Ask me Anything: Writing Advice
4 years ago
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You know the game, but this time it's for any burning questions you have in regards to writing.
How do you manage to write down any ideas you have in your stories?
If you ever follow my twitter you'll kinda see what I mean when I just ramble off what I'm thinking of in that exact moment. From little things big things grow y'know?
It was a huge help. Thank you.
Additionally what do you feel the ideal writing environment is? Do you go for background music or prefer silence?
And one last question, do you have any clue what the semicolon (;) is for? I've never once used it and I don't know what I'm missing out on.
Thing is, MY ideal environment is music, but for others complete silence works. It depends entirely on how your attention span functions. Just purely writing in silence can cause me to lose focus, so having some music to keep some white noise helps me.
Semi-colons are odd in how, well, basically, they exist so you can sort of... end the sentence, but still keep the sentence going. In my view anyways. They're kinda rare and I don't really use a lot of them myself tbh. I wouldn't really worry about it honestly, as they're used even less than colons are.
Honestly, I would like to see you write more about the following subjects:
WG, bloat, inflation.
My problem is I have tons of ideas, but getting them fully down is a challenge and more often then not I just abandon the project due to me believing it wasn't good anyways.
Joking aside, I don't think there is an easy answer to your question. We only put in the value we feel we should and once you lose a story's sense of value, it can be very hard to get it back. There's so many possible suggestions, like pace yourself and whatnot, but at the end of the day, sometimes, you gotta wash your hands of it.
Writing is hard because all the progress you make is words on a word document. A long, long list of words that take no shape except a blob if you unfocus your eyes. You HAVE to want to do it, even if it's just to get it over and done with. It may not be pretty or what you want, but it's done. And sometimes just being done is good enough.
So I guess my answer is is that you gotta want to see it in its entirety. To see what your imagination can bring forth. You have to want to see it through to the end. You just gotta want it.
*Describing the tightness of the clothes, and how they're getting tighter. Does it hurt? Does it not hurt? Is the tightness noticeable to the character? Are there places where the clothing is tightest, like the shoes or the waist?
*Describe how the clothing conforms around the fattening body. Digging into some places, tearing in others. Are bits of fur and fat poking through the tears?
*Describe whether or not the weight gain feels good to the character or not. Are they enjoying it? Are they not? Is it a bit of both? Emotional response helps provides depth to the moment.
*Describe noticeable features of being fat, like intensifying jiggle, body/belly noises. Especially the weight. You can get good mileage about describing how much heavier the character feels and whether or not their movement is impaired by the added weight.
*Pace yourself. You don't need to rush to get to the final size in just one paragraph. WG is an indulgent experience, so make it a good time for the reader.
Should the growth be slowly what good belly noises I can use?
Speed depends on how fast you want the growth to go, but you should provide enough details for people to enjoy. Onomatopeia helps. Like gurgles and growls and the like.
How should blueberry inflation effect the feet and toes?
Should blueberry inflation rip clothes?
If you want them too.