When Fanfiction DOES THE THING by Shapooda, journal
When Fanfiction DOES THE THING
This started because of fanfiction, but it has other roots. Sometimes I really enjoy the story. But...but
"Description begins in the writer's imagination, but should finish in the reader's."
― Stephen King, On Writing
Okay, do you guys know what this means?
Here's the first paragraph of fifty shades of grey.
"I scowl with frustration at myself in the mirror. Damn my hair – it just won't behave, and damn Katherine Kavanagh for being ill and subjecting me to this ordeal. I should be studying for my final exams, which are next week, yet here I am trying to brush my hair into submission. I must not sleep with it wet. I must not sleep w
Ivy's Smut Writing Tips #2 by BVBGirl1234, literature
Literature
Ivy's Smut Writing Tips #2
Introduction
Hello Guys, Ivy is back again with her bandslash smut tips!
I did one of these before but now that I look back on it I really don't think that I put much effort into it and I felt that I didn't really explain everything fully. So I'm going to re-write them!
And this time I'm going to give you guys examples and stuff using; Andley.
Obviously I'll still keep the original one I did up, but I hope that this one will be clearer and much more helpful!
Background Story
Right so in smut there needs to be a background story, I believe that if there's a cute little background story behind it then it makes the smut much more believa
When writing a Horror story, one must begin with a Monster. The most terrifying of course, are the ones you don't notice, or refuse to notice. The ones right next to you.
"The most dangerous werewolves are the ones that are hairy on the inside."
-- A Company of Wolves
Making a MONSTER
Think, who are the people that walk right up to you every day and you let them?
Your neighbors
Your co-workers
Your friends
Your lover
Your parents
Your siblings
Your children
Now imagine if one of them was a man-slaughtering or even man-eating Monster?
In reality, it happens all the tim
When the Hero is NOT a Hero by OokamiKasumi, literature
Literature
When the Hero is NOT a Hero
Protagonist & Antagonist ~ A Different Definition
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 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. (Yes I know, I've said some of this before. Bear with me.)
THREE Characters?
Yep. I'm sure you're familiar with: Hero Villain Heroine (or Sidekick) already. Those are pretty darn
The DUAL-NATURED Character by OokamiKasumi, literature
Literature
The DUAL-NATURED Character
Building the DUAL-NATURED Character
Let's start this lecture with a HUGE secret:
-- There are Three Essential Characters in every story:
> Adversary The one causing all the trouble.
> Proponent The one trying to keep things the way they are.
> Ally The close companion of one or the other caught in the middle.
In other words, you can tell any story with ONLY these Three Characters; perhaps not with any real detail, but you could still do the entire basic plotline.
And each essential character is governed by one of three SPECIFIC aspects, or Drives
The Subtle STATIC TRAIT by OokamiKasumi, literature
Literature
The Subtle STATIC TRAIT
The Subtle STATIC TRAIT
Secret Weapon of the Clever Writer
The Static Trait is the small personal HABIT an individual character displays which reveals their personal Neurosis, their driving NEED, especially in stressful situations. This habitual or even ritual behavior acts as both their greatest source of trouble and the linchpin to their success. It's the individual character's "Accident Waiting to Happen".
The most obvious place to find visible Static Traits is in both Comedies and Tragedies. These stories (and movies) RELY on their characters' Static Traits to linchpin the plot.
What made Laurel and Hardy so funny, were the little neu