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A Slow WriterDo you think the use of Macguffins in writing is bad? Here I'll define a MacGuffin as a plot device where it doesn't really matter what it is as long as the characters of a story want it, and it drives the plot forward. The most famous example is probably the holy grail. Does it annoy you in stories you read? Do you try to avoid it as a writer? <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writingquestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingquestions</a>

Raccoon 🏳️‍🌈 :unverified:Last year, I was talking about starting some sort of <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingPrompt</a> / <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingQuestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingQuestions</a> hashtag for <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Horror</a> and <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/DarkFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkFantasy</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a>, like <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingWonders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingWonders</a> or <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> / <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a>, but this would be <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingHorrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingHorrors</a> and ask questions about morbid topics within <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stories</a>.The post was <a href="https://writing.exchange/@raccoon/110379438345748519" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://writing.exchange/@raccoon/110379438345748519</a>I got very sidetracked at some point, but I'd still like to do it, and with <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/October" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#October</a> / <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Halloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Halloween</a> just around the corner, I'm going to try and start that up soon.(Continued)

Shannon EichornI like the lighting in this episode. Everything is golden (like a hand device) when Sha're is around and goes back to cooler light afterward. I wonder if there's a way to do that in fiction through tone/word choice/motif. How would you do that? (Not intended as rhetorical.) <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SESG1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SESG1</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingQuestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingQuestions</a>

myrmepropagandistWhen you were teen/young adult did you have a friend or peer who you idolized as just “so cool” — I’m talking if they cut their hair you wonder if you should do the same? What ever happened to that person? Do you know? Did they ever know how much you admired them?(I’m working on a character dynamic that I feel like I almost understand— A kind lopsided friendship— Is it necessary to sort out romantic love from platonic love? I’m too bisexual to know.) <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/writingQuestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingQuestions</a>

Raccoon 🏳️‍🌈 :unverified:Still brainstorming names for those <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingWonders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingWonders</a>-esque <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingPrompt</a> / <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingQuestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingQuestions</a> series...I should come up with some hashtags that work for this.The first two topics I'm thinking of are for stories with <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Horror</a>/Dark elements, and <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worldbuilding</a>... They should be unique, descriptive, but short enough to not take up too much of a post.So far "WritingHorrors" and "WritingWorlds" feel like they could be names...Any suggestions, fediverse <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a>?(Please boost, discuss in 🧵)

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