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Your Stories are Bad and You Should Feel Bad

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LECTURES 44,781
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Parties 38
Durée 2h 31m

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The vast majority of the writing I have seen on this website is worth less than the change I left upon your mother's nightstand. That means that, by statistical likelihood, your writing probably sucks too.
  
  Not in whole, mind you, but when it comes to a few of the trickier bits, you find yourself staring at a blank screen and scowling like a madman. 
  
  I, on the other hand, am damned good at this writing stuff. So, out of the bottomless generosity of my heart, I decided to try and help your plebeian self. 
  
  Plot exposition, character development, show versus tell, and all the little things that experienced writers know already. These are the secrets I'll drop on your lap in a vain attempt to make you learn a thing or two. 
  
  I'm tired of reading all the crap on this site; don't let your work be part of it.Tous Droits Réservés

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‼️[editing] ‼️ (No Plot Chancing just better writing and some SMALL chances to make the book better) 𝟷# 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝖧𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗋, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗍. 𝖭𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾. 𝖧𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽, 𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀. U𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗍 𝖡𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖲𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗓 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗐𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝖿 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗍es 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 get 𝖺 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖡𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗄. ❆❆❆❆ "You have a thousand other possible choices of girls. Go to them. Go talk to your other girls." He just smirked. "Please gorgeous. I will kiss you in front of every girl I know just to make clear that I'm yours."

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Your Wonderful Guide to World Building

This guide will hopefully help you to create the perfect world to set your story in. I'll be suggesting resources, websites, tips from Pinterest and my own advice to help you through one of the hardest parts of planning! If you have questions of a particular area of world building, please say so in the comments or send me a PM, so we can talk it through together and I can plan a chapter answering your question, dedicated to you! ▶1st Place Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction and Spiritual in Possibility Awards 2018 ▶1st Place Non-Fiction in 1st Ohana Awards 2018 ▶1st Place Non-Fiction in Neon Awards 2018 ▶1st Place Non-Fiction in Firecracker Awards 2018 ▶Runner-up General, Historical and Non-Fiction Mid-Year Awards 2018 ▶3rd Place Non-Fiction in Prism Awards 2018 Reached 1k reads on 24 December 2018 Reached 2k reads on 11 May 2019 Thank you so much to @Umeike for the fabulous cover! Thank you to @PossibilityAwards for the mood board! Completed, with minor editing to be done.