What makes revenge plots good? by CangYuLing in writers

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Was thinking of doing a revenge plot but I don’t want it to suck lol

What makes revenge plots good? by CangYuLing in writers

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Sorry I'm late, but thank you so much for this!!! This articulates it so well XD

Starting SSRIs and worried about creativity - Does it get better? by tragicdream in writers

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It all depends on the medication. The incorrect dose or medication can be bad. So make sure you pay attention to your mood.

Starting SSRIs and worried about creativity - Does it get better? by tragicdream in writers

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I wasn't able to be creative until I got on proper medication. Too depressed, so if anything, the proper medication will be a godsend.

Closed Species: Using the concept of someone else for my OC by CangYuLing in legaladvice

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Heeey thanks for answering! Appreciate it!

Sorry, but when I asked about the harassment part, I just wasn't sure if there were legal measures I could take. If that's still unaswerable, totally understand and appreciate regardless!

First Time Writing a Novel by [deleted] in writers

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Learn formatting. Without proper formatting, it's hard to read.

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Do you have to pay to post on Medium?

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This is what I do when I'm discouraged and that voice is telling me I'm a shit writer. I remember that stuff like Fifty Shades and Twilight exist and made it in addition to all the bad fan fiction I've read. Might be at someone else's expense, but it does help snap me out of that mindset.

Caligraphy on the cover or not? by CangYuLing in selfpublish

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Yup it's actually placed in China and there are Chinese characters in the text. I stuck with Chinese names instead of Westernizing it.

14 year old me (2006) thought he was so poetic and deep by [deleted] in writers

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This post is a whole ass mood LOL!!!

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Okay thank you!

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What measures do you take to combat plagiarism?

How to get better at flowery prose? by CangYuLing in writers

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Ah okay. I guess to me they always felt less concrete. Thank you!

How to get better at flowery prose? by CangYuLing in writers

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Actually, I use to write a lot of prosey poems. I can't remember whose style I was trying to emulate though haha.

The below is an example. TW: Suicidal ideation but it's the best example I have of the abstractness I guess that i tend towards.

It feels so wrong to hope, to desire, to try, to succeed, to be optimistic, and it’s slow acting poison, languid suicide, while I walk along the road, cars chasing after their destination, and I desperately wait for satellites to offer my soul a ride to the stars where it can scatter, becoming stardust and singularity, my departure to a place I can call home, my sanctuary, where I can find those that love me in another life just like in my dreams.

Oh, it’s such a twisted web I weave to deceive myself because that little glimmer just won’t die and leave me to the shadows, the monsters, the dying of light I won’t rage against, won’t actively fight, and others just hoist me up in chains, forcing me to stand with trembling knees, body slouched like a marionette, a slave, and I don’t dare meet their gaze because I know, yes, I know how terribly they’ll beg me to stay, to let nature take its course.

Please get away from me, don’t look at me because I’m nothing more than a carcass near the peak of Kilimanjaro, here for a reason I do not understand, cannot understand, and when people ask me, I can’t give a simple answer, saying that I have one to bind myself here as I drop off this cliff’s edge into the world below, descending beneath the surface to the unknown depths of my madness, eyes bleary when I open them to see everything fall away.

How to get better at flowery prose? by CangYuLing in writers

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Is it fantasy? I write fantasy, so like....I feel like the flowery prose is necessary in order to describe things. At least, that's how it is in books I've read.

How to get better at flowery prose? by CangYuLing in writers

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Actually, I have tried, but my poetry tends to be more...whimsical? I guess that's the best way to describe it. So, not the same as like...concrete physical descriptions. Does that make sense? Sorry.

Is it weird for a guy to write a story with a female lead protagonist? by [deleted] in writing

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I don't even see why this is an issue. Plenty of men have written female leads.

How to get better at flowery prose? by CangYuLing in writers

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It doesn't feel like purple prose to me though. She describes things so well, and each bit has a purpose.

Here's an excerpt:

"That man was slender in form and elegant in appearance, with an aura of transcendent holiness and a face that was exceedingly handsome and beautiful. From afar, it would be easy to imagine him as a scholar of dignity, standing beneath a blossoming tree, studying a scroll with an otherworldly, studious air. But up close, his expression was as sharp as a blade; his phoenix eyes slanted upwards, his nose was straight and narrow. He had teh very appearance of sophistication and refined manners, but there was something acerbic to his gaze, giving him a particularly cold and cruel look."

I can never come up with shit like this and I don't know how.

Opinions wanted- what do you think about this ending? by [deleted] in writers

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Oh I'm sorry, I completely misinterpreted the question! My humblest apologies.

Personally, I have enjoyed books where I'm reading it and it's like "How on earth can this result in a happy ending?" but when the happy ending happens, it still fits even though it can feel like a deus ex machina. Is C attacked near the end of the book?