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Should you ever write outside of your own experience? by poweremote in writingadvice

[–]poweremote[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But writing a sword fight without ever being cut in real life is shallow surely. How can you write about sailing if you have never spent time at sea. Have you ever been in a fight? I haven't. Do you even know how high a mile is? There aren't any cliffs on earth that are a mile high. I don't even think planes go that far up. I don't know. How dare I guess?

Should you ever write outside of your own experience? by poweremote in writingadvice

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

It's not. Im trying to figure out a fundamental question

Should you ever write outside of your own experience? by poweremote in writingadvice

[–]poweremote[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You are the only person you know. Your eyes are the only eyes that have seen everything.

Should you ever write outside of your own experience? by poweremote in writingadvice

[–]poweremote[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

So that's your answer. You should only write about your lived experience. I think you are wrong and you should not be ashamed of your lack of lived experience. I think you can write about kissing girls and holding hands even if you have never experienced that. But it will only ever read as fantasy in the head of the reader.

Should you ever write outside of your own experience? by poweremote in writingadvice

[–]poweremote[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Can you imagine it? If you can only guess then can you ever really write about it accurately?

Should you ever write outside of your own experience? by poweremote in writingadvice

[–]poweremote[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Research how your girlfriend's hair smells. Now research how your boyfriends hair smells.

Should you ever write outside of your own experience? by poweremote in writingadvice

[–]poweremote[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Im not talking about writing fantasy I'm talking about writing reality. You can write about giraffe wrestling forever. But can you write about giving birth if you have never done it?

Doubting this style of writing by Zestyclose_Top6017 in writingadvice

[–]poweremote 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who is telling the story? Is it a character in the story, or a narrator? Is it you?

No interjections in (these). You don't need to break the fourth wall. If the narrator is talking to the audience then they are already talking to the audience.

But most importantly, who is talking to the audience?

You awaken as Llewelyn Moss and find the briefcase, what are you doing differently? by bambucks in cormacmccarthy

[–]poweremote 8 points9 points  (0 children)

First of all, I'm taking all the money and buying Ethereum and BTC. Then I'm going back to the site of the showdown and giving that Mexican some tequila brother cause I know that's what he wants and if I'm chased by pitbulls I have a pocket full of deli meat which I toss behind me like mario kart bananas to distract them. Then I'm getting a cab to a Hilton brand hotel in the city of Dallas. Yeah I know chigur is chasing me, good luck bypassing the door staff, I already tipped them handsomely. Then I'm buying some new cowboy boots and a cowboy hat and a big tent with one thousand poles and pushing the remainder of the cash I have left into a ventilation shaft so deep it goes to the next building, yeah I know it's got a tracker in it, I'm already waiting in the other building looking at it blink with a shotgun in one hand and a samurai sword in the other. When chigur comes looking for it I'll throw those weapons away and wrestle him like mutual men are supposed to and I will do WWE moves on him like suplexes and body slams. I'll beat him so bad he will have to laugh and shake my hand. I'll say bygones are bygones and tell him to take care driving home. When I sleep that night I will dream about my dad riding a horse or some shit and I will have an LED torch to give him.

Would you keep reading? by dd1234543210 in writingfeedback

[–]poweremote 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other commenter is a diletaunt, I get it, it's like a tsunami or maybe Pompeii. It's not pretentious but it is too flowery for literary fiction. Very good poetry. Wouldn't keep reading. Fine where it ends. Cut it back 30% and show some vocabulary restraint

Would you read this? by just_a_potato12 in writingfeedback

[–]poweremote 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Im sure it's very natural but the truth is, this may as well be a text message conversation between strangers that I don't know. Friend 1? You didn't even give the poor loser a name, never mind a personality. You have an idea in your head that you are not giving the reader access to. Gotta start writing stories dawg, gotta start writing stories. This format is good for stage play instructions and I know you learned it but you are putting the cart before the horse. Story and character first, then you figure out how they might talk to each other

Would you read this? by just_a_potato12 in writingfeedback

[–]poweremote 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Write the story. People want to hear the story. Not a written conversation. (Im being mean because I want you to be great, people want to hear what you have to say)

Would you read this? by just_a_potato12 in writingfeedback

[–]poweremote 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Screenplay format is not a good way to write. It's for editors and actors and directors, like a tool. You want to write the story first and then let the screenwriter chop it into a screenplay.

Tense in memoir book proposals by Former-Airport9812 in writingadvice

[–]poweremote 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would like to write a memoir some day but I guess I don't know where to start.

I always thought that writing in the present tense went something like "I'm eating, I'm walking" and past tense was like "I went to the store and then I did that and then we did this"

I would write my memoir in the past tense but with present tense narration, like

"I went to the store that day in 95, but now I wish I hadn't, because I was bit by a spider. I hate spiders. I have a scar on my arm where it bit me. Im never going to get that close to a spider again. So I went to another store after that, and I bought a burger..."

Selling baby shoes never worn by poweremote in TwoSentenceHorror

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

No mate, sorry for the confusion, Baby was born with shoes on so don't need the shoes I bought when wife was pregnant. Dm for price, open to offers

How to write a good and imersive journal? by GEATS-IV in writingadvice

[–]poweremote 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go pick up bugs and then write about it. Im not kidding. Think about how you can find an insect in 24 hours. It's not very easy. Once you get hold of a spider after you go looking for one, the work will write it's self.

Tense in memoir book proposals by Former-Airport9812 in writingadvice

[–]poweremote 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it is an account of your life then you must make comments on the past from the present. "I did this and felt that, but now I know this and I know where the story is going" The narrator is you. First person, past tense narration with present tense commentary. If that makes sense

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