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"Writing is like giving yourself homework, really hard homework, every day, for the rest of your..."

“Writing is like giving yourself homework, really hard homework, every day, for the rest of your life. You want glamorous? Throw glitter at the computer screen.”

- Katrina Monroe

★ Daily Character Question ★The Poisoned CupWhich does your...

Daily Character Question

The Poisoned Cup
Which does your Protagonist prefer: the awful truth or the comfortable lie? Write a scene where this character realizes that one of their closest companions has been living a lie. What do they do? Will they ruin the friendship seeking to know the truth, or continue living in the darkness?

Any work you create based off this prompt belongs to you, no sourcing is necessary though it would be really appreciated! And don’t forget to tag maxkirin (or tweet @...

maxkirin:Alternative Title: Oscar is the Final Boss.♥︎ Missed...

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Alternative Title: Oscar is the Final Boss.

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Welcome back to Max Plays, a gaming segment where I play through a story-focused video game and examine the way that it builds a narrative. This time around I am playing through the award-winning Gone Home, a narrative exploration game by The Fullbright Company. In this game we take the role of a young woman returning home after being abroad to find an empty house and no answers.

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"When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing."

“When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.”

- Enrique Jardiel Poncela

✐ Daily Weird Prompt ✐The Hidden PalaceWrite about a character...

Daily Weird Prompt

The Hidden Palace
Write about a character as they move in to their new home. The catch? As they explore their new house, this character notices there’s a strange door they swear wasn’t there before. Double catch? The door is locked, but if they found a way to unlock it… they would find themselves in a land far, far away.

Any work you create based off this prompt belongs to you, no sourcing is necessary though it would be really appreciated! And don’t forget to tag maxkirin (...

"There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer’s time, nothing harder to keep track of...."

“There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer’s time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are moments — moments of sustained creation — when his time is fairly valuable; and there are hours and hours when a writer’s time isn’t worth the paper he is not writing anything on.”

- E.B. White, One Man’s Meat

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Friendly reminder that if you’re not following me on Twitter you’re missing out on all mygod awful amazing jokes.

maxkirin:♥︎ Daily Writer Positivity ♥︎#284People will tell you...

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♥︎ Daily Writer Positivity ♥︎

#284
People will tell you that writing, and art, is a waste of time. Of course, they are wrong, all your favorite authors & artists are proof of that.

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maxkirin:Hello, writerly friends! I believe there are subjects...

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Hello, writerly friends! I believe there are subjects in writing to which there are no unbiased answers. So I thought, instead of just sharing *my* opinion, that we would have an open forum. Share your opinion and answers in the comments! Let’s talk about: Pacing!

Today’s open forum questions are:

Give an example of “good” pacing. Why did it work?
Give an example of “bad” pacing. Why did it not work?
Considering the answers above, what tips would you give to someone to improve the pacing...

"If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to..."

“If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another.”

- John Steinbeck