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Resources - Writing Advice
“…there were definitely a few moments where I had to seriously question why I was researching 10th century Norse trade routes at 1 AM to write a fic for a canon that thought you could get to Malta from the Indian Ocean in the time between episodes, without going around Africa.”
— Nonny, Jan. 3, 2014
Except where noted, these are resources from outside FFA.
Legal Issues with Fanfic
- Meme discussion: Fanfic and plagiarism (FFA thread)
Advice for All Writers
General
- Gaining more confidence in one's writing (FFA thread)
Beat Sheets
Specific to Fanfic Writers
Motivation
- Hourly Writing Prompts (Yes, one new prompt per hour.)
- Picture Writing Prompts (Only 1 daily update, but you get 3 images per post.)
Technical Skills (spelling, grammar, etc.)
- Ways to vary your sentence structure (FFA thread)
- How to punctuate multi-paragraph monologues (FFA thread)
- “My prose is awkward and I don't know why.” (FFA thread)
- Writing non-abrupt endings (FFA thread)
Point of View (FFA threads)
- POV writing advice (Jan. 16, 2012)
- Writing question: 3rd person limited (Mar. 10, 2012)
Dialogue
- Describing setting in dialogue (FFA thread)
Plotting
- Prompt generators: Bleep0Bleep, Creativichee
- Seventh Sanctum: Story element generators
- Pseudo-historical fantasy plot (FFA thread)
- Where do you come up with plot ideas? (FFA thread, Dec. 21, 2011) Possibly the best response: “Stories are everywhere, nonny. All you have to do is stop judging yourself for where you find them.”
Titles
Etiquette
Betaing/Editing
Submissions
- What not to submit to sf/f journals (early 2014)
Research, General
- Little Details LJ community
- Research: How to Do It: How to get the most out of Google searches, and where to find experts to ask (Little Details, yay!).
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