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Thank you so much for the pointers. I think my biggest issue is picking a category. Doesn’t anyone else struggle with this or have any pointers?
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Best tip I can give you about that, is write the story and when it's all done see where it fits best.
Course my humour one came when I challenged myself to write something sexy and silly, strangely it worked out pretty well.
If the category is wrong, the mods will nudge you towards one that might fit better.
Sometimes a story clearly belongs in one category, sometimes it could go in a number of them.
So don't get bogged down in the category, free the muse and let the words flow.
Course my humour one came when I challenged myself to write something sexy and silly, strangely it worked out pretty well.
If the category is wrong, the mods will nudge you towards one that might fit better.
Sometimes a story clearly belongs in one category, sometimes it could go in a number of them.
So don't get bogged down in the category, free the muse and let the words flow.
Whatever was posted is always meant in love and respect never to offend.
I'm also highly likely to have posted this from a phone so there may be typos or odd word changes, auto correct can be a pain.
I've been listening to my kinky pencil here's my current work
My current Competition entry is here
A Cure For Stagefright
I put a little banner in here, it might change. I'm still messing about with it.
I'm also highly likely to have posted this from a phone so there may be typos or odd word changes, auto correct can be a pain.
I've been listening to my kinky pencil here's my current work
My current Competition entry is here
A Cure For Stagefright
I put a little banner in here, it might change. I'm still messing about with it.
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Great advice.
Active Ink Slinger
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I have vision problems . I write using WPS Office . When I write I use a 20 point Calibright font . What type of font should I use and what size characters when I submit it ?
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Great advice, but there is another approach to characters that I love.
Pick some friends that you know well (over 16 of course), put them into stimulating fantasy situations and 'observe' their reactions.
I always get my characters to review the draft story prior to submission (sharing on google docs is excellent).
Change their names slightly if absolutely necessary.
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I always apply 4 principles to every story I write. 1 Plausibility: it has to be believable. 2 Simplicity: too complicated and you get lost in the plot. 3 Motivation: there has to be some good reason, stated or implied, for what characters do otherwise it can just become silly. 4 Momentum: the story has to go somewhere, preferably In an unbroken time line. I also believe a good story tells itself. If you feel you are pushing it along or need to put in loads of padding your story is probably not there yet. When the characters develop a life of their own and carry you along with them, you are there.
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Thank you for writing this. I read it before I wrote my first story and now that I have a few out there I am reading it again. I like the reading out loud idea. I had not be doing that.
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This is incredibly helpful and I wish I had read it long ago.
puts the ‘ass’ in ‘class’.
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I always apply 4 principles to every story I write. 1 Plausibility: it has to be believable. 2 Simplicity: too complicated and you get lost in the plot. 3 Motivation: there has to be some good reason, stated or implied, for what characters do otherwise it can just become silly. 4 Momentum: the story has to go somewhere, preferably In an unbroken time line. I also believe a good story tells itself. If you feel you are pushing it along or need to put in loads of padding your story is probably not there yet. When the characters develop a life of their own and carry you along with them, you are there.
I completely agree. I think momentum or pace is really important but that doesn’t mean going hell for leather. Judging when to slow things down or speed things up is important. I try to build pace, spending time developing the characters and situations first then upping the pace as the situations are played out and they reach their sexy crescendo.
‘The pious fable and the dirty story
Share in the total literary glory.’
W.H. Auden