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What types of stories do you like to write?

starseed galaxy auticorn, Nov 2018: I like to write romance/drama stuff. Most of my stories are in the "slice of life" genre as well. I tend to write things that have to do with the MC being disabled since I'm disabled myself... so it's pretty much something that comes natural to me,...
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Writing programs!

Hiddles Girl, Nov 2018: I use Scrivener on my iPad. My laptop is far too old to be saving anything on. Plus, it's easier if I travel to have Scrivener. That way, I can still try to work on my story while being out and about. I use Scrivener for pretty much everything as...
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Started by Sheep

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Male or female protagonists?

Homeskulled Kid, Nov 2018: Females used to be my jam up until this year. I've always been drawn to them, and especially when they're placed in Rey-esque stories. Then I experimented with male characters and things clicked much better, and I had a lot more freedom with fight...
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Started by Homeskulled Kid

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Ambition

FlaafyFTW, Nov 2018: It's always been something I've loved but haven't had a creative outlet to share on/to (aside from here). As said by some others, I suffer from the curse of not being a finisher - I get so many ideas and I want to get them down or I will have a...
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Started by Ice

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Starter before the Start

Bay, Oct 2018: Yeah I also go for the starters from skilled breeders route. This hasn't been mentioned in Foul Play but I might have a chance to later on, in Alola the starters are breed specifically as roles for the trainers beginning their journey, though there...
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Started by Venia Silente

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need help with special chapter 1

Venia Silente, Oct 2018: Agreeing with Bay regarding the general idea of an outline. If you have one in progress I would volunteer to give it a look, it is easier to see in an outline than in the intended draft / product the potential ways the story can go. As a general...
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Started by popplio25

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Free write

FlameChrome, Sep 2018: Ok so in my creative writing class, we do a thing called a free write. Where you keep writing for a certain amount of time (6 to 10 minutes) and just keep going, never stopping until times up. So it might help some writers. Give it a try, write for...
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Considerations

gimmepie, Sep 2018: Worth noting, I suppose, I went for a custom region instead. We'll have to wait and see ho that works out.
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need help on writing chapter 3

Bay, Sep 2018: Ok, my apologies for getting the two mixed up. Seems you have a basis on what you'll be writing then. Unless there's still something you're unsure of, all you need to do is get to it!
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Started by popplio25

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song for my special chapter 3 - roko's dilemma

popplio25, Aug 2018: i want to have roko sing a song, but i'm not sure what, though & i don't know where to put it :confused: here's most of the chapter i've thought up so far - https://sta.sh/0566cl7feih *i haven't gotten far into the chapter yet... i'm kinda...
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ideas for lyrics

Bay, Aug 2018: Hm, listening to a bit of that song and having read one or two parts of your story long ago, to be honest I'm not sure that's the best theme music for your story? That music sounds more in the lines of a fantasy story to be honest. If you still...
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Pokemon Fanfic OC Ideas and Cliches!

MorningDragon, Aug 2018: So many good answers in this thread so far! Thanks! I was never on-board with the chosen one idea because it unnecessarily brings in themes of destiny and prophecy into a story. Heroism can occur from any place and to any one, it's not just...
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Started by MorningDragon

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they're not, FRom here,; these pokémon

Bay, Jun 2018: Hi there! So I noticed you posted this thread and another thread, Ghetto Da Tze. The former I moved it to the fanfic section as it looks it a proper first chapter for a story. This thread though, besides perhaps serves as extra material for your...
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Started by honiker

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Due to the Dead: Rites and Customs in the Pokémon World

Bay, May 2018: I recently referenced death in the second chapter of Foul Play. In it Grimsley goes to Hau'oli Cemetery and is reminded of his father's funeral. Even though there are various stories of humans turning into ghost Pokemon (and even working with a...
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Started by Venia Silente

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Editing

lorante, May 2018: I very often edit my posts and texts, because I always try to get the most correct and better to convey my thoughts to the audience. Often, I kind of "catch up" some kind of thought and I can rewrite some sentence or a whole paragraph. This is...
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Started by Ice

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Original Story Feedback

JabaWaba, Apr 2018: Thank you! and I am sorry about posting this here then. I was unaware. Should've probably read the rules better lol. Also I would definitely appreciate anything you could offer! Means a lot. These links should work. Chapter 1-12 Chapter 13-23
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Started by JabaWaba

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Kudos to Characters! (Local Edition)

Bay, Apr 2018: Oh this seems like a cool thread! I would also suggest to recommend/give kudos to writers that do canon characters because writing canon characters isn't easy either! Now, I'll give a shout out to icomeanon6's characters in Will Somebody Stop...
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Started by Vragon2.0

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Fairy Tail : The Devil's Awakening!

Wawi2018, Apr 2018: •• Summary : Join the adventures of the mage, Aiden along with his comrades of the Fiore's strongest guild as his legend unfolds infront of us. The pages of adventure, action, romance and much more is to come as the book of magic opens up....
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Camp NaNo Thread

Ice, Apr 2018: April's Camp NaNo started today! An off-shoot of November's National Novel Writing Month, camp nano offers a similar premise: write. Set your personal goal, be it a 50k word novel, a 100k word novel, or writing an hour today, and join a cabin with...
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Started by Ice

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Outlines

Astinus, Mar 2018: With outlines, we start with just the basic "one sentence" plot, and figure out what else needs to go in there that the characters need to do. With those ideas in mind, we go through a basic summary of each chapter, since we know that there's going...
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Started by Ice

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I've always wanted to write...

Bay, Mar 2018: There's one Pokemon idea I have where a couple characters from X/Y go to the Pokemon World Tournament in Unova, and they end up being dragged in an attempted assassination attempt. Two big problems being faced are how one character is able to get...
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Started by Ice

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What's the coolest thing about your current story?

Vragon2.0, Mar 2018: Depends on the work. PMD#2: Culture and overall lore Shattered Crests: Really delving into characters and their struggles in a flawed world (unnamed original work) The characters and their overall drift out from all they know and trying to...
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Started by Ice

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Writing is Interacting

Bay, Mar 2018: A bit off tangent here, but this is why I tell people to go check out other people's works whenever they complain no one's reading their work. Sure, you might get lucky to get a handful of comments and such if you're in sites like FFnet and Archive...
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Started by Ice

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Capitalizing Pokemon or not?

Bun_Bun, Mar 2018: I tend to just capitalize them all the time, really unaware people actually get offended by such things xD I think as long as you stay consistent and not fluctuate too much between capitalizing and uncapitalizing you should be fine.
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Started by VisionofMilotic

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Is A Coordinator owning BOTH a Growlithe and a Vulpix OP?

Bay, Feb 2018: As the others mentioned, it all depends on the execution. I think as long as you showcase your Pokemon's strengths and weaknesses, you should be fine. With that said, a coordinator having two fire types can make for some interesting performances.
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Started by CoolCaper

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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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Started by JBJB710

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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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Started by Verseity

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Read my fics at Fanfiction Net

Daenerys, Feb 2018: Hello! As stated in the Fanfiction & Writing rules, you should put your story as text in posts on these forums and not link to other sites. Please keep that in mind, and feel free to create a thread in Fan Fiction & Writing and show us some...
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Started by withheld

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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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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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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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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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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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Started by Wawi2018

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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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Started by Wawi2018

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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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Which crossover ensembles you're wants to see (in fanworks)?

Poll
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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Started by Masonicon

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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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Started by Sonata

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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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Started by Mille Sorrisi

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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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Started by Fawful_X

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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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Started by beclet

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#NaNoWriMo2017

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Started by starseed galaxy auticorn

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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 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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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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Started by Sonata

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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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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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Started by Vragon

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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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Started by starseed galaxy auticorn

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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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Started by Vragon

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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...
11   2,997
Started by Sonata

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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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