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Writing Resources

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Help shall be given!
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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Plotting out a course

MyFavoriteWordisRollerBlade, Aug 2017: First I come up with my idea, then I work on the sequence of events (incorporating small details/ arcs that I want to see) while doing a lot of world-building exercises, and then I start writing.
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Editing

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Growth

Sonata, May 2017: I feel like I've grown much more in the past year than I did in the year before it but I don't have the depth of writing that I truly want yet. I've gotten much better at actually keeping my stories together and not running off on tangents, but my...
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Prose

Vragon, Jul 2017: It try to avoid repetition as well. Course something I also like to do is separate the dialogue with a clause island that can indicate certain things happening as the speaker talks. I also like using the adverb comma starter of a sentence and...
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Vocab

Ice, May 2017: Used to be a completely valid synonym a century ago :p I don't go out of my way to learn new words. My trick is just to read a lot. It's the difference between visiting a zoo and seeing the animal in the wild. That caged 'verisimilitude' looks...
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Started by Sonata

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The Tip of the Iceberg

Bay, May 2017: I focus more on telling the story I want instead of themes because then the story might feel forced if I try to limit to the theme(s) I'm trying to achieve. The themes just pop up as I write, though I noticed a lot of my stories focus on family,...
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Started by Bardothren

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Writing as a form of venting

Fawful_X, Dec 2017: Well... this is a pretty unusual question for me, lol, due to my tendency towards online interactions meaning that technically, most of what I say is what I write. That said, however, in terms of actual storycraft, I attempt to avoid writing with...
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Showing Off Your OCs

Hiddles Girl, Jul 2017: I use Charahub for many of my OCs/MCs and such. So, I'm going to post my favorite ones from there. Keep in mind that many of them have disabilities and such. XD Main Characters: Olivia Raven Kaitlin Serena & Isabella (twins) Karina
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in the beginning there was an egg

Venia Silente, Jul 2017: Honestly, I have been trying to figure out this post for like three days and I'm actually mentally tired about it so sorry if it feels like some things are disconnected. Please Understand™. I admittedly have written a lot about mythology for my...
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Started by Aisu

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Sylveon Character Ideas! PLEASE!!

Vragon, Jun 2017: While the details you supply are a bit vague and I can agree with ShivaDF on needing more than just this aspect of you character, there's also other things to consider. Since you want her to be quirky you could give her a reason for being quirky....
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Interest in others writing

Venia Silente, Oct 2017: At least you are more consistent than I am. I sometimes hit back on stories I like too, under that pretense that I tell myself and I swear that I can totally finish reading it later. ...Yeah, we all know how that one goes. More recently I...
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Playing Favorites

Sonata, Jul 2017: I try not to play exact favorites (save for Totodile), but I do lean more towards the first two generations of Pokemon for Pokefics. Outside of the realm of Pokemon though, I tend to use a lot of the same archetypes and end up lazily writing a lot...
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Started by Sonata

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Fan Fiction / Rewrites

Sonata, Aug 2017: I'd also like to rewrite parts of Digimon at some point. I know with Time Police I'll be venturing into the Frontier season of it, but I think at some point, after I do some research and gather the energy necessary, I'd like to rewrite Savers or...
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Started by Sonata

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Any ideas for getting over writer's block?

Hiddles Girl, Sep 2017: I listen to music. It's something that helps me focus more than most other things. If you're really eager to write anything, try listening to Pokemon music. :3 I usually just listen to random music or whatever I'm in the mood for. I agree with what...
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Where Will It End?

Vragon, Aug 2017: Depends for me to, but usually what you said Bard. I'm the kinda guy that likes to see/write characters have to fight their way to win and take what comes and who goes.
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Genre

Sonata, Aug 2017: I really like detective novels, but I know I could never bring myself to write one due to all of the information that goes into making a really good one. I feel that if I tried to write one worth reading, I'd end up completely losing myself in it so...
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Started by Sonata

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a whole new world

User19sq, Aug 2017: I usually just start in media res and/or with the exposition, that way the audience can experience the new world alongside the main characters. But I usually start with the idea and keep going as it develops into something.
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Started by Sonata

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Only the best

Sonata, Aug 2017: I venture on to r/writingprompts around once a week and scroll the a dozen or so pages looking for any interesting prompts I can find to spur on a bit of creation. A few of my favorites which I've either got something in the works for or just want...
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Worldbuilding

Question regarding 'PokéSpeak'

Venia Silente, Sep 2017: I have never seen any particular guidelines for marking dialogue for Pokémon, or for nonhumans / nonmains general, when writing i paper or paperlike medium. The availability of stuff like italics is taken for granted (they have been there for over...
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the name is the game

Star Arcana, Sep 2017: Behind the Name's "name themes" section is one of my favourite online resources for a reason; I love meaningful names (be it played straight or subverted). This can range from naming a princess Sarah to calling a militant atheist Christian. I also...
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Started by Sonata

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Make it or break it

Bay, Aug 2017: Lately I try to mix in both action and detail for my beginnings. Some recent examples being New Paths begins with Professor Kukui training with one of his Pokemon and Foul Play with Grimsley losing a battle (that later led him to go to Alola)....
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Relationships in and with Pokemon

Daenerys, Aug 2017: I think I'd need to make some form of PMD explanation if I'd have humans and pokémon be romantic towards each other. Meaning, the pokémon would actually be a human to begin with and would end up as one in the end too or something like that. But it...
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Why do you do it?

Hiddles Girl, Sep 2017: I write because it helps me express myself. I have a harder time expressing myself both verbally and emotionally... so having the ability to write my thoughts really helps. People are usually surprised by my written expressive abilities because...
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The Planning Stage

EmeraldSky, Sep 2017: Planning is sometimes the best part for me--for the Pokemon Anime Remix Project, I actually wrote up very detailed outlines showing which episodes would be cut, which ones could be rewritten to fit my imagined Pokeworld, which ones needed a few...
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Shall I Compare Thee to an Author's Work?

Sonata, Aug 2017: I don't get to review things often, since I don't have a lot of free time and can't catch many things at their start - which would make it much easier for me to comment on something regularly. However, I do like to give and receive a mix of both....
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Co-write?

Wizarmonfan, Aug 2017: I'm looking for someone who will co-write a fic with me where Sir Aaron and his Lucario are reincarnated due to the agreement made by the higher ups. Below is roughly half of the first chapter if anyone is interested. I'm kinda desperate because I...
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Cliches/Tropes

EmeraldSky, Sep 2017: I second the misfits banding together to save the world/do something awesome, and add the "want to be the very best at whatever" "I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was" is Pokemon's mantra, and it is (at least to me) one of the very few...
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#NaNoWriMo2017

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Are you done explaining yet?

Sonata, Oct 2017: I don't think you should just drop in a page full of explanation as to how something works, but rather perhaps a paragraph or two the first time it shows up and is actually recognized, and then elaborate more on it as time goes on but dropping more...
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The more you know?

FlaafyFTW, Sep 2017: Recently getting back into writing over the summer, I've found that writing for me had changed. In order to explain, I guess I'd have to explain a bit more about myself. I'm a Year 6 teacher in a primary school and with the 2014/15 overhaul of...
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Submit

Sonata, Sep 2017: Have you ever tried submitting a short story to a magazine? There's a lot of opportunities out there for both physical and digital submissions, but until now I'd never really thought about trying my luck at one of them. I'm currently struggling to...
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What are your favorite things to write or develop?

Astinus, Oct 2017: I was another one that said that my favorite thing to develop was character interactions, and I can give you some sort of answer. Watching my characters interact with one another is pretty darn fascinating. By placing two or more characters...
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Interesting interests

Sonata, Oct 2017: As far as Pokemon goes, I haven't really delved into Jack or Lappe's interests much in NWO since there's really no room for it at the moment. The only thing I've really mentioned or paid much attention to in their case is that they liked to smoke...
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A strangely real-life view of the Pokémon world

Sonata, Oct 2017: I think part of it has to do with how you want to perceive the gym leaders as well. If you want to see them as an actual challenge for people of all ages and a means to eventually reach the elite four, then you could say that actually being a...
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Attack

Sonata, Nov 2017: I try to imagine how the Pokemon themselves would normally duke it out, and then try and decide how that would change with their personal quirks and their surroundings. I try to go ahead and choreograph everything first and lay that out, then come...
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Writing Pokemon in Your 'fics

Junier, Nov 2017: To Bay -- that's a fair reason. I would assert, though, that not inherently personifying Pokemon renders them "emotionless." Then again, if your objective is to make your 'fics as digestible to the fandom at large as possible, it'd be easiest to...
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Started by Junier

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If you held the pen

Astinus, Nov 2017: This thread has summoned me to talk about my pet project. So my pet project that I have been working on for the past several years is a complete rewrite of Digimon Zero Two, the second season of the anime. I have the entire plot redone, have...
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Started by Vragon

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Writing with "skill points" in mind

Venia Silente, Dec 2017: Honestly, at most I use a sort of skills point system in order to categorize my Pokémon characters' overall progress and variance in battling ability, but not for hard -not even medium- commitments of "who would beat who in a fight". (Not that I...
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What's your fav first gen pokemon?

Bay, Dec 2017: Hey, so I noticed you already posted this thread in the First Generation section, I'm going to have to close this. While I'm assuming you're asking something creative here, I'm a bit confused what you're asking. Like what scenarios we think certain...
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Little Help Here

Fawful_X, Dec 2017: Going by traditional starter pokemon, I'd suggest Chespin due to how it is capable of making use of sign language as a bipedal pokemon, and the protective, knight-like aspect it gets as it evolves. Assuming we don't go that route... honestly,...
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Which crossover ensembles you're wants to see (in fanworks)?

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Masonicon, Dec 2017: I'm asking crossover ensemble choices you're like to see and here's how I make these crossovers work(at least in my Mega-crossover project): when I do crossover ensemble between Sora, Riku, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy (Kingdom Hearts); Ash, Misty,...
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2018 Writing Resolutions

.Eclipseon., Jan 2018: My 2018 resolution is to fully launch Acensionverse, an alternate timeline and expanded universe to the various official canons. So far I have about 20 titles sketched out, it's just narrowing it down to which title I want to officially launch it...
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Started by Astinus

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Preperations before writing

Bay, Jan 2018: Usually I would plan out a few beginning and ending scenes and get some notes on characterization and places ready before I start writing. During the writing stage I might sometimes wing it on some middle scenes and/or change the direction of a...
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People change

lv255, Jan 2018: For time skips, I try to only describe the changes to a character if they've undergone significant ones. Like, I try not to do any time skips unless something big happens in between, anyway. So usually when I pick back up at the tail end of the...
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Started by Sonata

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My first fanfiction: Looking for suggestions

Wawi2018, Jan 2018: Thanks for your suggestion. I'll choose one of them in a matter of time. ^^ I will give my best to the upcoming fanfiction
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New Fanfiction Idea: Pokémon Origins 2

Wawi2018, Jan 2018: The problem is, I don't have a computer/laptop yet. I may probably get one in a year or two. But then, I'd be busy as academics gets serious in 10th grade in my country. So, I won't be able to use the system because my parents won't allow me to....
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Questions about Ash Ketchum for My Story Ideas

Vragon, Feb 2018: That's why practice makes while not perfect, make experience and improvement. Look, I don't want to sound like "that guy", but the more you let you autism affect how you think you can write the more of an obstacle it will be. If you have trouble...
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Clickbait version of your fic titles/You Have To Try Out This Fun Game

Astinus, Jan 2018: Just going to do a general summary because I couldn't think of much for each part. Long Twilight Struggle - What happens when children don't have parental supervision? Number five will make you cry! Amazing that both bobandbill and I used...
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Started by bobandbill

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Different Starter for Ash

.Eclipseon., Jan 2018: AUs have so much potential! I'm personally inclined towards the electrike, because it has greater mobility without being so crushable as the spinarak. (Shellder is a difficult species to make fully interactive because it's so stationary, and gligar...
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Started by Verseity

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Team Rocket's Meowth joining Ash's Team

CoolCaper, Feb 2018: Maybe if Jessie and James died tragically due to a scheme gone wrong then Meowth would blame Giovanni and the rest of the team by extension and defect? That's honestly the only way I could see it going down, because, bickering aside, those three are...
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