#know your weaknesses

[ahb-writes]

Writing Problem: The Story Is Too Thin

Problem: The Story Is Too Thin

Solution: Does the story lack balance?

Purposeful narrative structure. Effective characterization. Meaningful conflict (and meaningful consequences). Immersive description. Authentic character dynamics. A good story needs all of this and more. But it's okay to be stronger, or more experienced, in crafting one area of storytelling than in others. It's okay for one's attention to drift during the initial drafting phase.

If you know your strengths, then you can lean on them to bolster your storytelling where it counts. If you know your weaknesses or limitations, then you can avoid what frustrates you and maneuver toward what excites you. But take the time to identify what facet of your craft needs work and be open to exploring your weaknesses with further experience, research, and insight.

Writing Resources:

100 Character Development Questions to Inspire Deeper Arcs (Now Novel)

How to Write a Sequel That Satisfies: Simple Guide (Now Novel)

Best Story Writing Websites in 2022 (Now Novel)

10 Signs Your Plot is Weak (and How to Fix it) (September C. Fawkes)

Defining and Developing Your Author Voice (September C. Fawkes; ahbwrites)

How to Pace a Story (Writing Questions Answered)

Description: 5 Times When You Should (and 4 Times When You Shouldn't) Rely on Description (ahbwrites)

How to Focus on One Story (Alyssa Hollingsworth)

❯ ❯ Adapted from the writing masterpost series: 19 Things That Are Wrong With Your Novel (and How to Fix Them)

[kodasea]

Son of Gondor

[mischievous-thunder]

Bonus:

They're flirting and also starting a fight

[amid-fandoms]

i just think that dan howell is a weak weak fucking man for those big pleading eyes and he will never outright admit it cause reasons, but his favourite colour is not black it's blue, his favourite sound is far from obscure music cause it's the way he makes phil burst out laughing at the stupidest shit, his favourite food is not an advent calendar of dips it's any meal he gets to share with his best friend even if it's cheese-soup-mushroom-olive-tomato-taste-less, his favourite memories don't include anything before his eighteenth birthday, his comfort place is not a sofa crease but the bony shoulder he's been leaning on for over a decade, his favourite smell is not the hundreds of scented candles he's burnt through the years but the only sweet sugary thing his sweet-tooth-less ass can handle

dan howell is a weak man with a crumbling will to put up a facade and i've been loving seeing that wall go down faster than ever in the past year

[cringefailvox]

i hope that vox's strength is based on his support, actually. i want all of alastor's digs about the vees to come back to bite him later when he's alone and struggling in a fight and vox isn't because he has valentino and velvette backing him up, because they're stronger as a team, and i want vox to throw it in alastor's face that alastor is fighting alongside absolutely nobody because he has successfully alienated everyone who might have cared enough about him to be there when it mattered.

[unpersoniverse]

I saw a tweet that said Korra's only a softie around Asami and one thing led to another...

[anemonet]

pro tip: you can always put the bugs in little outfits :thumbsup:

[icewindandboringhorror]

On average, what is the total MONTHLY amount that you spend on dining out*?

*(This doesn't only count going out to restaurants, but also stuff like picking up fast food to bring home, getting a coffee on the way to work, getting a premade sandwich from a grocery store deli during lunch, buying a quick snack from a convenience store or food cart whilst walking somewhere, ordering a pizza or any other food to be delivered to your home, etc.)

*(If you often dine out in groups/as a household: calculate and divide the costs so that you get a Per Person average. This is for YOU individually, NOT the total household/group costs)

(I'm sure polls similar to this have been made before (very common topic), I just haven't personally seen one that I can remember, so, I was curious to do my own! I was discussing this with a group of people today and it was very interesting to see how widely the number varied between individuals. :0c )

(Reblog for bigger sample size if you can, and feel free to explain your answer in tags if there's anything extra to add!)

[poke-poke-poke]

Thinking about pkmn social media-- he's giving tips on how best to take care of pkmn that aren't too keen on water (goomy's there for enrichment)

...

his hoodie got soaked,,

[narikill]

aughdhshfjjsjcjdjfjsbgsknfjs <- leshy in this art probably

[tubbytarchia]

For the ranchers a bit more shleep i just really like charakters comfy and nice:Dc /nf

Eepies. Jimmy woke up to really sore wings but its okay because Tango

[starscream-is-my-wife]

A bit of my AU where Megatron is second in command, Ratchet and the matrix are pretty connected, I think he should be Prime (he doesn’t want to be lol)

[the-bat-bros]

Bruce wdym you don’t want your girlfriend bonding with your kids how else is she supposed to integrate into the family?

From the latest update of Wayne Family Adventures on Webtoons

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

hope you feel better soon!

I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!

[the-wager-au]

@impactrueno I had to draw your adult Lydia's cartoon-esque dress, it made me GASP when I saw it 🕸🦇❤

[mischievous-thunder]

Althea: I have a weakness. It's cocaine.

Wade, thinking about losing Logan because he doesn't know how someone like Logan chooses to be with someone like Wade: I have none.

Logan, thinking about how he lets Wade get away with literally anything because his heart won't allow him to say "no" to Wade: Yeah, same.