New answers tagged creative-writing
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I would say yes. I found a short articles for you to puruse at your lesure:
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/a-positive-mood-allows-your-brain-to-think-more-creatively.html
I have noticed when writing poetry or music, I tend to do my most prolific work when I am upset. I write down everything I can and use that mood as fuel. When ...
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It does impact how you write, and possibly your ability to write, but not always in a predictable or positive sense.
At first it might seem that it's easier to write about a particular emotion when you're experiencing that emotion. Not necessarily. Let's assume that you can somehow work yourself into that emotional state without it seeming strained or ...
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I normally use repetitions when I want to emphasize something. Use repetitions in those examples, for me, would not be a good practice.
Just as an example.
I thought about it. I thought about it deeply, and realized it
was not the way.
In your example phrases, I would go for something like Dale suggested.
Alex looks around. The room is almost empty...
...
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I guess the correct question would be "does having your text affected by your mood is good or bad"?
I have no doubt that what the author is feeling affects the way he writes, just as anybody in any kind of job will be affected in their performance by the way they are feeling. It's normal to a certain point.
The problem is that, what you feel, might affect ...
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I am reminded of the anecdote about Dustin Hoffman torturing himself for Marathon Man because he was a "Method" actor, so he'd look as tortured as his character. Lawrence Olivier looked at him and said, "My dear boy, that's why they call it acting."
Whenever we write, unless we're writing an autobiography, we are always putting ourselves into someone ...
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Your first example is a not a grammatical sentence. It is a comma splice. It uses a comma to join two independent clauses.
Your third example uses repetition. Repetition serves to emphasize the thing that's repeated. It also introduces a kind of rhythm into the sentence.
Repetition is grammatically acceptable. Whether it's a good idea depends on whether ...
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If you're an analytical type (and if you do technical writing, I guess you are), Writing Fiction for Dummies could be a very good match for you. It was for me :)
If you want to "try before you buy", read http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/articles/snowflake-method/
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Questions about "what to write about" are off-topic. But your question can be also interpreted as "how to start a novel" and so I'm going to answer that one.
First a misconception on your side:
I know nothing about writing.
This sentence is only excusable as a citation. But your name is not John Snow. So forget about it, because writing this question ...
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You could contact Fablelane and have your story published there. They will chunk it up in pieces, and allow the community to branch the story into alternative outcomes and choices, or build upon the story.
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Dumb down is a phrase that conveys contempt for your audience: you're using small words and simple phrases because you believe that your audience isn't as smart as you are. That may be true, but you should ask yourself this: If the ideas in your complex sentences and unfamiliar words can be conveyed as well by simpler text, how good a writer are you?
Rather ...
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One popular tool is the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Score. See, for example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_test. Basically this counts the average number of letters per word and the average number of words per sentence and runs these through a formula to come up with an "appropriate grade level" for the block of text.
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It's a sign of a poor writer if they have to use color and weird visual hints and the likes to express nuances of the scene on regular basis. There are writers who can use that skillfully and for real impact (bows to sir Pratchett with his full-page "YES") but even they use it sparingly - or all the impact will be lost.
Thing is, if you go into too ...
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