Moday Resources XIII

[smirkingcat.livejournal.com]

so this weeks post is actually written last week by me, as i am away on a nice awesome weekend-trip right now, so from my past me to the future you i have some nice treats that i hope will help you keep on writing, without further ado let's start:

• our first entry focuses on villain development and what should be remembered when it comes to villains, the thing about villains is that while they are incredibly important to the story, they are also incredible hard to write or to get right and this blog entry might be able to help you to flesh out the villain of your story some more; what is not said but what is said in many other of the resources i posted so far: it is not important that everything you know is in the story, but it is important that you as the author are knowing all the details, because while not telling them they will shine through your writing! so time to spent some time with our villains!



• i'm not too sure- is september to early to think about halloween? well, regardless here i have a nice post about writing horror, gore and scary stuff (be advised there is a lot of advertisement going on on this page) i found it interesting- especially as i am myself at the moment are working on fleshing out a gore scene, but also the point about "making the danger real" really was enlightening, and as a whole the article was just interesting to read and inspirational with great tips for how to keep the horror alive and going on



• and this weeks last entry, because i found it incredible useful and interesting too is about writing realistic fight-scenes and yes i know with magic we dont really have to bother with realistic fight scenes, but still sometimes our characters get into fisticuffs and ultimately a wand equals a weapon and so the after effects of the fight will be there, maybe even more so as the wizard has to use his own magic
  and then truly knowing how to write a fight scene is never something bad, am i right?

with this i shall conclude this weeks resource post!
i'm about to finish my great weekend trip and might put words down in the evening too so i shall wish you a lot of mojo and energy to get into writing too
and remember: all words are good words!


do you want more tips on one certain topic that i so far completely ignored? (i am posting here what catches my fancy in hope to motivate you to get words down- so if you have something you need to know or read or be motivated on, let me know and i shall dig around the net trying to find something for you)
do you have a tip you want to share, but are thinking: "meh"- just pm me or write me a mail smirkingcat[at] yandex. com and i shall check it out and include it in a future post [with your name or without it]

Comments

[ravenclawsquill]

Hey,

The horror & gore link sounds really interesting, but it isn't working for me. Any chance you could fix it? It sounds like a really helpful resource for Hurtfest!

I enjoyed the first link, too. There's nothing worse than a poorly constructed villain!

[smirkingcat.livejournal.com]

hi there!
thanks for letting me know- it should be fixed
and here is the link again https://wizzley.com/how-to-write-horror-genre/ (https://wizzley.com/how-to-write-horror-genre/)

and thank you so much for telling me what you liked!
do you need something specific for your hurtfest?
i have no real plan about the next entry as of yet, so if you need something i might be able to dig something up?
best wishes
GO! words <3

[ravenclawsquill]

Fabulous, thank you!

Not hurtfest specific, but if you happened to find anything about pacing a story, that would be brilliant. I'm sure I'm not the only person who struggles with it!

[smirkingcat.livejournal.com]

i shall see what i can do ;)