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Describe It: Lightning When writing, you can use weather to help or hinder characters or set a mood (sometime to a cliche level re: thunder and lightning = scary). We're going to get into how you can use lightning in a more dynamic way than "lightning flashed overhead", and help you establish other areas it might be useful in using other than just creepy factor.

Describe It: Lightning

When writing, you can use weather to help or hinder characters or set a mood (sometime to a cliche level re: thunder and lightning = scary). We're going to get into how you can use lightning in a more dynamic way than "lightning flashed overhead", and help you establish…

How you structure sentences is important. For headlines, it's probably a good idea to read it while actively TRYING to take it wrong.

It's important to consider the whole sentence before committing to signs and marketing...😅

*looks at neurodivergence* STOP MAKING ME SOUND LIKE AI!

* It got more worser - Instead: It got worse.

* Each time he baked, the results got more better - Instead: Each time he baked, the results got better

The issue is a double comparison. English has a built-in way to compare things. You either use “more” or you modify the word itself—not both.

Writing Tip - avoid using descriptors such as:

- The apartment smelled like burnt pizza and broken dreams
(broken dreams do not have a smell, and this is *very* abstract)

- His voice was like velvet over steel
(this is cliché, arguably corny, and sounds like AI writing)

Why Authors Can’t Let Go of Greek Myths The fascination with these stories reflects an existential interest in what in life is inevitable, and what we can control.

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Pro writing tip: maps can be obnoxious, let nature design them for you!

Describe It: Rain When writing, you can use weather to help or hinder characters or set a mood (sometime to a cliche level re: sadness = raining). Weather can also helps us with world building, especially when we take into consideration the type of climate our story’s environment has. Does your character live near the ocean? The clouds and rainfall is going to have a major impact on the way people live!

You wanted it, and here it is! Let's talk about writing rain in your novels without being cliche about it.

Ideas for Writing Healing Magic In the magic series, we're going to review a whole host of magic types! Magic systems are more than flashy spells and glowing hands. They're rules, rituals, and consequences—the invisible architecture behind every fireball, healing touch, or whispered curse. Regardless of the type of magic, it needs structure and purpose to truly resonate with readers. We get into how to build a magic system and the importance of it in the D-Script…

Ideas for Writing Healing Magic

In the magic series, we're going to review a whole host of magic types! Magic systems are more than flashy spells and glowing hands. They're rules, rituals, and consequences—the invisible architecture behind every fireball, healing touch, or whispered curse.…

Wikipedia has put out a comprehensive list of how to spot AI writing (for now). Keep in mind, humans naturally do many of these, so watch for multiple instances of many of these before jumping to conclusions

It's going to get harder spotting AI the more it develops

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Statement About AI Use It's only natural these days that people are curious about the use of AI in professional settings. This, of course, is also important to a lot of people in fields that have been immediately threatened or encroached upon by generative AI like Claude or ChatGPT. These fields includes ones dear to my heart, such as writing and art. I'm both a writer and an artist!

Statement About AI Use

It's only natural these days that people are curious about the use of AI in professional settings. This, of course, is also important to a lot of people in fields that have been immediately threatened or encroached upon by generative AI like Claude or ChatGPT. These fields…

So, no. I much prefer to do the work myself. It's creative and fulfilling. You may just be picking up on the fact that most of my career with writing has been:
1. technical writing for companies
2. social media/marketing/donor relations related
3. research related

these articles involve a lot of research, and AI best practices include things like always double checking research. It likes to hallucinate/make stuff up if it doesn't know. At that point, it's simpler to do the research initially rather than looking for documents that support what AI pumps out.

A question has come in on our feedback form asking if AI is used to write articles:

I'll always be transparent about the use of AI, marking any content (where possible) that's been generated by AI, which is not a lot.

It would be faster, and I'd be able to get out more articles a year, but...

Ideas for Writing Spirit Magic In the magic series, we're going to review a whole host of magic types! Magic systems are more than flashy spells and glowing hands. They're rules, rituals, and consequences—the invisible architecture behind every fireball, healing touch, or whispered curse. Regardless of the type of magic, it needs structure and purpose to truly resonate with readers. We get into how to build a magic system and the importance of it in the D-Script…

Ideas for Writing Spirit Magic

In the magic series, we're going to review a whole host of magic types! Magic systems are more than flashy spells and glowing hands. They're rules, rituals, and consequences—the invisible architecture behind every fireball, healing touch, or whispered curse.…

Describe It: Emotional Pain / Hurt Jump to Descriptions Eyes Mouth General Hands/Arms Body Language/Behaviour Internal Reactions Impact on Mind Voice Walk Definition Emotional pain is an often invisible hurt that comes from loss, trauma, disappointment, or a powerful negative emotional experience. It’s not physical but your body and brain can still respond to it like it is! Emotional pain can make your heart race or stomach twist, cause tears or numbness, affect sleep, appetite, and focus, and/or drive people to act in ways they usually wouldn’t.

Your character is going through it ... how do you write emotional pain? By reader request, get some inspiration here! #writingcommunity #howto

Ideas for Writing Time Magic In the magic series, we're going to review a whole host of magic types! Magic systems are more than flashy spells and glowing hands. They're rules, rituals, and consequences—the invisible architecture behind every fireball, healing touch, or whispered curse. Regardless of the type of magic, it needs structure and purpose to truly resonate with readers. We get into how to build a magic system and the importance of it in the D-Script…

Time magic is one of the most powerful kinds of magic there is, and one of the hardest to write. Consider these writing tips!

Portraying Emotions and Sensations Effectively – Help for Authors When writing a novel, it’s important to describe how things look. Colour is a great way of doing that, but it can be tricky if all you use is the basic name.

Need some ideas on how to portray an emotion in your writing? This set of D-Scripts are for you!

Describe It: Love The article offers an in-depth exploration of love, focusing on its various dimensions including trust, respect, empathy, and emotional bonding. It clarifies that obsession, jealousy, possessivenes…

It's not just romance or romantasy books that have love arcs. Here, we discuss what love is, what it isn't, and give lots of examples on how to SHOW love in your novels.

The next three D-Scripts were going to be about describing floods, flood survival, and rain. Considering the recent deadly flooding in Texas, we're going to postpone those a while and work to get another D-Script up soon.

Ideas for Writing Chaos Magic In the magic series, we're going to review a whole host of magic types! Magic systems are more than flashy spells and glowing hands. They're rules, rituals, and consequences—the invisible architecture behind every fireball, healing touch, or whispered curse. Regardless of the type of magic, it needs structure and purpose to truly resonate with readers. We get into how to build a magic system and the importance of it in the D-Script…

Want to bend reality in your writing? Chaos magic is an awesome way to do that. Let's discuss how to bend all the rules.

Portraying Consent When Writing Novels TRIGGER WARNINGThis D-Script discusses subjects that may be triggering to some people (abuse, grooming, sexual assault) Nowadays, people generally understand what consent is. In this D-Script we&#8…

Portraying Consent When Writing Novels.

Consent isn't boring, but finding the words and descriptions without breaking the scene can be harder than your MMC!

Learn to write with consent but also learn the huge red flags to avoid.

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Want to check in on your character's heights in relation to each other? There's a tool for that!

See if she really just comes up to his collarbone or if your mind is getting the measurements wrong.

www.heightcomparison.com

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The Oxford Comma helps with clarity. One of the last things you want is to make your readers have to stop and go back to reread something. You'll kill your flow.

AI does a ... decent (?) job at replicating human writing. Ish. It's only going to get better though.

For now, even AI uses em dashes wrong. It even overuses them. You're not going to be able tell based on something so minor.

"Don't chase your dreams! Humans are persistence hunters. Follow your dreams at a sustainable pace until they get tired and lie down."

Writing About Dreams Without It Being a Nightmare Dreams are wonderful tools in writing. However, they’re often overused, improperly used, or used in place of proper story or character development. It may be your way of inserting information…

Including dreams in your novel? Here's some tips to on how to do it without confusing your readers.
#ByRequest #writerscommunity #howto

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Ideas for Writing Dream Magic In the magic series, we’re going to review a whole host of magic types! Magic systems are more than flashy spells and glowing hands. They’re rules, rituals, and consequences—the invisib…

When writing magic into your novels, have you considered the world of dream magic? Let's talk about how to do it!

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I just found this, and it seemed to fit, so we're adding it! Even if it isn't part of the post.

Writer's tip: If you use "my loins grave the pleasures of the flesh" in your novel, please don't blame us!