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Discuss the art of writing, such as writing styles, characters, themes and ideas. Roleplayers and non-fiction writers included!
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Tropes You Avoid

Joey Montag, Dec 2020: Maybe the-chosen-one trope..... I think I included this in my writing when I was younger just because Final Fantasy is that way but as an adult I realize it's a cheap ploy and I'd rather avoid it.
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Started by Adam Levine

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Pokemon Name Help.

Dexthemonster, Jan 2021: I have an idea for your fire type a crown jellyfish like creature lives in lava lakes name i think "Corocanic" {Crown jellyfish comes from the coronate order and volcanic} dex entry says something like 'corocanic lives in hot lava pools body made up...
7   6,502
Started by ocelette

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Pokemon Greece region help

Dexthemonster, Jan 2021: I have a name suggestion for your 5th fairy dragon :- Libeine {libe - Libelle german word for dragon fly and ine - Aine Irish name for queen of fairies} and Aurhera {random gengeration of my mind}
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Started by Kamkam2005

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Do you research before writing certain topics?

ril, Jan 2021: research can be used very poorly if you read into the wrong parts. more often than not, writers with good intentions will write terrible representation because their research boils down to a few articles and wikipedia. hands down the most powerful...
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Started by starseed galaxy auticorn

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"Is this fanfic suddenly political?" (hint: "Always has been")

gimmepie, Jan 2021: Political elements go hand-in-hand with worldbuilding, so I think if you've put even a little effort into that, there's at the very least going to be some stuff implied about the politics of your setting. So, while I wouldn't say that I always go...
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Started by Venia Silente

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Am I fit to rp?

CelloX, Jan 2021: Thank you! I think I will try to sign up for one. I'll probably focus on something slightly more career oriented, like a pokemon collector or hunter or journalist or something for my first character.
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Started by CelloX

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So... Digimon anyone?

Kung Fu Ferret, Jan 2021: I would love a Digimon RP, and this idea is really good!
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Started by Rose Oni

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Keep the village alive: celebrations in your world

Bay, Jan 2021: There was one time for a short Pokemon story I have the characters celebrate Christmas. It's about Professor Oak's presents to several characters. As for other celebrations, can't recall one for Pokemon but there have been a couple examples in my...
2   5,789
Started by Eleanor

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Naming Things is Hard! (Episode XVII: PMD Fanfiction)

Vragon2.0, Jan 2021: Something I've learned over the course of writing is that there's a delicate balance between "world immersion" and "language barrier" when it comes to a reader reading. As such, it can be a struggle to make a work that readers can read and...
1   5,775
Started by Venia Silente

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Joining Role Plays...?

moon, Jan 2021: Here is Advent https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=442882
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Started by Gl1tchedShad0ws

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Valleys - A Community

Gelius3, Feb 2021: Stardew had some inspiration. But i don't know if Calyrex would be involved. Maybe Celebi, but i might be wrong. A Pokemon being Stray would be able to be tamed yeah, but don't forget that there's still wildlife. The 6 settlements still have...
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Started by Gelius3

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hello

Bay, Feb 2021: Hi again! So this post seems to not relate to writing in any way (unless you want to write a story on WoW). For gaming discussions, we have the Video Game section! As for this post, perhaps this fits more in the Off Topic section. Just...
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Started by adamtrust23

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The shrine of Celebi: writing memories from PokéCommunity

Bay, Feb 2021: My first fic posted here was, oh gosh 2006. It was for a fic contest over at Serebii forums. Back then there's no Google Docs but if you post your fic somewhere else besides Serebii you can link it and that's what I did. The premise was a comedy...
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Started by Eleanor

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anyone wrote silly stories when they were young?

Roni, Mar 2021: i found merely writing stores boring back in my youth, so i drew a buunch of comics. pretty much still stories but with drawings right? i remember asking my mom to buy those cheap newsprint papers by the ream and i'd handily clean it all out within...
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Started by Sheep

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Tense and point of view

Roni, Mar 2021: when it comes to songwriting i'm always guilty of randomly changing POV just to fit the lyrical meter better lol. if we're talking preference though, the easiest for me to write in is present tense - first person. it allows me to be more...
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Started by Hyzenthlay

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It's like looking in a mirror...

Roni, Mar 2021: my characters? just exaggerated versions of me lol (even down to how they look like). like someone else here said, i have difficulty writing personalities that aren't my own, because i don't understand them that much. my world has very little...
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Started by gimmepie

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Pokemon D&D

CelloX, Mar 2021: Have you considered using Pokemon Tabletop United or its sister system?
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How has your writing changed in the past five years?

Vragon2.0, Apr 2021: I no longer anger Bay every paragraph by having a passive voice section included. But jests aside (PS: thanks for putting up with it till I got sorta better at not doing thing, Bay), I think my biggest improvements was taking time to actually...
10   11,009
Started by gimmepie

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Camp NanoWriMo! (And general writing goals this month)

Aquacorde, Apr 2021: I have a few goals for this month! I want to be... at least 80% done with the Chapter 6 post of my RP, because that's scheduled to be released on June 1st and I want to start in on Chapter 7 before 6 goes out. Easier to make sure they line up that...
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Started by Bay

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Altered Fates - New Perspectives [M]

Beautiful-Vixen, Apr 2021: This is an active search still!
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Started by Beautiful-Vixen

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Writing† and Explaining in the Cybermesh¹: How to Make it Accessible²?

Aquacorde, Apr 2021: I just added both title and float to my above post- only float works when tapped, and neither give me underline dots. This is true on both Chrome and Firefox mobile browsers, and remains true when I switch the view to "desktop site". For some...
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Started by Venia Silente

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Rapid Fire Ad (please, I need the revenue!)

Bay, May 2021: Soooo I meant to reply to this thread for a long while, but err I kept getting no energy whenever I get to this. But yeah, if I were to advertise Foul Play, it has~ -Two depressed cat-loving, dark-type experts -Gambling (for those that...
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Started by Vragon2.0

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roleplay pixar parody

Bay, May 2021: So when you sign up as a character it'll be a canon Pixar character? Maybe you can have one of the Pixar/Disney villains causing trouble once more and have the various Pixar characters come to stop them.
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Started by darkwingdaffy

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Queue the music!

Cubeth, Jun 2021: Ok so my laptop is dead, therefore I have no access to my Spotify rn, so I'll go with what I remember. Dropping the Ñs and a single group because I don't listen to music too much now :femme2: Jordie Huges (Hoenn Square One): Miranda Lockhart...
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Started by gimmepie

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You should be friends!

Bay, Jun 2021: Nanu from Foul Play and my version of Officer Jenny from Nothing, Everything. They're both police officers but Jenny is more sociable and serious about her job than Nanu, so their interactions can be fun from that alone. They both also have strained...
2   3,232
Started by gimmepie

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Zombie outbreak journey-type RP?

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gimmepie, Jul 2021: There were! The first one started after a plane crash, the second one started a little after the events of the first. They were technically in the same timeline though and a few of us played the same characters in each.
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Started by Ahri

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Exposition? In my action story!?

Firebolt, Jul 2021: In my main literature work that I am writing, if there's a gargantuan amount of information that's needs to be expressed (whether it's character or story related), I just...write a chapter about it. It's fanfic, so I have a lot of flexibility with...
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Started by Vragon2.0

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Alola~!

H e a p., Jul 2021: WOOOO YEAH I LOVE ALOLA!! Can I have two characters in this RP? Another is made somewhere, I'm having one ready for signing up.
19   3,856
Started by Dragon

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Are you done yet?

Palamon, Sep 2021: For me, when writing, I feel done when everything is written and then edited. I reread my own writing two to three times to make sure everything is fixed up. For characters, I'm never done. My characters are always evolving, and will continue to...
6   3,126
Started by Caite-chan

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Have you ever written a book, or do you plan to?

warsawgecko, Oct 2021: I've written a few books and published through Amazon, all of them are kids 8+ adventure/action. One series is all my own design and is ongoing but the other series was a collaboration between me and my 9yo brother, whom we lost three years ago....
19   6,749
Started by Sheep

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How would you describe your writing style?

Sonata, Oct 2021: I focus a lot on trying to paint a picture for the reader. Because I have no artistic ability, I tend to want to put the image in my mind onto the page in as many words as I can so that they can see as I see. Sometimes that makes things terribly...
6   928
Started by Palamon

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What do you dislike about what you're currently writing?

Palamon, Oct 2021: I wrote one that spells out the word suffocating, and I'm particularly proud of that one since my friend said it sounded like song lyrics, but it's definitely a very limiting type of poetry when you want to keep it from line-breaking.
4   1,837
Started by gimmepie

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love writing{never wrote fanfiction eva}

luckykunai, Nov 2021: ty.. that helps....
4   1,771
Started by luckykunai

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NaNoWriMo 2021

CiCi, Nov 2021: I've never participated in NaNo, though I have always wanted to. With how busy my life is atm, this won't be the year, either, but I can pretend it is and continue trying to up my daily word count.
5   2,147
Started by Bay

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Time Period Writing

CiCi, Nov 2021: I've written fanfiction about Yugioh during the Ancient Egypt arc. I love Ancient Egypt and had so much fun researching what things were like back then in order to write at least somewhat accurately what life would have been like back then, with...
4   1,470
Started by Caite-chan

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Is dialogue necessary?

Palamon, Nov 2021: Well, everyone's different. If back and forths are generally fun to read, I do like them. If the voices are distinctive enough, I won't have a problem, and won't get bored. But for me personally, because the protagonist I'm writing is really...
8   2,558
Started by Palamon

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Show, don't Tell

Vragon2.0, Nov 2021: "Always have more than 1 draft of things." I cannot stress how often I've though I was pure genuis at what I wrote on the first only to look at it during my second drafting and go "That's pretty dumb, yo."
6   1,751
Started by Palamon

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What is good writing?

CiCi, Nov 2021: Judging by my time in the fanfiction spheres, the younger demographics at least love, love, love well-written characters. Even among the older generations, great characters are remembered fondly. Wonderful, enjoyable, and dynamic characters are the...
3   2,413
Started by gimmepie

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Do you considering yourself a unique writer?

Bay, Nov 2021: To be honest I get so hard over myself when I think about my writing style because before I had folks say that I get awkward sentences every paragraph and I'm like "If people can't understand my writing do I really have a writing style?" Friends...
3   1,591
Started by Palamon

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Genres you want to try writing

gimmepie, Nov 2021: I don't think you really know until you try. I like to think I'm a pretty good writer, but I've got loads of story ideas of scrapped part way through because they just stopped working in the end - and that's fine! People think that being a good...
9   1,854
Started by Palamon

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Themes you Enjoy Writing?

CiCi, Nov 2021: Yep, I'm in that same vein as the others where I don't really think about thematics at first. I tend to start with characters, then concepts. So my character, Annie, came before the concept of a world torn apart by war, which came before the concept...
3   1,730
Started by Palamon

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Any stories/fics you regret not finishing?

Knight Of Legendaries, Dec 2021: I have trouble finishing my stories in general. I suffer from Shiny New Idea Syndrome, so it's hard for me to finish my stories. I want to finish them, but I have so many ideas floating around in my head that I just have to write them.
3   2,295
Started by Palamon

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Proofreading yourself vs someone else doing it for you

Knight Of Legendaries, Dec 2021: Both. I do try to proofread my own work, but I usually read what I think I wrote. Which is why I get my twin to proofread for me in exchange for proofreading his stories.
7   2,169
Started by Palamon

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Your Journey as a Writer

Knight Of Legendaries, Dec 2021: I don't remember when I started writing, but when I was a kid I would narrate stories to myself in my head. Then when I was in middle school I would write down whatever idea came to my mind, usually in class when I was supposed to be paying...
4   3,045
Started by Palamon

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Do you have word count goals?

Knight Of Legendaries, Dec 2021: I generally try to aim for at least two thousand words per chapter and four to five pages.
9   2,851
Started by Palamon

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How much would you say you've improved as a writer?

Knight Of Legendaries, Dec 2021: I think I've improved a lot since I started writing. I started writing proper stories when I was maybe sixteen or seventeen, and I'm thirty now so I think that after writing for so long I've improved. I can't name anything specific to show that I...
9   3,374
Started by Palamon

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How do you come up with your best ideas?

Knight Of Legendaries, Dec 2021: For me it's reading things that other people have written. I'll read something and be inspired to do something similar. That or I'll be talking to my twin brother about my stories and he'll say something that gives me an idea, or he'll ask if he can...
19   5,660
Started by Firebolt

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What do you like about what you're currently writing?

Knight Of Legendaries, Dec 2021: Currently I'm writing a human Mystery Dungeon story in which my protagonist and her Rescue Team partner are ballerinas, forming a rescue team because two of the younger students at their school fall into the fissure that becomes the Tiny Woods and...
7   2,647
Started by gimmepie

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Do you write blindly, or follow a basic outline?

Caite-chan, Dec 2021: I tend to write blindly. I'll have a rough idea of where I want to end but it's pretty much whatever I can think of that flows.
7   2,583
Started by Palamon

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You ever wanted to be a Lawyer, fellow RPers?

Gelius3, Dec 2021: It is an unique dynamic though. Usually RPs are "Let's all work together for a common goal", where as in this, it'd be more "We're on opposite sides and we gotta deal with eachother in court". The question is if i wanna make it episodical.
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