tag:dreamwidth.org,2020-01-01:3599140 virgomoon virgomoon 2024-07-06T14:01:56Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2020-01-01:3599140:14846 2024-07-06T14:01:56Z 2024-07-06T14:01:56Z public 0 <b>writing texture</b><br /><br />- plot (masha does this extremely well like she quickly hits character notes then gets into plot as well its fascinating to me) <br /><br />for this i will attempt to write a little silly piece of detective fiction - nothing like a mystery to learn how to Plot <br /><br /><br />- characterisation <br /><br />i am decent ish at this i believe but my two biggest enemies are 1. how to name people 2. how to make people bad. people are all bad and good but i lean a bit too much into the goodness and not enough into the murkiness. the murkiness doesn't mean NOIR it just means how people are in reality. real stuff! i really want to get real. like how the narrator of WTNV takes you unawares when he suddenly turns racist. Ryoko Kui is excellent at this. <br /><br /><br />- tone<br /><br />i don't think i'm bad at tone, just that my tone gets a little... samey. it's not bad but i think my samey isn't the same as my favourite authors and their samey. their samey rules. mine is a little stale. <br /><br />for this i think just practicing flash pieces will work. need to source ideas <br /><br /><br /><br /><b>writing forms</b><br /><br />- longer lengths<br /><br />write more than 3-5k words, PLEASE. let us aim at 15k words... lol. <br /><br /><br />- other formats than fiction and non-fiction <br /><br />such as twine, experimental writing, poetry. my goal is to try and create a chapbook this year and a interactive fiction piece<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />will update when i think of more but these are already pretty big holes that i've known about forever except i want to do something about these now systematically<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=virgomoon&ditemid=14846" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2020-01-01:3599140:12567 2023-07-04T09:29:09Z 2023-07-04T09:29:09Z public 3 My round-up post is 1k words and counting, before I can post it here I have to do some housecleaning. List is in order of priority.<br /><br />&gt; <b>animefeminist article</b>: wish they'd pay a little bit more than they do but what they do is already a lot [TAXATION WILL REDUCE IT THO &gt;:(] anyway i must finish writing this over the weekend (which is the new month????)<br /><br />&gt; <b>bojack horseman fic</b>: sans the fact that i relate to diane on an interplanetary level; her pain, her life trajectory, her passion, her dejection, her empathy, her ability to really, really hurt you where it matters... sans all this, i really love futurefics, and her life trajectory according to the show made me feel so happy and so serene. i want to explore that. i was looking up houston climate and cultural specificities, transport, people, housing, etcetera. i kind of really want to write this. it might be cathartic for me.<br /><br />&gt; <b>skip and loafer fic</b>: i need not say more but i have these WIPs i am endlessly fond of but have no clue how to execute (or end) without seeming a little... pander-y? But i will write it because no one else can write what i can write. <br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://virgomoon.dreamwidth.org/12567.html#cutid1">just vague thoughts about stuff</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=virgomoon&ditemid=12567" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments