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Larkian
Level 75
The Tactician
Joined: 5/15/2018
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Posted: 1/18/2021 at 12:09 AM
Post #601
What would I do without you Hiraeth ehhehh
I wanna say dialogue, but only in the case of more banter-y things? Not dialogue that actually moves the plot, just more of filler dialogue. I could write it for ages xD
I may or may not currently have a WIP scene that's 90% banter now because I got tired of seriously moving the story along and instead ended up making the characters argue like a married couple or siblings while doing everything.
If I have a clear layout of what I want to accomplish, I'd probably tie dialogue and description (action's sort of meh, I don't really write long action scenes too much so I'm not sure). I can only 'easily' write dialogue and description if I have a sort of agenda in mind, like what I want the dialogue to accomplish, or if I have a clear image of what I'm describing. Dialogue, because it just flows easy if I know what I want to do, and descriptions are just fun. Word pictures eeeh.
Oh and here's my dialogue rant
I've read a few books in which the dialogue sounds alright in the book but would sound extremely weird in real life. Like, people are saying (not narrating, just literally explaining to another characters) things like "The fairies flew towards me, blinding me with their prismatic wings. I was dazzled, and I felt like I would jump off a cliff for them. Then I tripped over a stray branch, hit my head on a rock, started bleeding profusely from the hairline, and passed out with my face half an inch from a spider," when in reality the description wouldn't be so weirdly eloquent xD More like "I think they were fairies or something, I dunno. I didn't get a good look, but I remember they were really shiny. I think I was trying to follow them, and then I don't know, I must've tripped, and... that's all I remember."
AAaaaanyways, I would love to write by hand because I have too many notebooks and it's cool, but I don't like how messy and kinda inconvenient it gets, so I never do.
Not sure but it's probably not a lot, I usually tend to do things where I have a random idea, actively work out a few details of worldbuilding and such for it (but not thoroughly), then write one scene and proceed shove it aside, lol. I honestly move on too quickly from things for me to have made a comprehensive world/storyline for anything. But I'm still trying :') Right now I just have a ton of outta-context scenes, so it's not too impressive heh
I mean, atm I sorta have a world? But all of the characters have pretty drastically different lore/story things because I never wrote them with an actual storyline in mind, they're all just sorta chilling on their own respective missions. Like, they have development and stuff happened/is happening, but it's not an actual comprehensive storyline.
I probably could write them into one big thing, but it would be weird, because it's far too long to be shoved into one, but would not work as an actual series or anything, because, uh reasons I don't feel like explaining because I'm in a rush now hh. I also kinda prefer them separate, because I don't want to change their storylines drastically after I torture them and stuff. Like, their relationships and things would likely be all different after I write it, whether it was intentional or not, and I currently have them set at a certain point I like.
Anyways, no one asked for that, but I wanted it out uh, yeah sorry about that xD
Edited By Larkien on 1/18/2021 at 12:14 AM.
Stringworms
Level 68
Majestic Ice Carver
Joined: 12/13/2020
Threads: 105
Posts: 3,186
Posted: 1/18/2021 at 8:51 AM
Post #602
thank you! i'm kind of nervous about stuff like that ^^;
Hiraeth
Level 75
Hand of Destiny
Joined: 7/14/2015
Threads: 187
Posts: 2,685
Posted: 1/18/2021 at 11:55 AM
Post #603
omg i hate the whole characters who talk like they're narrating the book lol. That's why I make a point to differentiate between characters' speaking habits and scene descriptors - except for Light, who has a penchant for being shakespeareanly dramatic, but only sometimes. hehe. I feel like people with a ton of OCs and scene ideas could write short story collections! short stories are wonderful.
Larkian
Level 75
The Tactician
Joined: 5/15/2018
Threads: 104
Posts: 17,001
Posted: 1/18/2021 at 12:13 PM
Post #604
Yep that's probably a good idea xD Then again, I did read somewhere that if it's in first-person narration and the character narrating isn't the type to care so much about details, then you're not supposed to focus as much on the details or something. I dunno.
Was bored, so idk.
All she could see.. was darkness. It spread out infinitely, yet it felt like she was constrained in a very tight box. The memories in her mind were fuzzy, but she could barely decipher them. A memorial screech echoed through the void, and she cringed. This memory was too tragic, too strong! In order to get rid of it, she would have to forget everything. Even that was a hard task for someone like her.
As Theia tried to escape the void, an unstoppable force pushed her back. It was unresistable, unbreakable. She trembled under its force, snapping back to her original position. Something seemed.. off. Theia felt like she was in three places at once, like her soul had been shattered and thrown around. She also didn't feel corporeal at all.
Was this her fate? To be a shattered spectre wandering oblivion forever? Theia desperately wanted to go back to her old system.
Her cries were to no avail.
forgot to ping because SOMEONE CHANGED THEIR USER
Hiraeth
Level 75
Hand of Destiny
Joined: 7/14/2015
Threads: 187
Posts: 2,685
Posted: 1/18/2021 at 1:04 PM
Post #606
I hate 1st person narration with a passion. (: I just feel like it limits the author soooo much, and it's hard to use it efficiently. Obviously, there are some exceptions, but... i don't like 1st person. heh
Ceaselessteapot
Level 54
Joined: 8/24/2019
Threads: 1
Posts: 33
Posted: 1/20/2021 at 2:46 PM
Post #607
ID: 135078
Join Date: 8/24/2019
Preferred writing genre: Fantasy, followed by science fiction
Pinglist? Yes, I would like to help look at others work if they would allow me.
Other facts you want to be known about you or your writing: I'm really good at coming up with ideas, but less skilled at following them to fruition. Because of this I have about a thousand paragraph long story beginnings stashed in various places. If you ever need an idea for a story or a world, I've probably go what you need. I also really enjoy world building. If you want help developing a world, a country, or just a city, I am ready and willing.
Rashomon
Level 62
Trickster
Joined: 2/14/2020
Threads: 179
Posts: 7,362
Posted: 1/20/2021 at 4:34 PM
Post #608
*pops into thread* I agree Hiraeth - finally someone who dislikes 1st person pov xD
Hiraeth
Level 75
Hand of Destiny
Joined: 7/14/2015
Threads: 187
Posts: 2,685
Posted: 1/20/2021 at 4:36 PM
Post #609
It's just... so awkward. I'm more of a descriptive writer, so idk, but just having the MC describe their surroundings is... weird? Like I don't go outside and go, 'hm yes this grass is soooo green. and the sky? purple? sublime.' No one does that ghsdbfhskd
Theialish
Level 70
Warden of Umbra
Joined: 2/8/2019
Threads: 60
Posts: 4,986
Posted: 1/20/2021 at 4:39 PM
Post #610
I'm fine with 1st person, but I agree that it can get reptitive and limiting.
Was bored, so idk.
All she could see.. was darkness. It spread out infinitely, yet it felt like she was constrained in a very tight box. The memories in her mind were fuzzy, but she could barely decipher them. A memorial screech echoed through the void, and she cringed. This memory was too tragic, too strong! In order to get rid of it, she would have to forget everything. Even that was a hard task for someone like her.
As Theia tried to escape the void, an unstoppable force pushed her back. It was unresistable, unbreakable. She trembled under its force, snapping back to her original position. Something seemed.. off. Theia felt like she was in three places at once, like her soul had been shattered and thrown around. She also didn't feel corporeal at all.
Was this her fate? To be a shattered spectre wandering oblivion forever? Theia desperately wanted to go back to her old system.
Her cries were to no avail.
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