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#TWITTER FICTION FESTIVAL 2014 Have you guys heard about this!? It’s new this year and it sounds so cool! So basically this is how it goes: • A bunch of famous authors will be sharing their stories on Twitter from March 12 to the 16th, using the...

#TWITTER FICTION FESTIVAL 2014

Have you guys heard about this!? It’s new this year and it sounds so cool!

So basically this is how it goes:

  • A bunch of famous authors will be sharing their stories on Twitter from March 12 to the 16th, using the platform as a unique medium to tell their stories.
  • But what’s even more awesome is that between now and February 5th, anyone can apply to be featured in a showcase alongside the authors.
  • Even if you don’t want to apply to be featured, you can still participate during that week by tagging your story tweets #TwitterFiction.

I think it’s going to be SO cool to see how people use Twitter to tell their stories (the main page, linked above, is super well designed and has a bunch of different suggestions for ways you can creatively use Twitter to share your stories).

And it’s sponsored by Random Penguin, which is also really cool… I feel like big publishers are known for having their heads stuck in the sand when it comes to changing technology and methods of story consumption, so it’s good to see them doing something new and progressive!

I’ll keep posting about this as it approaches… maybe we can create an index of yeah writers who are participating or something! I’ll keep brainstorming (and if anyone else has an ideas, let me know).

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If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...

Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?

Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?

Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?

Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?

Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?

mishkatelwarriorgoddess

Thank you so much for this!

ashfae
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May Writing Challenge

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This May I want to get back into writing. I’m not at all consistent. I’m at a point where I don’t feel like I can work on bigger things, because I can’t guarantee myself to keep working on it in a week from now. So I will take this month as a training month to get back into the habit of writing. I will do this by writing (or trying to write) 200 words every day. Topic is irrelevant. How great my writing is that day is irrelevant. Just 200 words written down. A habit taking 21 days to form was debunked, it does take a lot longer, but 31 days are a start I would say. These are already 140 words, so 200 words every day are hopefully manageable. You're more than welcome to join me if you like 😊

creativepromptsforwriting

Let's see how it works out this time! 🖊

dduane

If you haven't tried this approach before, it's worth it. Give it a shot and see what happens!

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tlirsgender

Throwback thursday to when I was like 12 and I was putting out new writing DAILY...... Like entire Chapters of my then-current wips just, over an afternoon. What the fuck was I on

tlirsgender

Nobody:

Me, age 12, just started drinking coffee:

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tlirsgender

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I drew 14 pictures during the day, and wrote 32 pages a night. Now I can’t do shit.

audliminal

A huge part of this is because you've gotten better! And now, when you're drawing/writing/doing whatever creative task, you're not just mindlessly throwing thoughts at your paper, you're thinking as you do it. Children can churn out a lot more work because it's not yet refined, but when you're older and have more practice, you work with all these thoughts running through your head about form and shape, color palettes or word choice. Now, you're making a dozen decisions with every moment of work, and you're also questioning the decisions you've just made, wondering if you can do it better. Don't beat yourself up about producing less work now than you did back then, because every sentence or shape involves a lot more effort for you now, than it did when you were ten and brand new to this hobby.

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I really think everyone needs to truly internalize this:

Fictional characters are objects.

They are not people. You cannot "objectify" them, because they have no personhood to be deprived of. They have no humanity to be erased. You cannot "disrespect" them, because they are not real.

tshmarie

An equal and opposite truth:

The actors, directors, writers, etc that create this characters are people.

They are real. They exist independent of the characters and your opinions. You have no right to them, their opinions, or their relationships. They have no responsibility to you. You cannot force them to follow your fantasy.

hadeantaiga

THIS is a good addition.

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you have to write a book* incorporating the theme/motif/location/person/etc. of this random Wikipedia article**...how screwed are you?

the random article was super interesting and now I actually want to do this!

I'm not mad at my result!

I mean, not my first choice but it's doable

I got the most boring article in existance/it was a stub

HELL NO

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*book = fiction, poetry (the last poll was about nonfiction)

**random Wikipedia article: here

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