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Writing Resources

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Venia Silente, Sep 2020: It's a good thing to see all these additions. Frankly, it's time this thread is overhauled rehauled, and having an influx of new tools is a major welcome. So far we seem to be covering enough areas - from writing processors to writing and planning...
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One tip a day, keeps writer's block away!

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Mimicking Mimikyu, Nov 18: Only write when you want to. Don't try to force it.
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Flash Fiction Week #29

Bay, Sep 2015: Time for Week 29! Welcome to the flash fiction challenge! If you want to write, but don't have any ideas or need a break from your current one, then this is the place for you. Flash fiction is where you write a very short story about a prompt...
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Flash Fiction Week #30

Bay, Sep 2015: This week's prompt brought to you by the weather. Not sorry for the Welcome to Nightvale reference. Welcome to the flash fiction challenge! If you want to write, but don't have any ideas or need a break from your current one, then this is the...
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I'm done! Now what?

VisualJae, Oct 2015: I usually start hunting for more content to consume prior to finishing a series (whatever medium it may be). For writing or creating content, I usually have a backlog of a bunch of ideas I feel are worth exploring. So after completing (or giving...
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Flash Fiction Week #31

Bay, Sep 2015: A yummy prompt for this week! Welcome to the flash fiction challenge! If you want to write, but don't have any ideas or need a break from your current one, then this is the place for you. Flash fiction is where you write a very short story about...
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he looks like...

Delirious Absol, Nov 2015: I used to write paragraphs of descriptions, but after reading writing books and tips I've stopped doing that now. It keeps the flow of the story going, and depending on the point of view it's more realistic, especially if the characters already know...
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Started by Aisu

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Flash Fiction Week #32

Bay, Sep 2015: Time for week 32! Welcome to the flash fiction challenge! If you want to write, but don't have any ideas or need a break from your current one, then this is the place for you. Flash fiction is where you write a very short story about a prompt...
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Started by Bay

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Can someone help me remember these books?

Sylphiel, Oct 2015: Mention of a falcon and someone living in the woods immediately made me think of My Side of the Mountain. Not entirely sure if that's the book you're thinking of though, since it's a pet falcon in that case instead of rescue falcon, and it's not...
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Started by countryemo

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The many frustrations of writing~

Bounsweet, Oct 2015: Usually when I develop stories, I have a bunch of little scenes and ideas I would like to implement so I sort of just throw them all on a page. The hardest part for me is putting them together chronologically in a way that makes sense and develops...
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Flash Fiction Week #33

Bay, Oct 2015: October's here! Halloween's here a little early this early. =P Welcome to the flash fiction challenge! If you want to write, but don't have any ideas or need a break from your current one, then this is the place for you. Flash fiction is where...
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Slice of Life Scenarios

Psychic, Oct 2015: I personally don't tend to seek out self-described slice-of-life narratives, but my experience is that, as mentioned, there tend to be a lot of tropes around which the whole arcs are based. It's great if you want to stick with those, but there's...
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Flash Fiction Week #34

Bay, Oct 2015: Another Halloween theme prompt this week! Welcome to the flash fiction challenge! If you want to write, but don't have any ideas or need a break from your current one, then this is the place for you. Flash fiction is where you write a very short...
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National Novel Writing Month 2015

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Delirious Absol, Dec 2015: Thanks NidoKingdra ^_^ Well done to all those who reached 50k and accomplished their individual goals =D
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Flash Fiction Week #35

Bay, Oct 2015: Halloween's just around the corner! Welcome to the flash fiction challenge! If you want to write, but don't have any ideas or need a break from your current one, then this is the place for you. Flash fiction is where you write a very short story...
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Flash Fiction Week #36

Bay, Oct 2015: Last Halloween prompt! Because NaNo is coming up Flash Fics will be taking a short hiatus. Also during that time I plan to do a thread concerning how to liven up the prompts and also other stuff for this section, so keep a lookout for that! ...
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The Thinking Writer's Guide to Pokemon Fanfiction

SeleneHime, Nov 2015: - - - - - “English is the sort to mug other languages in dark alleys and sift through their pockets for loose grammar and vocabulary.” - James D. Nicoll (Paraphrased) Linguists and conlangers can appreciate the fact that language is an...
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Favourite fairy tales?

acatfrommars, Dec 2015: I'm not a big fairy tale guy, and I haven't read many since I was like 7. However, I have read some of the 1001 Nights lately for a class and some of those tails are really dark. I also thought that it was interesting because it reflects the culture...
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how do you open your story

Hiddles Girl, Nov 2015: It's really hard to explain. I guess I just try to think of the main character. I write my stories in first person, so it usually starts out with the their thoughts. I'm actually really bad at starting stories. If I don't do it properly, I always...
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Started by Garison

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Had an idea for a PMD-like fanfic recently, but no idea where to start.

Bounsweet, Nov 2015: Oh, I gotcha! If you're going for the more direct approach of just a bounty hunter, you can work with more traditional tropes like perhaps the pursuit of one elusive bounty in particular or something even more sinister. I think with bounty hunters...
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A new Pokemon Story

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Pikafan5, Nov 2015: I was thinking about doing another story about Tracy and Trisha Blankenship. They will be going on a Pokemon journey together. Feel free to also pick which starter they should have.
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The reading club.

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countryemo, Jan 2016: Yeah I figured, the movie seemed pretty bare bones. So willing to give that a read. What about Percy Jackson, I mean I already read most, but its a fun read, though maybe reading the past books, while still reading the current ones would be...
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Started by Johnny

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When you have writer's block...

Sonata, Dec 2015: Going to sleep, watching an anime, getting on a skype chat, playing a video game or listening to music usually helps. Forcing yourself to write through your block helps too even if you scrap it when you're done because you might get halfway through...
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Focus: characters / world / plot?

Nolafus, Jan 2016: I live for characters, so they're my favorite part of any story, whether I'm writing or reading it. Despite this, I normally start on my plot, then go to world building, then the characters. People are shaped by the world around them, and if I can...
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Started by moon

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Books you actually read in school

JJ Styles, Dec 2015: I don't exactly remember when in grade school did we were assigned to Island of the Blue Dolphins as a requirement in our English class but that was one of the books that I genuinely liked a lot. At first, I didn't feel encouraged because of it...
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The Name Game

Psychic, Jan 2016: It sounds like you haven't been introduced to Taako the high-elf wizard, or Magic Brian the wizard and his giant spider, Bryan. (D&D comedy podcasts are the best.) I don't usually attempt to be "deep" in my naming schemes (whatever that means). I...
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Main Characters

bobandbill, Dec 2015: I usually work out my main character - or their details - after working out how they fit into the story through an iterative process. I tent to have a loose plot and events with some setting laid out first, then the character, then how the character...
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Poetry in Prose

Bay, Jan 2016: To be honest I don't think I can pull off putting some poetry in my writing without ruining the tone/mood I was going for. I think a lot of the things I wrote isn't too deep, so I rarely attempt that kind of prose. I do try to make every word count...
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2015! How many stories...

The T.K, Dec 2015: Huh....I started a lot but didnt finish much this year xD Just counted and Ive started 6 projects with only 2 completed this year >_> Incomplete: A novel about a trainee assassin(Granted, I started this in December) A novel about a refugee...
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Where do you post your fics?

Bay, Jan 2016: For Tumblr, yeah it's structured like a blog. What most people do is a lot of times for organizing they'll tag their fics (like "fic post", "pokemon fanfic", etc) and then there's a masterlist link somewhere in their blog. As for...
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Villains: Forces and Meanies.

Ice, Jan 2016: That's why I said can, haha. Plenty of villains that see their own actions as righteous. But with modern values, people that don't adhere to that certainly can recognize so. I think Bardo hit the nail on the head with his last comment. It's really...
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Hardest aspects of writing fan fiction

Psychic, Jan 2016: Plotting is my biggest weakness, and it's the reason I only write short stories. I tend to keep plots simple and small-scale, as anything else tends to be a struggle for me. I also find that creating a satisfying ending can be tough, but I've gotten...
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Character Similarity

Bay, Jan 2016: Same here. A lot of my original characters tend to be someone having a different personality from me. For instance, they tend to be more outgoing while I'm pretty quiet in real life.
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A Finished Fanfiction Library [AUTHOR INDEX]

Daenerys, Jan 2016: Updated with two chaptered stories! Bay gave me permission to post here :3 DarkSilBlu: Pokemon adventures DarkSilver/LightGold chapters Bardothren: Through the Aura Congratulations for finishing your stories!
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Fanfiction not updated in years

LauriJ, Jan 2016: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5269598/1/The-Dog-The-Girl-and-The-Walk-in-Closet Here's an example of a fanfiction that I found very compelling. Too bad the last update is like 3 years ago...
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Poetry

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Childhood Favorites!

Aslan, Jan 2016: Harry Potter was my favourite series when I was younger and it still remains as something I hold really close to me. I started reading the first book when I was about 7 and the idea of magic, the wizarding world and a lot of the other things...
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Started by Palamon

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Coverse about your fanfics! #nojudgezone

Bay, Jan 2016: Hi! While I understand you want us to talk about our fics in a more conversed setting (and I'm actually hoping to have the Fanfic and Writing forum be more laxed), I'm actually going to have to close this thread for a few reasons. 1) You can...
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Title + Opening Act Feedback

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Writing a more mature Pokmon story

Bay, Feb 2016: Hi, there. I remember you posting your idea in the Plot Bunny thread and it looks like you started off your story. If you have noticed, I took down the link of the first chapter of your story because as I mentioned, you must post your story here...
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Writing a more mature Pokmon story

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Mary Sues and You: Avoiding Common Character-Building Pitfalls

Psychic, Feb 2016: This was a neat little essay. I've been in the Pokemon fic community for awhile, and the question of what causes Mary-Sues and how to fix them comes up time and time again, and it's great seeing people trying to address that. I appreciate that you...
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Some advice/peer review for an essay(?)

Bay, Feb 2016: Oh, I apologize for not replying in this thread earlier as I somehow missed it. You already posted your essay and I mentioned this to you privately, but we have a Nonfiction prefix for, well, stuff like essays heh. So yeah, you're fine. While...
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Plausibility - Altering time lines in a fic

VisualJae, Mar 2016: Use Giratina and the concept of anti-matter. Cancel cancel, topsy-turvy. Hit reset button. Different dimension. You play with it. Or just have someone use EMP and break technology.
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Need help with The Journey Through Kalos

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Psychic, Mar 2016: I read through your fic thus far, and from what I've seen I don't think journal entries are necessary. It wouldn't really add anything to the story. The journal entries would probably just talk about what already happened in that chapter, and...
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pokemon intelligence

Bay, Mar 2016: So, just incase, any other mentions of Farla should be in private and not in this thread anymore. There isn't any heated discussion about them or anything here fortunately, but I thought I should put it out there. In regards to the topic, I think...
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When did you start writing?

Enasencca, May 2016: If I remember correctly, I started writing since the 3rd grade, though I only started pursuing it seriously when I was eleven or twelve.
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What are you writing?

Inspector-Spinda, May 2016: I have a series of one-shots on Team Rocket characters I finished and a Giovanni/team rocket au backstory on hiatus. I also have a pokemonxpokemon romance in the works. Hopefully not too cliche
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How do you develop your stories?

FangTheQuilava, Apr 2016: Honestly, I just start with an idea. A simple idea. The idea beomes the title, and I expand upon it as I write my stories to develop a plot that slowly grows more... intense as the events go on. In short, I just get an idea, and barge into...
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Started by starseed galaxy auticorn

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Classics you don't rate

Biogoji, Apr 2016: Thank you. This book did more harm then good Lennon got shot and it bored me to death.
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Started by Charlie Brown

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Who are your author inspirations?

Bay, Mar 2016: In terms of writing advice, Neil Gaiman and Lin-Manuel Miranda no I won't stop mentioning Hamilton here. I admit to only reading a few short stories of Gaiman, but he often offers good writing advice. Same thing with Lin-Manuel even though he's more...
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Started by starseed galaxy auticorn

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Your work space

FangTheQuilava, Apr 2016: I just write wherever I want to, as long as my mom lets me do so in said places. However, I find myself doing it on computer often.
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