Some time ago, I wrote an article on this website about how to write in omniscient. Don't! Don't go looking for it. I took it down because it was wrong. I'm still not qualified to give advice on how to write omniscient like how it's written in some literary fiction classics. Instead, let me tell you some things I have discovered about the trade. This is the first article in a series of my discoveries about omniscient style writing.
Category: My Writing Experience
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How I came up with an idea, struggles I have, and what being a writer is like irl.
How to Write an Original Story
A lot of people struggle with being original. "It's been done before." "Some TV show did it before I could do anything with my story." "It's so cliche I hate my writing." It's all been said. Nothing is unique, and you sound like a copycat. So how do you find originality? How do you find something that is so unique not even the billions of people around you have ever thought about? Sounds so daunting...
Writing Fiction: Research is for writers, too
You might think, "Oh no, ewww, research is for academics!" But you are wrong. When you write a story, any story, you will probably have to do some form of background research. Totally not unusual.
How I made it hard on myself
The French Cruller doughnut does not sooth the pain of dealing with my past pantsing. Listen to my struggles.
A Writer’s Antics 2: Writer and the Beast
My experience? A short story? You decide 😉 Once upon a time there was a writer. She was young and naive. She didn't know write from wrong or good from info-dump. One day, she had such an imagination roller coaster in the middle of the night that she just had to write it down. But then,...