Fan fiction is the practice of writing stories for your favorite TV shows, movies, books, etc. These usually use the worlds, characters and norms created by someone else. This is perfectly legal as long as you don’t claim it as…
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Using Fan Fiction As A Writing Exercise
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
A Word About Setting
All stories take place somewhere. The action needs some place to happen which is where the setting comes in. Your basic horror story always takes place in remote places because it wouldn’t work anywhere else. For example, The Shining takes…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
A Bit More On Setting
The setting can set the tone of the story, but the tone must match the action. A Gothic horror story rarely takes place in a one-bedroom stone cottage by the sea. That’s not to say it couldn’t, but it would…
A Word About Setting
Setting is an important part of any story of any length. Stories involve action and action needs some place to happen. That’s the setting. Setting has to involve more than just one sense. There may not be a breeze in…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Writing Preparations
There are two aspects to the preparations for writing. One is physical. You can write if you are uncomfortable, but it is so much easier to write when you are comfortable. So you want your writing space to be comfortable,…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Preparing To Write
Preparing To Write Before you write a story, you need to do a few things. You need to have a clear idea of what your story is going to be about. You need an idea. You need to know who…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
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