Etiqueta: How to write fiction
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Wanting Ze (non serious yet short manual on how to write fiction application)
TWO VERSIONS For demonstration purposes, and let me say this wasn’t the best tale I’ve written; I’m going to do the storytelling as if I were answering questions (or the bullets proposed to solve story creation from the last entry) and a second version; describing what’s happening. IN CASE YOU DON’T REMEMBER OR DIDN’T READ…
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Why are comics and poems alike: Sequence p3
ORDER MATTERS Thus, the order in which we present the elements does matter. It conditions the imagination to the following movement and the “what” we’re to tell. Unfortunately, there are no magic formulas to know if 9, 8, 7 or 3, 6, 0 is better when telling a story. It is the writer, or the…
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Empleos de alto riesgo
El trabajo de bibliotecario mágico, quien tiene que pasarse los días en esta clase de ambiente sobrecargado, es un empleo de alto riesgo. La luz fantástica. Terry Prattchet. Suele pensarse que los empleos de mayor riesgo en las historias de fantasía son: bárbaro, rey, princesa, héroe o… Cazador. Pero, ¿ser bibliotecario o tesorero? El bibliotecario…
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Why to watch out with words!
Maybe you think words are not something to be wary of. Watch out! The traitors. Sometimes the complaint is hidden among them. They can be a quick peek into the horrible inner world of the character. And they’re easily misunderstood. Pick them with care. Or let them ooze without regard. As unworthy as they seem, they can change a character’s world. In consequence, be wary of words and in awe too. Pasto kalo.
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Meeeown
Meow,Meow,The meoown.Straightly round.A fluffy shiny one.Bright up there,Waiting to be pet.Doing their best,To house keep your rest.Against the black spider,Hidden in the closet.Against nightmare.Warming your feet,Giving you cramps,Hunching your back.Love ain’t easy, is it?It never was,Since it takes two minds.
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Gold and blue
Naked and oblivious,They go above my worries.Impressive and thunderous,They go beyond my loneliness.Bathed in light,Surmounted by divine.Not the one of order,The one of a moment.It’s a matter of regard,Time and sight towards the sky.
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How to turn causal into casual in fiction?
To turn causal into casual is like having a mouse at home. You haven’t seen the damn rodent at all but you know it is there. How? Mice leave behind little round thingies. They also leave nibbled cables/fabric/plastic, scraps of food and fiber balls behind them. None of the causal “facts” of our tale will…
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What’s adaptation?
In these lectures I’ve argued that fiction, if well written, doesn’t betray history, but opens up its essential nature to inspection. When fiction is turned into theatre, or into a film or TV, the same applies: there is no necessary treason. Each way of telling, each medium for telling, draws a different potential from the…