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Writer's Lounge

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

Section Staff: Venia Silente, Bay, gimmepie

Featured

One tip a day, keeps writer's block away!

CiCi, Mar 17: Go to one of those dictionary websites and look up the Word of the Day! Write it down in your own way so you can learn its meaning and expand your vocabulary (and try to find times to use it in speech and writing!). Words have specific connotations...

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Started by Last Thursday

Help Thread

Writing Resources

(2 pages)

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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Started by Dagzar

Character

Kory's big Chimera Oc thread

Palamon, Aug 5: Welcome, one and all to... this post that'll be known as: The Oc Graveyard . What is that, might you ask? These are all the ocs that died at some time before or during the lore. Want to learn more about them in depth, I have a collection of...

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Started by Palamon

Help Request

mystery dungeon episode title ideas + natures for certain pokemon

(3 pages)

popplio25, Aug 4: hi! how's it going? :>

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Started by popplio25

Discussion

A Battle Revolution story?

Venia Silente, Jul 31: It's hard to believe other people remember that Battle Revolution exists, too! Good luck with this idea btw. I don't remember much of BR myself but in very general terms of ideas: Battle Revolution as a setting is prime for a Tournament Arc....

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Started by Adam's IQ

Discussion

Avril makes flowers blossom... - let's talk Character Names!

Venia Silente, Jul 26: As a general rule I don't do naming theme "meanings" or "influences" (other than eg.: family line or patro/matronymic systems) that leak out-of-universe simply because in-universe in most universes names don't work that way. I don't know anyone...

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Started by Eleanor

Discussion

Where do you write?

Bay, Jul 22: I actually first use Notepad ++ because of it's two view feature where one view I can write and in another view I have notes in front of me. I then c/p into Google Docs and fix typos on the spot.

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Started by Palamon

Discussion

review on my heartgold randomized type-swap playthrough made-up backlore/info

popplio25, Jul 17: anyone else want to? :> *above post* *i do wonder how it would be in the pokemon yellow one *in kanto... aka ''tokan region* *

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Started by popplio25

Discussion

"My Starter is better than yours!" -- Writing rivalry

gimmepie, Jul 16: Deacon is unrivalled. There is no comparison to his good boy energy.

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Started by Venia Silente

Discussion

Most messed up things you've ever written?

Vielleroue, Jul 10: Scariest: Probably the ending of an old Pokémon fic in which a captured Zorua (the titular "Captured Illusion") made its captor disappear without a trace. That was not the end though, it was the Fairy Tale Girls around laughing about it that gave me...

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Started by Palamon

Discussion

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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Started by Bay

Discussion

Why do you write?

Auticorn, Jul 9: It's not really just a hobby actually. I usually write because it's a good way for me to express myself. I have a tendency to struggle with both verbal and emotional expression due to autism... but yet when I'm writing, I found that the words come...

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Started by gimmepie

Discussion

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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Started by gimmepie

Discussion

Words that still trip you up

Brianurton, Jul 2: LOL! 😂

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Started by CiCi

Discussion

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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Started by Palamon

Discussion

Writing timeframe

Brianurton, Jul 1: I think checking nursing papers is not relevant here.

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Started by Palamon

Discussion

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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Started by Venia Silente

Discussion

"When's the next update"?

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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Started by Palamon

Discussion

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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Started by Palamon

Discussion

Writing Playlist

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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Started by Palamon

Discussion

Writing relationships

Bay, Jun 18: Having written quite a bit of romance lately, it depends on the point of the two characters' romantic relationship are in at the moment. Some I wrote where there's a bit of slow burn going and some mutual pining that eventually ends with a kiss (or...

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Started by Palamon

Discussion

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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Started by ChaoticOtaku183

Worldbuilding

The Chimera Lore Thread

Palamon, Jun 10: Hello, and welcome to the lore thread for my Genshin Impact alterative universe. I cannot promise this will be short, as there is a lot to go over. None of this in particular is spoilers for my fanfiction, but is an explanation of the lore behind...

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Started by Palamon

Discussion

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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Started by Palamon

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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Started by Palamon

Discussion

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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Started by Venia Silente

Discussion

Rewriting

Venia Silente, May 27: I rewrite very few times. Try to avoid it at all if possible. Instead, I prefer to do "Updated Releases" or "Director's Cut" to post the complete version as it would have been, since many of the reasons why I need to update or rewrite are tied to...

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Started by Palamon

Discussion

How similar are you to your characters?

Bravestone, May 27: I noticed, that my characters and me often have similar features

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Started by Palamon

Discussion

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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Started by Palamon

Discussion

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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Started by Ettenmoor

Discussion

"Mary Sues"

Vragon2.0, May 18: Many people use the term without really understanding what it honestly means. The attributes that make a Mary Sue are not simply the individual aspects, but the sum of them all in manners that warp the plot around the character. Ways that conflict...

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Started by Palamon

Discussion

Crafting Dialogue

Hyzenthlay, May 5: I nearly always stick with the basic "said" or simple tags along those lines, because it's a filler word in our minds and we smoothly go over it, compared to more elaborate tags of course. I used to think "said" was too boring when I began writing...

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Started by Palamon

Discussion

Character Birthdays

Venia Silente, May 4: Birthdays... that's something I've more or less decided for a few characters. In general terms I don't worry much about it because in their general lives, being born one day or week or another doesn't make much difference. Instead I tend to think of...

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Started by Palamon

Help Request

Thinking of writing a fic, tips appreciated!

Ettenmoor, May 4: 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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Started by Ettenmoor

Discussion

Breaking the Fourth Wall

Venia Silente, May 1: 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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Started by Palamon

Discussion

Character creation process

Sonata, Apr 26: 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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Started by Palamon

Discussion

Urgh, editing

Hyzenthlay, Apr 20: 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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Started by Bay

Worldbuilding

New Pokemon World ep.1

Venia Silente, Apr 11: 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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Started by excusemeprincess

Discussion

Character Quirks

gimmepie, Apr 10: 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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Started by Palamon

Discussion

Longest thing you've ever written vs shortest

CiCi, Apr 6: 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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Started by Palamon

Feedback and Suggestions

DanteS, Apr 5: 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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Started by DanteS

Discussion

Antagonists and Villains

gimmepie, Apr 1: 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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Started by gimmepie

Help Request

Looking for beta reader for PMD one-shot

Venia Silente, Mar 31: 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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Started by Venia Silente

Discussion

Out of Context Scenes

Palamon, Mar 28: 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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Started by CiCi

Discussion

Backlog chapters? Or post as you go?

Venia Silente, Mar 23: 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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Started by Bay

Discussion

Where are we?

CiCi, Mar 17: 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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Started by gimmepie

Discussion

10 years ago, what were you writing at that moment?

Bay, Mar 14: 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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Started by Palamon

Discussion

Endings

Bay, Mar 9: 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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Started by Palamon

Discussion

Character Descriptions: How to Embelish Those Orbs

Palamon, Mar 4: 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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Started by Venia Silente

Worldbuilding

The Heiwa Region v2 (Approved by Esperance)

Petuh 2.0, Feb 27: https://i.imgur.com/Mfspv9C.png Hello! You may remember the thread "The Heiwa Region" by Esperance, back in 2015. It was about a region, initially created for The World of PokeCommunity, that featured a heavy roleplaying aspect, as well as a ROM...

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Started by Petuh 2.0

Discussion

How do you split parts up?

Venia Silente, Feb 27: 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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Started by Palamon

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One tip a day, keeps writer's block away!

Writing Resources

Kory's big Chimera Oc thread

mystery dungeon episode title ideas + natures for certain pokemon

A Battle Revolution story?

Avril makes flowers blossom... - let's talk Character Names!

Where do you write?

review on my heartgold randomized type-swap playthrough made-up backlore/info

"My Starter is better than yours!" -- Writing rivalry

Most messed up things you've ever written?

Writing Prompts

Why do you write?

Worldbuilding

Words that still trip you up

Words you tend to avoid

Writing timeframe

What Education do characters get in your world?

"When's the next update"?

How many canon characters have you written?

Writing Playlist

Writing relationships

Zodiac League

The Chimera Lore Thread

How many original characters do you have?

Tags

Things only writers would notice.

Type Chart × Alignment Chart: How does typing impact your characters?

Rewriting

How similar are you to your characters?

How do you view writing?

How to write a good capture?

"Mary Sues"

Crafting Dialogue

Character Birthdays

Thinking of writing a fic, tips appreciated!

Breaking the Fourth Wall

Character creation process

Urgh, editing

New Pokemon World ep.1

Character Quirks

Longest thing you've ever written vs shortest

Feedback and Suggestions

Antagonists and Villains

Looking for beta reader for PMD one-shot

Out of Context Scenes

Backlog chapters? Or post as you go?

Where are we?

10 years ago, what were you writing at that moment?

Endings

Character Descriptions: How to Embelish Those Orbs

The Heiwa Region v2 (Approved by Esperance)

How do you split parts up?