Phrobozi on PlotTips I
Plotting TipsHere is a plot tip to ensure your plot is a success. An ok plot has conflict. Conflict is a situation and/or a complication. A good plot has conflict that has both situation and...
View ArticlePhrobozi on Plot Tips II
Phrobozi on Plot Tips: ViewpointsThis is a continuation of my first post Phrobozi on Plot Tips.Sometimes, after having written that Super-Duper Plot Idea, you pitch it to a friend, and they arent too...
View ArticleTSB Writing Contest #2!!!!!
OK folks, it's finally here, and this time we will focus our attention on Prose. Here is how the contest is going to work:Over the weekend, I went to the mall with a pen and pad of paper. I spent...
View ArticlePhrobozi on Writing Techniques Tip I
Improving your writing techniquesIm sure many of you have a stack of books devoted to Novel/Short Story writing. In the end, they all sound the same. People though are visual creatures. As such, books...
View ArticlePhrobozi on Editing V.2.0 - Checking The Flow
Phrobozi on Editing V.2.0 - Checking The FlowYouve edited your piece a half dozen times and yet something is wrong and you dont know why.Chances are, its not a grammar mistake. You would have found...
View ArticleMany Protagonists - Keeping one from up staging the others.
Ive been gearing up to write a novel with six main protagonists. After spending time working through the character backgrounds and making the initial story arc, Ive come to realize that six...
View ArticleGeneral Advice to Beginning Authors.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg of you, DO start off with short prose - small stories, scenes, action sequences - rather than novels or 5-book sagas. That way you'll be able to find your style, pace, and...
View ArticleVOTING: TSB Writting Contest #2
OK folks, We have all read the submissions into the TSB Writing Contest #2. Now its time to pick the best. Voting will be simple, but a little different from your standard EZBoard vote.To vote for...
View ArticleAround The Net In 90 Days
Around The Net In 90 Days Ive scoured the net in my search for knowledge about the craft of writing. Ive gleaned knowledge from different styles and approaches. Ive come to a conclusion about this.As...
View ArticleCreating Simple Solutions to Complex Problems
Well, I've been working and reworking, thinking and rethinking a storyline problem for the past few weeks now with little leeway. Hopefully someone can offer some friendly advice on how to work around...
View ArticleCan It Get Any Worse?
This story was the most entertaining for me. Although I liked the plot twist, it was how the required quotes fit into the story without seeming forced that impressed me. It had a good plot set up...
View ArticlePhrobozi on Scenery & Place
Scenery and PlaceOne of the things I hate reading most are scenery descriptions. Often, I just skip past all of that to get to the meat of the story. But, am I being impatient, or did the author not...
View Articleramble. ramble. purple monkey.
waah. sometimes there's a time when you (not you YOU but you the random poke in the audience) realise that all you wrote is utter bullshit, that it's childish, that it deserves to be burnt, crumpled,...
View ArticleMechanism for Hoo-dou
Has anyone considered the importance of the hoo-dou methods of thought?Truly the most basic part of hoo-dou is the conviction that certain symbolic actions can alter large-scale activities--i.e., crop...
View ArticleTone
What seems to me to be often the most noticeable distinction between patently amateur writers and professionals is the treatment of tone. Obvious amateurs tend to heavily overdo it, whereas...
View ArticleLanguage
LanguageThere are many elements that make up a story, but I have found language to be the variable that impacts your story the most.How so?Before I answer that, let me define what I mean by language...
View ArticleDialogue
Does anyone know where I can find written examples of real-world dialogue? Phone conversations, the words from unscripted films, source from language studies, that kind of thing.
View ArticleAnyone wanna help the new writer?
Well,Hello there everybody. I am... rather new here (as in I joined roughly 2 minutes ago), and I am looking for some advice. I am a Junior of High School and I really love the art of writing. I have...
View ArticleOpening Line
I've been getting some good ideas for my old Gargoyle story I started last year. I've got the basic story line in mind and I plan on starting serious work on it tonight. I've been trying to work on...
View ArticleWhat's The Best Comedy Movie On Netflix
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