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alexvss said:
I debunked the most common writing advices.
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Good stuff. I think the best response to "Write what you know" is "Know what you write"

"Show don't tell" is absolutely terrible advice (and extremely vague. Isn't a book literally all telling in a sense?)
It should be replaced with "Be interesting". Which is the ultimate piece of writing advice for all circumstances.

Sometimes it's more interesting to "tell", sometimes it's more interesting to "show". Usually you have to do both I suspect.

The thing about conflict not being central is interesting. I think the people who say this basically mean conflict as a synonym of "goals" or even the plot itself. More vagueness. Dragon Ball definitely has a goal at the beginning, but it's comparatively carefree and low-stakes. Apparently early Dragon Ball was inspired by Journey to the West. I've never read it so I don't know the relation (and my memories of watching Dragon Ball on Toonami are hazy. That franchise definitely evolved into something really different by the time you get to DBZ).
 
Juliana said:
@alexvss Muito bom! I think you have some really great points. A lot of advice given out has become rule, and for most of it I think the truth is that sometimes it's useful, and sometimes it isn't...
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Valeu! And yes, beginners often follow these advices blindly; but they have to understand that these advices are more like guidelines that you can manipulate as you see fit, or not follow at all.

Valtharius said:
Good stuff. I think the best response to "Write what you know" is "Know what you write"

"Show don't tell" is absolutely terrible advice (and extremely vague. Isn't a book literally all telling in a sense?)
It should be replaced with "Be interesting". Which is the ultimate piece of writing advice for all circumstances.

Sometimes it's more interesting to "tell", sometimes it's more interesting to "show". Usually you have to do both I suspect.

The thing about conflict not being central is interesting. I think the people who say this basically mean conflict as a synonym of "goals" or even the plot itself. More vagueness. Dragon Ball definitely has a goal at the beginning, but it's comparatively carefree and low-stakes. Apparently early Dragon Ball was inspired by Journey to the West. I've never read it so I don't know the relation (and my memories of watching Dragon Ball on Toonami are hazy. That franchise definitely evolved into something really different by the time you get to DBZ).
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I liked "Know what you write". Had never heard of it.

And yes, DBZ is a totally different animal. Nothing to do with Journey to the West but the monkey tails XD
 
I compiled some of my favourite (mostly sci-fi and fantasy inspired) photo composites and digital art from over the years:
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Fantastical Photo Composites and Digital Art

A few of my favourite fantasy and sci-fi-esque photo composites from over the years
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And updated my list of favourite short stories:

Favourite Short Stories (by Other Writers) by Alex Harford : Favourites (by Other Writers)

Favourite Short Stories (by Other Writers). From Favourites (by Other Writers) by Alex Harford. Mostly fantasy and speculative fiction short stories, but some other stuff too.
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I also upgraded my website from PHP 5 to PHP 7. Super productive after not doing anything with/on my website since pre-pandemic!
 
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A Game of Wings

Hi all. You’re now about to read a post stating which wing flavour best represents which GoT/Song of Ice and Fire character best. Or close the tab. One of the two. The inspiration for this po…
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Article on which GoT character equals which chicken wing flavour. One of my best pieces of work if I say so myself.
 
Juliana said:
A little pick-me-up number from the query trenches:

You Are Valid (and so is your writing)
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That's a great and very needed post Juliana.


Here's two recent ones.

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The Legend of Korra Watch Through: Book Three Change

(There will be spoilers) Here’s how watching the third book of The Legend of Korra went for me. I watched the first episode a long time back and a little bit of the second, and gave up becaus…
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The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien

(there will be spoilers) Good evening. I will now be attempting to say something new and original enough to be worthwhile about arguably the single most famous book of fiction in the world. ……
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I am a horrible barbarian and every time I see people talk about lambs, I get hungry rather than go "aahh".
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I think, "sh*t! It's that time of the year again. I'll have to watch out for the little buggers." Round my way they're often grazing on the sides of the roads. A lamb's instincts when threatened is to run to its mother. If the lamb is one side of the road, and the mother is on the other, a lamb will panic and run right in front of you. Splat!
 
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