There are boats here that look like they’ve been moored for years, an aged rugged charm that compliments the calm stillness of the water. The rafts clank and smack together with a sensational sound that reminds me I'm home. Then there is the juxtaposition of life as the gangways creak with footsteps of children carrying [...]
Others may not agree with me, and they have a right to their opinion.
Are you like me? Do you find yourself overwhelmingly jealous of friends or family because they seemingly have everything under control? It’s a niggling feeling that digs under your skin, probes at your brain, that little thought that maybe there’s a reason you’re unhappy, unsettled. Maybe it was that slightly bad thing you did back [...]
I can't believe I'm actually writing this but I am actually about to interview a shapeshifter.
Before I had started my weekly writing prompt I barely wrote a word. If I wasn't writing my manuscript then I saw no point in writing and it seemed like a waste of time. I had even reached a point in my life where I realised I couldn't remember the last book I had read or even the last piece of significant writing I had looked at.
"Literally everything about this is illegal," Katie whispered, looking over her shoulder for the hundredth time that evening.
After a discussion about vocabulary and phrasing, I realised that a lot of how we represent ourselves is via the way we speak and the ways we come across. Our appearance, our dialect, body language and even our own opinions of ourselves can be targets for opinions. I realised that I could use this information within my character creation to create realistic, likeable or even dislikeable characters.
"Brains are horribly obscure organs. They are capable of imagining the worst scenarios, instigate fear and anxieties that are increased in moments of uncertainty..."
Last week we looked at character archetypes. This week I would like to look at exposition and description and how best to avoid lengthy paragraphs that drone on and on and on and on...
WP: You pull off your headphones and the whole world shifts. You're now sitting in a futuristic mall with some sort of VR headset in your hands and a smiling clipboard-wielding lady asking about "The Virtual Life Experience". The problem: your "virtual" life is the only one you can remember.
