Uncensored · @admin
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Maybe you were a writing whiz in high school, and finished your first novel before you were eighteen. Or maybe you’re in your fifties (or seventies) and just discovered your great desire to pen fascinating stories that everyone will want to read.

No matter when and where you start, you’ll need to learn the basics before your writing can soar.

jscottcoatsworth.com/point-of-

#pointofview #writingtips #forbeginners #author #writer #writers #writersofmastodon

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Oldnussi · @Oldnussi
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JacquiG · @jacquiG
240 followers · 1132 posts · Server mastodon.nz

A day of for an anthology, so short works of 1200 words.

Two big issues jumped out:

Over use of -ly adverbs in narrative. This is weak writing and tells, rather than shows. It doesn't require too much rearranging to use a verb. My general rule is <4 -ly adverbs per page.

Point of view (POV). In short fiction keep to 1 or at most 2 POVs, and make it clear whose mind we're occupying.




#editing #amWriting #amediting #adverbs #pointofview

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Alo Japan · @alojapan
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Matty · @cavanholi
96 followers · 360 posts · Server creativewriting.social

Question: How do you feel about reading a short-maybe-longish story from animal PoV? A couple of cats in this case.

No animal speaking or thought, just their PoV.

#writing #writingcommunity #pool #animal #pointofview #pov

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Babs E. Blue · @BlueWaver22
539 followers · 7382 posts · Server genomic.social

"That's the strangest thing
about the world....how it looks
so different from every point of
view." - Lauren Oliver

Photography by me
Cascais, Portugal

#photography #travel #travelphotography #arches #architecture #coast #portugal #harbor #sea #castle #view #pointofview

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Cliff Pavlovic · @cliffpavlovic
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David Field · @chromebook
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As the saying goes when people call into I'm a long-time listener.. pretty much since month one.

I'm David, I'm a huge lover, and mobile and I love to but I also love the

'll chat with anyone, I don't care who you are, I'm interested in your , your and while I may not agree, I can empathise.

#introduction #TWiT #chromebook #photographer #selfhost #cloud #story #pointofview

Last updated 2 years ago

Point of View: The Delicate, Ever-Changing Art of Wordsmithery

Today I thought I’d take you behind the scenes, to give you a sort of how the sausage is made look at my writing.

Writing styles are constantly changing. Take a look back at the classics you read in high school – would any of those be published (without drastic revisions) today? Even the way we write fiction now, with all its accepted “traditions,” ...

jscottcoatsworth.com/point-of-

#wordsmithery #writingtips #writing #pointofview

Last updated 2 years ago

Today in my Point of View column, I'm talking about the wave of anti LGBTQ/anti Black/anti women hatred flooding my country.

jscottcoatsworth.com/point-of-

I usually use this column to talk about writing – things I’m working on, my approach to the craft, and other random thoughts that occur to me about stories and books and publishing in general.

But today, I have something heavy weighing upon my soul...

#enough #protest #racism #transphobia #homophobia #pointofview

Last updated 2 years ago

t o d d w a r n e r · @tw
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I'm reading a book written from the third person omniscient PoV. It's a great book, but there are 3 writing styles I don't care for: 1. first person (dodged that), and 2. present tense (this is past tense), 3. omniscient (doh!). I find it just so ... It just takes me out of the story a bit. Also, it is really hard to do well though this author is skilled enough to make it only mildly annoying.

Just my .

#pointofview #voice #thirdperson #firstperson #writingcommunity #gripeoftheday

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Jamie · @scibidoo
338 followers · 962 posts · Server aus.social

Current point of view

#pointofview

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Alo Japan · @alojapan
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Dr Robert N. Winter · @robert
547 followers · 1428 posts · Server social.winter.ink

Political rhetoric never ceases to amaze me. For example, anyone with “appropriate” views is giving a passionate response. Yet, anyone with “inappropriate” views is engaging in a tirade.

#politics #rhetoric #pointofview #philosophy

Last updated 2 years ago

For my weekly Point of View column, I'm discussing the dreaded "where do you get your inspiration" question, and drag queens in space. :)

@Bookstodon

#inspiration #dragqueens #bookstodon #authors #readers #writers #writersofmastodon #pointofview

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sweetdave · @sweetdave
102 followers · 402 posts · Server kinky.business

@talent : Master is generous today and slightly lubricates His mighty cock before using His sub's

#pointofview #bussy

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Samantha Bryant · @samanthabwriter
149 followers · 137 posts · Server mastodon.world

For Open Book blog hop today, we're talking about point of view and perspective. Mostly, I write in 3rd person close, but my Menopausal Superheroes novels change perspective chapter by chapter. What do you do in your writing? Or prefer in your reading? samanthadunawaybryant.blogspot

#writinglife #pointofview #writingcommunity

Last updated 2 years ago

apiecha · @apiecha
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Frau Schulgeist · @frau_schulgeist
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Ein Kind meiner Klasse sieht nur das Negative. Alle sind blöd. Alle ärgern. Keiner mag es.

Dass da ein Mädchen fragt, ob es ihr gut geht; dass sie für ihre Zeichnungen gelobt wird; die lächelnde Sitznachbarin, usw. - all das sieht sie nicht. Ich sage also zu ihr: "Achte auch mal auf die guten Dinge. Sie mögen klein sein, aber sie sind da!" ... 1/2

#lehrerleben #perspektive #pointofview

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