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I hear the term 'foreshadowing' a lot. That's when you hint at stuff to come, right? So yeah, but how do I DO it?
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Foreshadowing is when the opening scene of a story is a kind of nutshell prophecy for the whole story.

* In a Horror, this is when the originating Bad Thing happens.
* In a Mystery or Crime story, it's when the first victim is slain, and/or object (McGuffin) goes missing.
* In a Romance this is where the main character meets their soon-to-be lover for a fleeting but memorable moment.
* In a Sci-fi, this is where the ruling Theory is presented.
* In a Gothic, this is where

Design a country work sheet

For those people who needs to design their own world.
This is a form I will use from now on to help me design it faster and more complete.
original from: droemar's journal
Edited by mayshing 2010

Country:

Colors: (An example would be red, white, and blue)

Symbol: (An example would be stars and stripes.)

Location, geographic:

calender measure (time table): (Does their calender go by the moon, or sun? Or other planets?)

Races: (The races that inhabit the area, whether or not they're native.

Physical: (The ethnic description of your race: skin color, hair color, builds, dress)
Pr

Your Character TOO Special?

Is your Special Character
TOO SPECIAL?
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Are you indulging in a few too many "special traits"? Is your story really an excuse to show off your Super Special Character? Are you committing a MARY-SUE/GARY STUE?

--> Dead give-away: Your favorite character is YOU only BETTER!

Who is Mary Sue/Gary Stue?

According to SubReality.com:
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"Mary Sue / Gary Stue is any original or deeply altered character who represents a slice of their creator's own ego; they are treasured by their creator but only rarely by anyone else. A Mary Sue/Gary Stue is a primadonna (usually, but not always badly-written,) who saps life

Yaoi Writers: MASCULINE?

Yaoi Writers:
Are Your Male Characters MASCULINE?
Is your favorite Yaoi character YOU as a guy -- only BETTER?
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Are you committing a MARY-SUE/Gary Stu?

According to Aestheticism.com:
"The Mary Sue ... is the highest form of fannish devotion to a series. You like it so much you want to come play in it yourself. Most fan writers are content to do this by sneaking in under cover of one of the canon characters.

Slipping on my Hakkai mask, I jump in the jeep and set out for the west with Sanzou and the guyz, pretending all along that it's Hakkai telling the story I'm writing and not me at all..."
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Excep

The Character Arc

Advanced Plotting:
The CHARACTER ARC

PLOT ARC: The events that happen while the characters make other plans.
CHARACTER ARC: The emotional roller-coaster that the character suffers while dealing with the Plot.

Understanding Plot
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To make a story a cohesive whole, every single thing in it must be there for a reason. Every single character, object, location, and event must push toward the ending you have planned even if it doesn't look that way to the casual observer. In short, every scene in the story should either illustrate a characteristic attribute of a main Character or be an Event that makes your ending happen.

W

Advanced CHARACTER Creation

Advanced CHARACTER Creation ~ for Fiction
Hero ~ Villain ~ Ally
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There are three essential characters in every story. There may be any number of side characters, but in traditional Adventures, and Romances of every stripe (erotic or not,) the main conflict is usually, if not always, a TRIANGLE of complimentary opposites.

Translation: You could tell the whole story with ONLY these Three Characters; perhaps not with any real detail, but you could still do the entire basic plotline.

THREE Characters?
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I'm sure you're familiar with the names Hero & Villain or Antagonist & Protagonist already. Those are pre

Sentence Structure for FICTION

On Basic Sentence Structure for Fiction
(Grammar Nazis BEWARE!)
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Everything I ever learned about writing Fiction DIDN'T come from school; not even college. In fact, the way one writes fiction is almost the complete opposite of everything I learned in school about writing.

In order to make my stories crystal clear in my readers' imaginations, I write in precise Chronological Order, in the order events actually happen, PLUS in the order that the eye sees it.

Case in point, when describing a character, I describe them from top to bottom, in the order that the eye notices them. Face, hair, upper body, arms, hands, then lower

CharacterizationCharacterization--the Unmary-Sue UnGary-Stu

1. Pick a flaw or a quirk FIRST.

Quirk List:
- A vegetarian that eats chickens because Chickens are stupid and so they don't count.
- An Animal activist that loves animals to death, but ends up loving to eat meat.
- A person that is all anti-prostitute against Johns and ends up with one himself (real one).
- A punk that loves fluffy animals.
- A biker chick that goes crazy over plushies.

Quirks are made up of contrasting traits that you would expect to co-exist together. For example, someone phobic of touch--you wouldn't expect them to fall in love with the upbeat girl that hugs everyone. Qu

Writing DESCRIPTION

Tricks for Writing DESCRIPTION

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"I think the biggest problem I have is lack of detail. I can see things in my head, but other than the general surroundings, I'm always too intent on what my characters are thinking, or doing, or about to do to remember to add the details necessary to paint a really clear picture of where they are and their environment." -- Wanna Rite Reel Gud

The way to deal with that is by writing what you can. When you're done, go back and put in all the rest. Also, in situations like this, a beta-reader is your best bet at seeing where you skipped something.

As for What to desc

Writing for PROFIT

REALITY CHECK!

Writing for Profit
It's Not just an Adventure - It's a JOB.

Whoever told you that writing fiction for publication - for money - is supposed to be Artistic, Fun, or Easy -- LIED.

Writing may look artistic, and creative writing certainly is artistic (that's why they call it Creative Writing,) but writing for a living; writing for publication with the intent to get paid on a regular basis is NOT artistic, it's NOT always fun, and it certainly is NOT easy.

Writing for publication is WORK. Sure, some of it is fun, but the bulk of it is mind-bending, eye-straining work. Don't get me wrong, creativity is part of the job of writi

The Amazing Dialogue GuideIf you're reading this, then chances are you will be using dialogue at some point in your story. Good for you. Dialogue is important. It should be there to save you when description doesn't work. The following are some tips for awesome dialogue.

Tip One: Know your characters.
Before anything comes out of your character's mouth, you need to have an understanding of the character as a whole. This will influence how he or she talks and interacts with others.

Some good questions to answer are:
-Where is your character from?This can mean the difference between your character calling a carbonated beverage "soda" or "pop". Your character's origi

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Keeping your story organized

by !Serious-Muffin, Feb 5, 2011, 5:14:17 PM
Literature / Scripts & Screenplays / Screenplays & Teleplays / Drama

Name: What's the name of your Manga/Comic?

Description: This is like what you see on the back of books where they give you a spoiler and leave you hanging.

Cast: Who are the main characters? Who are the side characters?

Goal: What is the point of the manga? What is the main character trying to achieve?

Important Facts:
• Just list a bunch of things that you think are important in the story, things you don't want to forget.
• List them in point form
• Made easy by holding down Alt + 7 with the numbers to the far right.

Timeline: When does your Manga/Comic take place? Or does it lack time?

Length: How many chapters are estimated to be in your manga/comic?

Story Plot: This is where you write a nice long monologue pointing out the little details in your story and what happens when, who has flashbacks character connection, and introductions.

Important Places:
• Again in point form
• You will list all the places that are important
• And the places that are repeatedly used.
• Again points are made easy by holding down Alt + 7 with the numbers to the far right.

Genres: here are some manga genres examples:
Seinen- Meaning "young man," this manga's target audience is males in their late teens to adulthood interested in gritty drama and action.
Shonen- Meaning "boy," this manga is aimed at boys who love sports, action, and adventure.
Shojo- Meaning "girl," this manga offers girls stories full of romance and fantasy.
- But you can also use the basic American genres as well:
- Ex: Romance, Action, Drama, Comedy, Horror

Targeted Audience: What age group are you aiming for? Adult men? Teen boys? Adult women? Teen girls? Children?