If Your Plot Feels Flat, STUDY It! Your Story Might Be Lacking...

If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...

Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?

Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?

Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?

Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?

Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?

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1 year ago

how to grow the fuck up

3 years ago

Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

1 year ago

fun fact: firefox can get around many "oops you already read 3 articles this month" paywalls very easily

step 1: click the reader mode button in your address bar

the right edge of a firefox address bar. the reader mode icon, which looks like a tiny little page with some writing on it, is circled in red.

step 2: f5

that's it! that's all the steps.

2 years ago
My Tigerclaw And Redtail Designs For An Upcoming Animatic!

My Tigerclaw and Redtail designs for an upcoming animatic!


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2 years ago
Since 2015, we've been working to bring back one of the most important cultural relics of our generation. The time has finally come. From all of us here at Sudomemo and our friends from Kaeru Team, happy Flipnoting!https://t.co/fkPNHIsF2E

— Flipnote Archive (@FlipnoteArchive) June 1, 2022

flipnote hatena has been archived!!

6 months ago

writing advice for characters with a missing eye: dear God does losing an eyes function fuck up your neck. Ever since mine crapped out I've been slowly and unconsciously shifting towards holding my head at an angle to put the good eye closer to the center. and human necks. are not meant to accommodate that sorta thing.

3 years ago

HELL YEAH

Thanks to  @segasaturn0 check out their FUCKING MUSICCC

https://darkblueghost.bandcamp.com

Also youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgDXjttvSb1l2Seoh9m7NVg

You are a fucking beast dude!


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4 years ago

I-Its a ‘What If?’ series that will explore different multiverses, so yes??

That’s the whole point??? 

SO VILLAIN STEPHEN IS CANON NOW
SO VILLAIN STEPHEN IS CANON NOW
SO VILLAIN STEPHEN IS CANON NOW

SO VILLAIN STEPHEN IS CANON NOW

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