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    katina Banned Contributor

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    The most important ingredient in writing

    Discussion in 'General Writing' started by katina, Aug 27, 2018.

    apart from the characters obviously?
    What is the most important ingredient in setting off a story to a fun start?
     
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    The words.
     
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    Putting them in the right order is a good start, too.
     
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    Making sure the grammar and correct words are used. I.E. Mess you/Miss you. and of course tenses. :p . Sorry I wanted to build upon this.

    I will say having the creativity to write something. or is that something else.
     
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    Alphabetical order. It makes things easy.

    No, seriously: I think it's voice. Style. It impresses on the reader that their author is competent and, therefore, probably has a story to tell that's worth reading.
     
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    Shit say crazy you.
     
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    Gin.
     
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    BIC (Butt In Chair).
     
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    Using clear and direct language, without making the reader feel as though
    you are dumbing it down, or talking down to them.
    IDK.
     
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    A problem.

    Basically, you want a character in a setting, doing something.
     
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    Well I would hardly call making breakfast a problem, or sitting in bar drinking
    with friends to be one either. But it does equate to doing something, so you might
    be onto something there.
     
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    Based on personal experience? The crippling anxiety that what I'm about to write couldn't possibly be as good as the things I've written before.

    Also wine. Lots and lots of wine.
     
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    Do you have a character that is there and does nothing. I mean just a prop?
     
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    IDK?? sorry I struggle with abbreviations o_O :)
     
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    See I can't drink and write, but that may be due to the complexity of
    everything in the story.
    Suppose it would be a bit easier when writing something with well
    simply much easier and lighter topics and themes with much less
    chaos and such going on in the background of the overall narrative.
     
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    Yes I think wine does help but personally I prefer Cava. I have given up wine I can't drink it anymore :p
     
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    It stands for "I don't know".
     
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    Gin? on the rocks?
     
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    Chemical X. You can add all of the sugar, spice, and everything nice to the concoction, but without that Chemical X, you're never going to achieve perfection.
     
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    Now are you going to reveal the X haha:p
     
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    Hi there Cave Troll are you saying you never mix the two together? haha :p
     
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    They don't even explain what it is in the Powerpuff Girls.
     
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    It never goes well, and often meanders off the rails so far that anything written
    has to be re-writ. :p
     
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    You'll have to ask Professor Utonium about that one.
     
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    Interestingly enough, I just finished my restaurant's inventory and the gin subgroup balanced out to the penny like it always does. You know why? Because none of the staff drinks it.
     
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