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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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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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Writing Prompts

Palamon, Jul 10: I'm better at writing my own things. I've never been good with pre determined prompts. I tried it once with a traitor prompt on Twitter, but it just wasn't on par with stuff I write promptless. But, I might try writing based on a prompt again...
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Worldbuilding

Megan, Jul 8: I like to start big and divide the progression of the world in sorta episodal formats. Those are usually just explained in only few details up to the point when the actually important events happen. I also try to keep things fairly contained within...
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Words that still trip you up

Brianurton, Jul 2: LOL! 😂
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Words you tend to avoid

Brianurton, Jul 1: I think it depends on the purpose and genre of the writing. As I watched The Boyz - show, it gives more realism to the show but constraints the audience to +18. I like to avoid curse words as much as possible, too (for now).
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What Education do characters get in your world?

Brianurton, Jul 1: For it is most high-school education. Maybe because it is more interesting to build a story plot around it, but it is just for me. Once I wrote a story where my character used a scholarship essay writing service from a website like...
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"When's the next update"?

starseed galaxy auticorn, Jun 29: Hell if I know. I'm the type that can never finish muk, so I end up not even finishing what I write. ;w; I do usually update quite often though, depending what story I'm working on.
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How many canon characters have you written?

Bay, Jun 28: I've been mainly writing fanfiction, both Pokemon and other fandoms, with mainly canon characters so much I lost count lol. Pokemon my most focused ones have been Grimsley and several characters from the Sun/Moon/Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon games. For Fire...
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Writing Playlist

starseed galaxy auticorn, Jun 23: I tend to have playlists for a lot of my stories. It varies, depending on the type of story I'm actually writing. I do have a general playlist for songs that inspire me when writing and what not. I use Spotify since I also have premium and such.
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Zodiac League

ChaoticOtaku183, Jun 14: I can actually just send the Google and you and others can take a look if you want! However, to sum up the members' personalities, they represent the positive and negative aspects of their respective Zodiacs. Like the Bull is headstrong but is hard...
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How many original characters do you have?

Palamon, Jun 10: Oh, no, I'm good, I know what I'm doing with my ocs, but thank you for the offer, though! I'm just too creative for my own good, LOL.
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Tags

gimmepie, Jun 8: I don't really outside of sticking genre tags on my books when they publish. I mostly only do other writing here on PC which doesn't have a tag function like that.
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Discussion

Things only writers would notice.

gimmepie, May 31: I think you should, as a starting point, really figure out how this entity experiences the world itself because that will dictate much of how it interacts with it.
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Type Chart × Alignment Chart: How does typing impact your characters?

Bay, May 30: Like GP I don't write in the Pokemon perspective all too often. Many times though it's usually the trainer that is guiding their Pokemon in dealing with another Pokemon they have a type disadvantage with.
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How do you view writing?

Venia Silente, May 25: That sounds like a recipe for anxiety tbh. :p Anyway, the way I view it is like watching a movie or telling a book and then trying to tell the story to other people on the subway or at a bus station. I know that people who are there listening...
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How to write a good capture?

gimmepie, May 23: I don't think there really is a right way to write captures. There's just too many different ways to achieve it. So long as there's a reason for your trainer to want to make the capture, it's probably the correct way. In the case of the troublesome...
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Help Request

Thinking of writing a fic, tips appreciated!

Ettenmoor, May 2022: That's basically what I was going to do also thanks for the advice everyone :) If I do it I'll probably just write a couple of chapters to start and see how I feel from there before posting anything.
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Discussion

Breaking the Fourth Wall

Venia Silente, May 2022: I have a dedicated character for fourth wall breaks in my Gates to Infinity storylines (Gamañel, the DLC shop attendant in Making the World Go 'Round), but to be fair the character is canonically a sort of meta character, or works with the meta, so...
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Character creation process

Sonata, Apr 2022: More often than not I take a gander through my character art folder or other inlets. If it's not something that deals with combat oriented stuff, I'll typically scroll through instagram or pixiv until I see something I vibe with aesthetically. Then...
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Urgh, editing

Hyzenthlay, Apr 2022: This is an interesting excerpt I saved from an article somewhere a long time ago... I am most definitely a trickler. Those quotes from William Styron and Dorothy Parker resonate painfully with me! I can fixate on a single sentence for hours...
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Worldbuilding

New Pokemon World ep.1

Venia Silente, Apr 2022: Just closed this seeing as it was a repeat of the thread intended in the fanfiction section. Let us know if you need any help.
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Character Quirks

gimmepie, Apr 2022: I've shared my thoughts on canon characters elsewhere but, as the general gist, I don't think you should write them differently. For my own characters... honestly I don't really go out of my way to give my characters noteworthy quirks? I...
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Longest thing you've ever written vs shortest

CiCi, Apr 2022: Longest thing I've written is an ongoing Lucas Baker fanfiction. It's about 80k words, I think, and not finished yet. Probably gonna be about 100k when it's finally done. I've had several one-shots, usually of fluff and domestic bliss or sick...
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Feedback and Suggestions

DanteS, Apr 2022: Hello everyone! I'm writer and I enjoy writing pokemon inspired articles, here are two examples: Best Pokemon in Legends Arceus Best Pokemon Gym Leaders So, I'm curious. What are some Pokemon topics that you'd be interested in reading...
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Antagonists and Villains

gimmepie, Apr 2022: I... have a hard time answering this I realise. Because the honest answer is that I like any villain who is compelling. Whether that's because they're complicated characters with a lot of depth or because they're so one-dimensionally evil that you...
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Help Request

Looking for beta reader for PMD one-shot

Venia Silente, Mar 2022: Greetings everyone. As the title says: I'm looking for a betareader to work with me on fixing a one-shot for publication during the first weeks of April. Story will be built having Gates to Infinity as a background, so familiarity with the...
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Discussion

Out of Context Scenes

Palamon, Mar 2022: This is part of one of the side stories for my fanfiction, but I can't not throw in the mukpost level thing I wrote that is the stupidest thing I've written ever LOL The whole thing is like 13 paragraphs this whole ass zipper ordeal, but more...
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Backlog chapters? Or post as you go?

Venia Silente, Mar 2022: chuckles cries in one-shots ] Back when I did multichapters, which was like, two or three tops, I built a backlog of around 2 chapters before publishing. Mostly to space out updates and to keep a reasonable schedule, but also because that allowed...
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Where are we?

CiCi, Mar 2022: Ah man this is one of those posts, wherein I feel I want to write a whole novel about my stories, lmao. I will try to resist the urge and be more succinct. _______________ Yvette's story takes place in a world where werebeasts exist, which are...
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10 years ago, what were you writing at that moment?

Bay, Mar 2022: Looking back in my AO3 account, I've written quite a bit of Homestuck and FMA fics! My proudest fic back then was a nine part FMA story that has Roy and Riza dealing with political stuff. Because of its political nature some chapters needed to be...
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Endings

Bay, Mar 2022: I tend to be decent at coming up with endings for my chapters/stories. The types of endings I go for varies, but I generally like chapter endings that leave you wanting to know/read more and happy endings for overall story.
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Character Descriptions: How to Embelish Those Orbs

Palamon, Mar 2022: For humans/humanoid/chimeras, I only mention what clothes they wear once they're introduced unless they're wearing something different the next time the characters meet, it just feels like something I don't have to mention. I also don't mention...
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WIP

Yak Attack, Feb 2022: WIP
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How do you split parts up?

Venia Silente, Feb 2022: Another advantage is that many BBCode sites understand "" or flat out just "" (without the space ofc) so adapting those section cuts across the AO3/HTML and PC/BBCode boundary is one (1) (uno) search-and-replace away, just like the normal...
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Your current word count

Roni, Feb 2022: 3 months ago I started on a random story about a guy wanting to form a band. According to the Google doc, as of Chapter 5 (where I last ended), I'm just a couple hundred words shy of 6,000. I really should add more to it, but I've lost the drive for...
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Titles

Finneari, Feb 2022: I detest titles. I usually wait until I find something good to call my project. Even my webfiction gets put under a temporary project title because I can never decide. I figure I can always rename it at some point.
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Oh, Easter Egg!

CiCi, Feb 2022: It depends. With my Pokemon: Mecha fanfic, since there's so much religious symbolism in it, it's filled with "Easter eggs"/references to the Bible. The nature of the beast. But then some other fics or original works don't fit well with real world...
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Worldbuilding

Pokemon: The Mecha Anime

CiCi, Feb 2022: Giratina = Facing and conquering trauma (conquer) Arceus = Succumbing to trauma (succumb) Rin hurting herself when possessed by Arceus is succumbing. The Great Cleansing is a juxtaposition of succumbing, as it is often seen as the easiest...
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First person, third person, or other?

RadEmpoleon, Feb 2022: Normally I write in third person. I think it's easier to be able to explain what multiple characters are thinking without having to drastically shift perspective in third person rather than in first person. I tried writing a story in second person...
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Cutscene Powers

CiCi, Feb 2022: I love this and I'm going to start using it for poorly set-up/not at all set-up plot devices.
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Cursing in writing

SerperiorSlash, Jan 2022: it depends on the context for me, honestly! when in casual conversation between two characters, i tend to use it as a way to show that the situation isn't in any way formal. but im like 90% sure that's just because i have a sailor mouth irl lmao...
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Do you know Freytag's pyramid?

Megan, Jan 2022: I remember learning a similar structure in school for drama pieces. Didn't know it had that name. I have to say: the "three events" part seems very arbitrary.
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What do you currently have to research?

Eleanor, Jan 2022: might as well bring it up because it's fun but how do I explain it... it kinda has to do with electricity, static, but also reflective / rave clothing, bold fashion styles, and obviously, Pokémon! What could it be... if it happens, and I'm still...
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Character

Roni's OCs (I guess?)

gimmepie, Jan 2022: I love ARCE and MARCE and I want them.
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Character

OC dump

RadEmpoleon, Jan 2022: Right now I'm just building the character. I might write some stories with him and other characters in this made-up universe I've yet to make.
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How creative do you think you are/your writing is?

Vragon2.0, Jan 2022: I think I'm sort of creative. I can come up with ideas and inspirations, but generally need time to really branch them into my own thing or really figure them out. I do think I lack descriptiveness so that kind of gets in the way or maybe is the...
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Falling in love on Christmas day...

Bay, Jan 2022: I've had instances where I romanticized the weather, like getting stuck during a snowstorm or kissing in the rain. Sometimes I also use the weather to foreshadow something or showcase what's bothering someone, like a dream where they're in the...
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Character

CiCi's OC Dumpster Fire

CiCi, Jan 2022: Cerys DeAnn CW: Sexual abuse (including of a minor), trauma, drug abuse, infant death Cerys is a black-haired, grey-eyed woman, raised in a well-to-do family throughout her childhood. Before her paternal uncle, Declan, came into her life and...
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Room for Improvement

Firebolt, Jan 2022: Actually writing! I'd do something like write 5000 words in a burst and then it'll be a good thing if I touch my fic again within a three-month span. Recently though, I tried the trial for Scrivener and found out that it's actually helped me in...
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What draws you away from a story?

Palamon, Jan 2022: I'm going to elaborate a bit more on what draws me away from a story when reading. As a reader, if your story is just dialogue, it won't always draw me away, I've read a few fics that are mostly just talking, and have liked them. But, I suppose if...
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New Years Resolutions for Writing

Vragon2.0, Jan 2022: Learn how to spell "Siegfried"
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