Today, I'm going to be talking about how a girl's mind works when she's in a fight. After learning about these 3 stages that most girls go through in a fight, you'll be able to incorporate some epic realism into your girl characters when you write your fight scenes! Let's get started!
How to you write a story where the plot actually leads to the right place, and doesn't go haywire? How do you have relevant beginning and end scenes? Today I'm going to be sharing with you guys three techniques that all build off of each other in a way that'll help you create not only a straight plot, but a beginning and ending scene that have a purpose. Let's get started!
Ah yes, showing not telling...showing vs telling...and showing AND telling. I'm going to say the majority of writers hate it, the other majority don't care, and a small amount think it's sounds way too complicated to learn so they just completely kick the idea out the window. Well, I'm hoping that if you hate it, this post will help you like it! If you don't care this post will make you see why you should, and if you believe it's too complicated..? Than I'm hoping to break it down so simply that by the end of this, whatever type of feelings you have for showing and telling, you'll be a boss at it! Let's get started!
During your fight scenes, you're most likely going to have a few characters with weapons, and you'll want them to be able to use them effectively. But did you know there are actually a lot of rules to follow before handing your characters a blade? Today, I'm going to be giving you 4 rules that will make all your fight scenes with weapons so much more realistic. Let's get started!
Hooks are going to be the one huge thing that's going to make your readers keep reading past the first sentence, but...what happens after that? How else will we be able to create a successfully gripping first chapter? Today, we're going to find out how!
I don't know if it's just me, but I've always had such a huge trouble writing my traveling scenes! SO. I've learned from my past experiences, and today I'm going to be telling you guys exactly what will make your traveling scenes interesting. Let's get started!
Fight scenes. About one of the hardest scenes to pull off as a writer. So many things go into it, and really, most writers-and authors!-can't seem to pull it off right. So today I'm helping you guys learn 5 awesome tricks to amping up your meh fight scenes into killer fight scenes (PUN INTENDED *evil laughs*) So, let's get started!
I love hooks. I've talked about them on multiple occasions, (ONE!) but I realized that there was a darker part about hooks that I haven't covered yet. You see, hooks are what draw readers into books. So we've got to have the perfect hook. For this post, I'll be using this example: Joe stumbled and glanced backwards, terrified. They were after him. And on that note, let's get started!
I was thinking about writing a funny scene in a book, and I thought to me-self, "Mary. What kinds of situations could a character be in to make it funny?" And I found the answer in Ninjago. Their entire movie series is hilarious, and I realized that there are so many really creative ways to get funny scenes in your book! Anyways, as I was looking through their hilarious GIFs, I realized that these were actually great ideas for situations that you could have in scenes for you book! So I'm going to tell you guys a situation, and then explain it with a GIF from Ninjago! Hopefully you find this post hilarious, because I sure had a lot of fun! *Also check out the AWESOME note at the end of this post!!
It doesn't matter what kind of arc your character is following, there will always be one scene in your story where your character will have a self-revelation. And I'm going to show you guys how to master this scene today!
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