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Zombie Survival Part 3

Believe it or not, there is a lot more to getting through the zombie apocalypse than just killing every zombie in sight. The defensive side of survival is just as important, so a safe secure place to hold out is a must. Contrary to popular belief, the first place you should set up camp is either your home or a friend's home. Everyone seems to think that the first steps should be to go rush for supplies at a supermarket or head to the nearest gun store. That itself is the problem. Everyone will be going to these places at the same time. Even if you are lucky enough to be one of the first ones there, before all the supplies are taken or the sto

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Lesson 3: Backstory

Lesson 3 – Backstory Ah, Backstory. This one should be easier.* When writing a story, unless you're being weird unique and only plan to sell the work as a piece of Literary Fiction, you have a basic scheme of time: past, present, and future. There are many ways of blending these things—say the hero is recounting his rise to greatness, in which we are grounded in the future, but the story is in the present (so to speak). Examples: Gladiator, the anime Baccano (as far as I can tell—it was kind of confusing), and a number of novels written in First Person. Most of the time you'll find works where the present is the focus, but wh

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Lesson 3: Backstory by ElaineRose, literature

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Lesson 3: Backstory

Lesson 2: Show, Don't Tell by ElaineRose, literature

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Lesson 2: Show, Don't Tell

Lesson 2: Show, Don't Tell …Oh, what have I gotten myself into? First off, in writing you have two things to focus on: description and interaction. With description you present the scene, characters, and the props, and through interaction that scene and those props become relevant. I, like many, have had my fanfiction.net phase. (And, as far as guilty pleasures go, there are much worse… a number of them also facilitated on fan fiction.net.) But one of the things that ruins fan fiction for me now is the bare, amateur level of writing I find (it's a self-publishing site that accepts anything, so it's no wonder really). Something to

Writing Tips - Organisation by ML-Larson, literature

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Writing Tips - Organisation

Writing Without Confusing Yourself (Or Your Readers) Writing is a very personal, individual undertaking. Everybody approaches the activity a bit differently from the next guy. Some people can come up with concept, plot, characters, and everything else and just sit down and write. Others need to take time to figure out what's going on; what's going to happen in the story, and how it all fits together. Others still will find themselves getting stuck somewhere along the middle, losing track of everything or changing an idea mid-way through, or never know how to end. These are the people for whom this has been put together. Those of you who can

Ten Commandments of Writing by unicorn-skydancer08, literature

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Ten Commandments of Writing

1. Have an original plot. If every book was the same, we'd get bored with them pretty quick. Variety is what gives that special spice. Try to come up with a story that's entirely your own. If your work is based off another work, however loosely, make sure you use your own style. Don't just repeat what someone else has already written. Nobody likes a copycat, and you could face an unpleasant lawsuit that way. 2. Have a good title. If you want people to read your book, you'll need a title that will catch their eye. Make it exciting, but keep it brief, too. Don't make your title so long that it wears the reader down. Try to stay within the li

Writing Tips - Mechanics by ML-Larson, literature

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Writing Tips - Mechanics

Tips and Tricks for Writing Fluidly Mechanics No, we’re not fixing up your brother’s car. Mechanics are the little technical bits in your writing; punctuation, spacing, spelling, capitalisation, et cetera. We’ll start there. Capitalisation Different languages have different rules for what should be capitalised. If you speak English, you’d capitalise “I” and leave your dog lowercase. You may find it interesting that German is a bit backwards. If you’re German, you’d capitalise “Hund” and leave “ich” lowercase. Why am I telling you this? Because it’s simple little things like

Writing Tips - Dialogue by ML-Larson, literature

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Writing Tips - Dialogue

If you’re writing fiction, the dialogue is arguably one of the most important parts. And it’s the bit that’s the easiest to mess up, if we’re strictly honest. And why not? There’s so much going on in that single sentence that any number of them can go wrong; voice, character, tone, point of view, punctuation. We’ll start with punctuation, because I’ve already written that bit. Punctuating Dialogue Go here. I was originally going to copy and paste that part of the lesson into this lesson, but then the thing wound up being ten pages long. So, read that, and then come back to this if you feel you might need h

Guide to Writing Fanfiction by EmpressTuiLa, literature

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Guide to Writing Fanfiction

EmpressTuiLa’s Guide to Writing Fanfiction There are a lot of novice writers out there, including those who are still debating whether to write or not, so I’m here to provide the basic rules for good Fanfiction. Why am I making this? I’ve read way too many stories written so poorly that it’s driven me insane. So for those of you who want to avoid people writing bad reviews, or just simply worried if your story sounds good, then follow these simple rules and you’ll be fine. (As a warning, I do get a little testy in this so forgive me if I sound angry…which I do) #1 For the love of all that is good fanficti

31 writing prompts. by bailey--elizabeth, journal

31 writing prompts.

Mar 12, 2009

I created a little list of 31 writing prompts (because thirty is even, and I don't fancy even numbers, though they were necessary to create the list below... /shudder/). feel free to try it out! challenge yourself. it's a good way to spark creativity. I'll be doing it as well (: 01. letter 02. sticks and stones 03. birthday 04. immortal 05. circus 06. abandoned 07. nosebleed 08. mother [or father, or both] 09. sunrise 10. distraction 11. habit 12. fuck 13. love 14. waste 15. skinny 16. eyes 17. white noise 18. impulse 19. addiction 20. desecrate 21. death 22. low 23. heartbeat 24. first kiss 25. tomorrow 26. sweet 2

45 writing prompts. by veiled-eyes, journal

45 writing prompts.

Sep 17, 2009

1. wet roads 2. candy cane 3. ink 4. 'stone cold' 5. butterfly kisses 6. 'sunshine after the rain' 7. rainbow 8. sticky tape 9. love letter 10. mud 11. thunder storm 12. luck 13. taken 14. faith 15. fairytale 16. tattoo 17. stitches 18. headache(s) 19. alcopops 20. needle 21. acid 22. bleach 23. soap 24. rooftop 25. scarred 26. crimson 27. 'beautiful nightmare' 28. dust 29. fear 30. suspicion 31. defeat 32. misfortune 33. birth 34. cancer 35. hospital 36. paper heart(s) 37. scary clown 38. red tears 39. fireplace 40. white water 41. burnt toast 42. ladybug 43. mousetrap 44. black widow 45. liquid pa

30 phrases by AmazingHat, literature

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30 phrases

•I can't believe I thought he loved me. •The rain poured down on the helpless couple, without even a jacket for either of them. •This heart will never work again. •To every beginning there is an end. •He always knew love would never last. •Your past is just a story; a string of words that don't mean anything. •If you don't like something, burn it, then burn its ashes. •I like it when we're close together like this. •Sometimes you have to make mistakes to learn. •Hidden in that file was a terrible secret. •The fire spread, burning, darkening, and changing everything in its pat

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