tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-14:3071550 Writing Excuses Transcripts Writing Excuses Transcripts 2011-08-24T15:30:00Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-14:3071550:48517 ext_88293 2011-08-24T15:30:00Z 2011-08-24T15:30:00Z gas diving public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='mbarker.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=92151&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mbarker.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mbarker.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Writing Excuses 6.12: Revising Howard's Story<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/08/21/writing-excuses-6-12-revising-for-description/">http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/08/21/writing-excuses-6-12-revising-for-description/</a><br /><br />Key points: Word choice can identify genre. Inherent conflict builds interest. Be careful with names. Concrete is better. Make sure the reader knows what's going on. Tell us what the character feels. Be careful about details that feel natural to the character but may be disorienting to the reader. Use word choice to bring out tone. Use contrasts to build interest. Consider letting the reader understand the character, quirks, interests, motivation. Instead of reporting sensations, let them happen.<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/48517.html#cutid1">One day on Jupiter...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br />[Brandon] We should really let you post this whole thing for people in the liner notes.<br />[Howard] Oh, that would just be awful.<br />[Brandon] Then our writing prompt can be, start with his concept and write your own story.<br />[Dan] Nice.<br />[Howard] Very good.<br />[Brandon] All right. This has been Writing Excuses. You're out of excuses, now go write.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wetranscripts&ditemid=48517" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-14:3071550:37959 ext_88293 2011-02-28T13:20:00Z 2011-02-28T13:20:00Z drippy public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='mbarker.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=92151&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mbarker.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mbarker.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Writing Excuses 5.7: Avoiding Melodrama<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/10/17/writing-excuses-5-7-avoiding-melodrama/">http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/10/17/writing-excuses-5-7-avoiding-melodrama/</a><br /><br />Key points: Melodrama grows out of one-sidedness. Make your characters real people. Avoid cliche. Set up your emotional scenes. Make characters likable. Variation and contrasts add spice.<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/37959.html#cutid1">lots of melodrama, and a dramatic reading!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wetranscripts&ditemid=37959" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments