#WordWeavers Dec 7 What bad habits does your MC have?

She blurts out what she *really* thinks of how adults treat her and her fellow youths. It gets her into trouble.

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#WordWeavers Dec 7 What bad habits does your MC have?

She blurts out what she *really* thinks of how adults treat her and her fellow youths. It gets her into trouble.

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#Writers from #Canada #UK and #Australia, What are your biggest book fairs? Where do you have the most success setting up a stall and selling? I'm looking to travel and combine it with some promo for my books. Please boost for reach.

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#Writers from #Canada #UK and #Australia, What are your biggest book fairs? Where do you have the most success setting up a stall and selling? I'm looking to travel and combine it with some promo for my books. Please boost for reach.

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Hello, everyone!
I'm Mihaela — writer and political scientist exploring Tolkien studies. I write about politics, culture, literature and the ways ideas shape our world.

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Hello, everyone!
I'm Mihaela — writer and political scientist exploring Tolkien studies. I write about politics, culture, literature and the ways ideas shape our world.

I joined Mastodon to find a quieter, smarter corner of the internet, where thoughtful people still read, think and talk like adults.

Looking forward to meeting kind and intelligent humans here.
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To #writers of fiction set in more historical times, do you use words from that time period that may have more recently taken on different or negative connotations or do you substitute a more modern word that is anachronistic? I try to avoid words that sound too modern or appeared in English usage long after the time I'm writing about, but how strictly do others adhere to that rule?

Specifically, I'm puzzling right now about using a word like "buddies," which first appears in the 1800s, in a story set in the 1600s. At the earlier date "comrades" or "confederates" might have been used, but the modern reader might add unwanted baggage to those words. It seems as though "pals" might not have appeared until the 1700s. "Brothers" might imply a family connection.

Am I over thinking this?

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To #writers of fiction set in more historical times, do you use words from that time period that may have more recently taken on different or negative connotations or do you substitute a more modern word that is anachronistic? I try to avoid words that sound too modern or appeared in English usage long after the time I'm writing about, but how strictly do others adhere to that rule?

Specifically, I'm puzzling right now about using a word like "buddies," which first appears in the 1800s, in a story set in the 1600s. At the earlier date "comrades" or "confederates" might have been used, but the modern reader might add unwanted baggage to those words. It seems as though "pals" might not have appeared until the 1700s. "Brothers" might imply a family connection.

Am I over thinking this?

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#WritersCoffeeClub Nov 12: How can writers ensure the focus is on the work & not the writer? Or should they?

I have no idea how to ensure anything when it comes to writing, and writers have to build themselves into "brands" in order to survive, so unless they're already financially supported, they probably shouldn't. I suppose you could tamp it down if you never write a series, only standalones?

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#PennedPossibilities 842: Which POV(s) do you prefer to write?

I used to think close-third was such a clever way to narrate, where the narrator is inside the protagonist's head, but now I'm so utterly bored with it because it's so ubiquitous that we seem to have forgotten how to write any other way. I need to construct a story that uses omniscient narration...

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#ScribesAndMakers Nov 12 If your creativity had a mascot or symbol?

A tiny little pile of fluffy kittens inside my head, plaintively mewling to escape and gouging my skull with their needle-sharp claws. (The kittens are the stories.)

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#WritersCoffeeClub Nov 12: How can writers ensure the focus is on the work & not the writer? Or should they?

I have no idea how to ensure anything when it comes to writing, and writers have to build themselves into "brands" in order to survive, so unless they're already financially supported, they probably shouldn't. I suppose you could tamp it down if you never write a series, only standalones?

#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace

#PennedPossibilities 842: Which POV(s) do you prefer to write?

I used to think close-third was such a clever way to narrate, where the narrator is inside the protagonist's head, but now I'm so utterly bored with it because it's so ubiquitous that we seem to have forgotten how to write any other way. I need to construct a story that uses omniscient narration...

#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace

#ScribesAndMakers Nov 12 If your creativity had a mascot or symbol?

A tiny little pile of fluffy kittens inside my head, plaintively mewling to escape and gouging my skull with their needle-sharp claws. (The kittens are the stories.)

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@monotonehell

how do you avoid the I I I I I I problem?

If you tell a story about something that happened to you, how do you avoid saying I did, I heard, I said? Don't use the constructions until you need them, as in The bell ran loudly, versus "I heard a loud bell.*. Attribution is necessary, but the narrator can simply declare events or talk about what others do without specificity relating it back to themselves. Take a look at the sample stories pinned to my profile.

Btw: I've written this as first person narrative. Where's the I? Is it repetitive?

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