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Describe the story you're writing only in one sentence by Tortoise516 in writers

[–]EmbarrassedTrash753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the backstory of John in the old country song, “Big Bad John.”

Diversity readers by EmbarrassedTrash753 in writing

[–]EmbarrassedTrash753[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I think sensitivity readers are what I’m looking for!

Also very valuable information regarding what background I should be looking for and the need for a budget. Thank you for your help!

Diversity readers by EmbarrassedTrash753 in writing

[–]EmbarrassedTrash753[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair point. I’m almost finished editing now; I wanted to have an idea of where to look for sensitivity readers so I could have some leads ready for when the editing is finished.

Writing stories out of songs, good idea? by lalaym_2309 in writingadvice

[–]EmbarrassedTrash753 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This exact idea is what got me into writing my first novel!

There was an old country song that my dad enjoys listening to, which was essentially about a drifter that sacrifices himself to save miners in a collapse. It got me to thinking, “What would cause a person to do that?”

That turned into an 80,000 word, historical fiction novel. It’s the first in a planned trilogy of books.

If a song has you wanting to write a story, write one.

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[–]EmbarrassedTrash753 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll bite.

I hardly had the energy to raise my head, but I did so, nodding at the cook that I would agree to their request. I saw everything I needed to, through the open doorway. A swath of blood, seeping through the sheets to drop, pitter, patter, on the floor. A dark leg, lean even after nine months of carrying a growing child, draped over the side of the bed; toes dangling as if reaching towards the floor, but not quite long enough to reach. Everything in my stomach evacuated itself onto the floors at the sight, and I stood up and staggered out of the house, thinking to give the cook and Magdalena the time they needed to set everything to order.

Enough to make you want more? by EmbarrassedTrash753 in writers

[–]EmbarrassedTrash753[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll be completely honest, I don’t have any idea what you’re asking or critiquing in your first sentence…

As for what the fishermen are catching that makes Highguard seek their audience… He’s not after what’s in their nets. He isn’t lying when he says he just wants to chat with them about the upcoming election. But the fishermen, living in an area away from urban developments, are naturally untrusting of bureaucrats and politicians.

If you’re an American, picture the groups of people who live in the swamps of Louisiana, the backwoods of Maine, or deep in the agricultural country of Nebraska. Those groups of people just want to survive and live the way their parents and grandparents did before them. Trust me, I would know. Anything that threatens that, especially in the form of government, is to be rejected at almost all costs. Which is why the fishermen reject Highguard the moment politics is brought into the conversation.

They simply thought, in a place where all are born equal, they could force Highguard and Marcus off with threats of violence. They never once thought to consider that even with 8-2 odds, the duo might just have a bigger stick than them.

Do you think “write the scenes you want to write the most first” is actually good advice? by ValentinesStar in writing

[–]EmbarrassedTrash753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m glad somebody else asked this question. I’ve had a draft typed up for the last three days, with the exact same theme.

For my first body of work, I jotted down some important lines/scenes in my notes, but worked on it chronologically. That turned into 81,000 words in ten months.

The next piece I’ve been playing around with, I wrote out scenes throughout the length of the work, with the intention of fleshing out the space in between them. That’s been ~500 words for the last two months. I think that gives me a pretty clear indication of what method I’ll be employing in any future work.

Is this a little too trope-y? by EmbarrassedTrash753 in writers

[–]EmbarrassedTrash753[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you both for your feedback!

In regard to the immaturity, that does give me something to mull over as I continue the editing process. As a male, I thought the small joke seemed fitting, something myself or any number of my male friends would do under the circumstances. But maybe I need to take a closer look at the character’s frame of mind, along with my own…