...
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Dialogue: the Telling and Showing of... - From PrettyGothGirl's Pen
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Writing Tips and Advice from the Fandom Perspective. Dialogue: the Telling and Showing of. Mar 1st, 2009 at 10:23 AM. In which we discuss showing and telling and how it relates to dialogue. You must master dialogue. The end. John Long, Writer's Little Book of Wisdom). Another good source for studying dialogue is to analyze your favorite author’s and how they write dialogue or to pick up a play and read that. A play in written format is nothing but dialogue interspersed by stage commands. Gippal raised hi...
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