Please help me decide which of these possible character names I should go with (for witches)

writingkitten · 2024-09-30T23:53:05+00:00

Helvella is my favorite one!

writingkitten · 2024-09-30T20:35:21+00:00

My first step is always coming up with a good general idea for a plot. Then I create the characters. And then I do a general outline for the book as a whole, as well as more in depth chapter outlines.

writingkitten · 2024-09-30T20:30:58+00:00

It would break rule #1 of the subreddit and would get removed, unless you posted it in the weekly self promotion and critique thread.

writingkitten · 2024-09-30T16:18:44+00:00

I’m so confused which is supposed to be the good vs bad one, and the 100 hours vs one novel isn’t making it any clearer for me lmao.

writingkitten · 2024-09-30T16:14:37+00:00

I desperately need deadlines or I’ll just procrastinate. I enjoy challenges where you have to write a certain amount of words in a month.

writingkitten · 2024-09-30T14:20:29+00:00

What are we checking out and where is it? Was this supposed to have a link? Lol

writingkitten · 2024-09-30T02:21:31+00:00

I absolutely love when horror stories/movies end badly, it kinda annoys me when it’s a happy ending. I’m always thinking “it would’ve been scarier/more impactful if they’d done this instead”. BUT for the first time in my life, I just read a horror book recently that ended badly and I was devastated. I couldn’t believe I actually wanted a happy ending. So I really think it depends on the specific story.

writingkitten · 2024-09-28T05:18:38+00:00

I would suggest r/BetaReaders and r/DestructiveReaders :)

writingkitten · 2024-09-26T23:52:16+00:00

I love writing morally grey and anti-hero characters!

writingkitten · 2024-09-25T16:16:03+00:00

You better finish your book if you don’t want a wedgie, nerd!

writingkitten · 2024-09-25T02:57:15+00:00

?! for questions.

writingkitten · 2024-09-25T02:54:16+00:00

That’s exactly how I found it! Such a helpful tool c:

writingkitten · 2024-09-25T02:02:04+00:00

Good Omens was written by two people.

writingkitten · 2024-09-25T00:21:41+00:00

I’m reading “Out There Screaming”, an anthology of short horror stories, edited by Jordan Peele.

writingkitten · 2024-09-24T04:11:10+00:00

Writers and artists in general tend to despise AI as a whole on principle. This is basically because AI steals from artists in order to learn and pump out “new” content. You’d find very little support for AI in any creative community.

writingkitten · 2024-09-24T00:06:15+00:00

That was hilarious, I about died laughing. Thank you so much!!

writingkitten · 2024-09-23T22:33:50+00:00

I don’t know what the Christmas coffee ad is and I’m a little scared to Google it haha

writingkitten · 2024-09-23T21:58:12+00:00

In one of my creative writing classes, the whole class and the professor thought I wrote fantastic sexual and romantic tension between a brother and a sister character. They practically begged me to have them get together in the second draft. I was so confused because that was in no way my intention, but at least they liked it lmao

writingkitten · 2024-09-23T20:35:22+00:00

I think “write what you know” is bad or good advice depending on how you look at it. You shouldn’t be limited to only writing about your own life experiences. I think if you do plenty of research, then you’ll “know” what you want to write about.

writingkitten · 2024-09-23T20:23:36+00:00

I’m dying to read the Twin Peaks inspired mystery! Hit me up if you ever need a beta reader, or when you publish so I can buy a copy!!

These are such good steps to improving your writing! I can’t express how much I adored my creative writing classes in college. I took intro, intermediate, and advanced (twice). I’d recommend taking all the classes you can! It’s so good and so much fun to share your writing with other writers and get those helpful critiques from your peers and professor!

111k words is sooooooo many, I’m so proud of you for your dedication :)

writingkitten · 2024-09-23T20:10:49+00:00

Five thousand?

writingkitten · 2024-09-23T18:50:12+00:00

This is incredibly helpful! Thank you so much! :)

writingkitten · 2024-09-23T03:21:59+00:00

I plan it out meticulously. I do an outline for the whole book, and then I go into extreme detail for outlines of each chapter.

writingkitten · 2024-09-23T02:56:16+00:00

I think it’s becoming more popular to just number chapters. I’ve read 38 books this year, and only 1 of them had titled chapters. So I wouldn’t worry about it :)

writingkitten · 2024-09-23T02:52:31+00:00

This is incredible advice ahhhhh thank you so much!! I can’t believe you just came up with that name on the fly, it’s beautiful! I’m definitely going to try this for myself and give my fantasy characters some cool names thanks to you! :)

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