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Popular Genre in fiction
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» Horror/Paranormal/Ghost. These are high-pitched scary stories involving pursuit and escape. The protagonist must overcome supernatural or demonic beings. Occult is a sub-genre that always uses satanic-type antagonists.
» Mystery/Crime.
These are also known as ‘whodunits’. The central issue is a question that must be answered, an identity revealed, a crime solved. This novel is characterised by clues leading to rising tension as the answer to the mystery is approached. There are many sub-genres in this category.
Police Procedurals are mysteries that involve a police officer or detective solving the crime. The emphasis rests heavily on technological or forensic aspects of police work, sorting and collecting evidence, as well as the legal aspects of criminology.
» Historical.
These fictional stories take place against factual historical backdrops. Important historical figures are portrayed as fictional characters. Historical Romance is a sub-genre that involves a conflicted love relationship in a factual historical setting.
Westerns. These books are specifically set in the old American West. Plotlines include survival, romance, and adventures with characters of the time, for example, cowboys, frontiersmen, Indians, mountain men, and miners.
» Family Saga.
This genre is about on-going stories of two or more generations of a family. Plots revolve around things like businesses, acquisition, properties, adventures, and family curses. By their nature, these are primarily historical, often bringing the resolution in contemporary settings. There is usually a timeline involved in these books.
» Women’s Fiction.
These plot lines are characterised by female characters who face challenges, difficulties, and crises that have a direct relationship to gender. This is inclusive of woman’s conflict with man, though not limited to that. It can include conflict with things such as the economy, family, society, art, politics, and religion.
» Magic Realism.
Magical events are part of ordinary life in this genre. The characters do not see them as abnormal or unusual. They are a natural part of the story. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a classic in this genre.
» Literary Fiction.
This genre focuses on the human condition and it is more concerned with the inner lives of characters and themes than plot. Literary fiction is difficult to sell and continues to decline in popularity.
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» Horror/Paranormal/Ghost. These are high-pitched scary stories involving pursuit and escape. The protagonist must overcome supernatural or demonic beings. Occult is a sub-genre that always uses satanic-type antagonists.
» Mystery/Crime.
These are also known as ‘whodunits’. The central issue is a question that must be answered, an identity revealed, a crime solved. This novel is characterised by clues leading to rising tension as the answer to the mystery is approached. There are many sub-genres in this category.
Police Procedurals are mysteries that involve a police officer or detective solving the crime. The emphasis rests heavily on technological or forensic aspects of police work, sorting and collecting evidence, as well as the legal aspects of criminology.
» Historical.
These fictional stories take place against factual historical backdrops. Important historical figures are portrayed as fictional characters. Historical Romance is a sub-genre that involves a conflicted love relationship in a factual historical setting.
Westerns. These books are specifically set in the old American West. Plotlines include survival, romance, and adventures with characters of the time, for example, cowboys, frontiersmen, Indians, mountain men, and miners.
» Family Saga.
This genre is about on-going stories of two or more generations of a family. Plots revolve around things like businesses, acquisition, properties, adventures, and family curses. By their nature, these are primarily historical, often bringing the resolution in contemporary settings. There is usually a timeline involved in these books.
» Women’s Fiction.
These plot lines are characterised by female characters who face challenges, difficulties, and crises that have a direct relationship to gender. This is inclusive of woman’s conflict with man, though not limited to that. It can include conflict with things such as the economy, family, society, art, politics, and religion.
» Magic Realism.
Magical events are part of ordinary life in this genre. The characters do not see them as abnormal or unusual. They are a natural part of the story. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a classic in this genre.
» Literary Fiction.
This genre focuses on the human condition and it is more concerned with the inner lives of characters and themes than plot. Literary fiction is difficult to sell and continues to decline in popularity.
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E.E. Cummings on poetry in :
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.
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To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.
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N.H. Kleinbaum on writing poetry in Dead Poets Society:
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
To quote from Whitman,
O me! O life!...
of the questions of these recurring;
of the endless trains of the faithless...
of cities filled with the foolish;
what good amid these,
O me, O life? Answer.
That you are here -
that life exists, and identity;
that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
What will your verse be?
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We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
To quote from Whitman,
O me! O life!...
of the questions of these recurring;
of the endless trains of the faithless...
of cities filled with the foolish;
what good amid these,
O me, O life? Answer.
That you are here -
that life exists, and identity;
that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
What will your verse be?
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1. Be Impeccable With Your Word
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
2. Don't Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.
3. Don't Make Assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
4. Always Do Your Best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Some #motivation for those in need
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Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
2. Don't Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.
3. Don't Make Assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
4. Always Do Your Best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Some #motivation for those in need
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Planning to write a family drama?
10 Tips for Writing a Family Drama Novel
1. Character comes first
2. Find your central question
3. Look for the conflict
4. Contrast POV
5. Get emotional
6. Light and shade
7. Play the therapist
8. Raise the stakes
9. Nail your dialogue
10. Use metaphor
Read details here:
https://thepeeptimes.com/10-tips-for-writing-a-family-drama-novel/
10 Tips for Writing a Family Drama Novel
1. Character comes first
2. Find your central question
3. Look for the conflict
4. Contrast POV
5. Get emotional
6. Light and shade
7. Play the therapist
8. Raise the stakes
9. Nail your dialogue
10. Use metaphor
Read details here:
https://thepeeptimes.com/10-tips-for-writing-a-family-drama-novel/
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How to Use Prompts for your Creative Writing Exercise?
1. DON'T Limit Yourself to Prose
2. DON'T Edit as You Write
3. DO Interpret the Prompt Broadly
4. DO Try Switching Up Your Writing Methods
5. DO Mix and Match Prompt Ideas
6. DO Try to write regularly
Try these #tips by sending /prompt in @WritersClub to get prompt
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1. DON'T Limit Yourself to Prose
2. DON'T Edit as You Write
3. DO Interpret the Prompt Broadly
4. DO Try Switching Up Your Writing Methods
5. DO Mix and Match Prompt Ideas
6. DO Try to write regularly
Try these #tips by sending /prompt in @WritersClub to get prompt
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Forwarded from Rajiv༗
Can someone write a profile description copy in 70 char discouraging spammers to text me about investments & earnings?
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Join to learn how to write compelling dialogues: https://t.me/WritersClub?livestream
If in case you missed the stream, here are the tips:
1. Cut dialogue to the bone.
2. Use dialogue to reveal backstory.
3. Use dialogue to reveal character.
4. Be subtle. (subtext, sidestepping, silence)
5. Read your dialogue aloud.
6. Create a 'Make My Day' moment.
1. Cut dialogue to the bone.
2. Use dialogue to reveal backstory.
3. Use dialogue to reveal character.
4. Be subtle. (subtext, sidestepping, silence)
5. Read your dialogue aloud.
6. Create a 'Make My Day' moment.
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New #query by 136817688 from @WritersClub:
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What makes a poem good? Rhythm, rhyme, skills with words or pure emotions?
👉🏻 Answer in comments below!
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What makes a poem good? Rhythm, rhyme, skills with words or pure emotions?
👉🏻 Answer in comments below!
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25 Ways (#prompts) to Start a Story
1. Man is running from someone or something in the moonlight.
2. Woman is searching for someone or something in a thick fog.
3. A loud noise startles a person awake.
4. Narrator confesses something outrageous.
5. An unmarked package is left on someone's porch.
6. Two lovers explore an abandoned island.
7. A woman wakes up in a ditch.
8. Children playing at a park make a grisly discovery.
9. A person observes a car go off the road.
10. Someone hears a faint noise and—against their better judgment—goes to investigate.
11. A man hangs off a rooftop several stories in the air.
12. Narrator reveals a long hidden regret.
13. An elderly woman finds a letter she'd forgotten she had.
14. A child accepts a dare.
15. Two people searching for a geocache find something they never expected.
16. A student notices something in the hallway that everyone else fails to see.
17. Someone fishing alone sees something no one is likely to believe.
18. Narrator reveals his or her greatest fear.
19. An elderly man goes into the attic to make sure something he hid is still there.
20. Two people meet at a science fiction and fantasy convention.
21. Narrator explains why someone else can't be trusted.
22. Someone appears to be trying to avoid detection but is doing a lousy job of it.
23. Two people meet at a place that they thought was only known to them.
24. Narrator says he or she is in love.
25. Narrator says he or she will never love again.
Start writing now..
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1. Man is running from someone or something in the moonlight.
2. Woman is searching for someone or something in a thick fog.
3. A loud noise startles a person awake.
4. Narrator confesses something outrageous.
5. An unmarked package is left on someone's porch.
6. Two lovers explore an abandoned island.
7. A woman wakes up in a ditch.
8. Children playing at a park make a grisly discovery.
9. A person observes a car go off the road.
10. Someone hears a faint noise and—against their better judgment—goes to investigate.
11. A man hangs off a rooftop several stories in the air.
12. Narrator reveals a long hidden regret.
13. An elderly woman finds a letter she'd forgotten she had.
14. A child accepts a dare.
15. Two people searching for a geocache find something they never expected.
16. A student notices something in the hallway that everyone else fails to see.
17. Someone fishing alone sees something no one is likely to believe.
18. Narrator reveals his or her greatest fear.
19. An elderly man goes into the attic to make sure something he hid is still there.
20. Two people meet at a science fiction and fantasy convention.
21. Narrator explains why someone else can't be trusted.
22. Someone appears to be trying to avoid detection but is doing a lousy job of it.
23. Two people meet at a place that they thought was only known to them.
24. Narrator says he or she is in love.
25. Narrator says he or she will never love again.
Start writing now..
@WritersClub // @WritersCafe
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