I'm working on one of the WIPs that Will Not End, and I have a narrative problem. Most of the story is over Character A's shoulder. But I realized I have a scene with Character B where A cannot be there. Is it jarring to switch POV for just that one scene? Should I start doing it more often? What do y'all think?

Kurt Vonnegut's rules on writing fiction. Sometimes I forget these and I really, really shouldn't.

Also.

( Spoilers for the latest Blast )

In celebration of my springkink fics getting done:

Ask me a question about one of my fics -- characters, plot, what happened before or after, what the writing process was like, what scenes I cut or changed, other ways the fic could have gone, relevant bits of backstory/headcanon/worldbuilding, what a certain line or scene meant or was in reference to, what ( Read more... )

Why you need to write like a bad girl. Awesomesauce.

Am considering doing The Big Read with the audio version of The Woman in White.

If you start rambling about how you wish a more macho actor was cast for Character X, it's basically an excuse for me to not take you seriously at all. Especially when Character X = Robin Hood. What ( Read more... )

When your characters start boring the shit out of you, take a step back. Are they acting, or are they just reacting to the various snowballs and flying bags of poo that you're throwing at them? Maybe they'll be more interesting if you let them fucking do things.

(Half my posts have this subject line, I swear.)

yes_fandom_can hopes to do for Barack Obama what livelongnmarry did for the gay marriage effort.

You too can help vet Sarah Palin! It's educational.

And a meme, from greenwillow27 by way of theemdash:

Post the first lines from your last 20 stories. Do you see any patterns?

( Like I can remember what order I post these in. Also, there's a mix of WIPs and finished stuff. )

Does anyone have/could get me a screencap of an 'Average' Facebook page? I want to use it in a story and am too lazy to sign up for the service.