でね⚡️o̶c̶t̶o̶b̶e̶r̶ 🍁 (fictional writer)
@deneoctober.bsky.social
★ writer
★ senior lecturer ual
✍ (eco)horror but genre fluid
👓 television, audience studies, vegetal agency
💛 k-drama 070 shake
🙏 write my name small: dene (think bell hooks, ee cummings)
📚 looking to sign with horror publisher
★ senior lecturer ual
✍ (eco)horror but genre fluid
👓 television, audience studies, vegetal agency
💛 k-drama 070 shake
🙏 write my name small: dene (think bell hooks, ee cummings)
📚 looking to sign with horror publisher
Pinned
#HorrorWritersChat question 1
I'm dene ... and I write horror to exorcise the bad ting, stop it singing
他的声音是如此明亮。
Note to self: do I mean 'exercise'?
I'm dene ... and I write horror to exorcise the bad ting, stop it singing
他的声音是如此明亮。
Note to self: do I mean 'exercise'?
#pretendpanel November 15th: have a little reflection on your writing
Hit the first of two important chapters I know need major surgery in my WIP redraft. Am being bold. Promoting the uncanny. Taking risks with metaphor and pov. Feeling liberated
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Hit the first of two important chapters I know need major surgery in my WIP redraft. Am being bold. Promoting the uncanny. Taking risks with metaphor and pov. Feeling liberated
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel, fascinating takes as always yesterday, thank you! A change of pace today...
November 15th: Halfway through the month! How's it going so far? (Whether you're in a November challenge or not, have a little reflection on your writing)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 15th: Halfway through the month! How's it going so far? (Whether you're in a November challenge or not, have a little reflection on your writing)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#pretendpanel November 15th: have a little reflection on your writing
Hit the first of two important chapters I know need major surgery in my WIP redraft. Am being bold. Promoting the uncanny. Taking risks with metaphor and pov. Feeling liberated
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Hit the first of two important chapters I know need major surgery in my WIP redraft. Am being bold. Promoting the uncanny. Taking risks with metaphor and pov. Feeling liberated
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel November 8th: (outside of November challenges) do you have a daily goal most of the time?
Nah. Being a plantser, writing roles change daily. My goal is consistent morning hours not words. Saying that, hitting 2-3k gives me the feels
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Nah. Being a plantser, writing roles change daily. My goal is consistent morning hours not words. Saying that, hitting 2-3k gives me the feels
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel heyyyyy it's me, even though I may look different (still need to change the graphic to have my new handle lol)
November 8th: (outside of November challenges, if you partake) do you have a daily/weekly/monthly goal most of the time?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 8th: (outside of November challenges, if you partake) do you have a daily/weekly/monthly goal most of the time?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#pretendpanel November 8th: (outside of November challenges) do you have a daily goal most of the time?
Nah. Being a plantser, writing roles change daily. My goal is consistent morning hours not words. Saying that, hitting 2-3k gives me the feels
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Nah. Being a plantser, writing roles change daily. My goal is consistent morning hours not words. Saying that, hitting 2-3k gives me the feels
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel October 25th: Any treats you give yourself to help making the writing process easier?
No.
Treatz Meanz Breakz.
I wake, warm up on porridge, grab a thermos of coffee, then it's fingers to keyboard and catch those early brain worms
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
No.
Treatz Meanz Breakz.
I wake, warm up on porridge, grab a thermos of coffee, then it's fingers to keyboard and catch those early brain worms
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel, I like today's question a lot 😍 Thank you again @longwaydownbook.bsky.social for writing this month's questions!
October 25th: Are there any treats you give yourself to help making the writing process easier?
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October 25th: Are there any treats you give yourself to help making the writing process easier?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#pretendpanel October 25th: Any treats you give yourself to help making the writing process easier?
No.
Treatz Meanz Breakz.
I wake, warm up on porridge, grab a thermos of coffee, then it's fingers to keyboard and catch those early brain worms
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
No.
Treatz Meanz Breakz.
I wake, warm up on porridge, grab a thermos of coffee, then it's fingers to keyboard and catch those early brain worms
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel October 24th: Is there anything about the writing process or about any of your writing projects that brings you life?
Increasingly my writing fills my life, in contrast to how living my life once stood in the way of my writing.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Increasingly my writing fills my life, in contrast to how living my life once stood in the way of my writing.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Hello #pretendpanel! Can't believe how fast this month has gone. Tell me...
October 24th: Is there anything about the writing process or about any of your writing projects that brings you life?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 24th: Is there anything about the writing process or about any of your writing projects that brings you life?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
#pretendpanel October 24th: Is there anything about the writing process or about any of your writing projects that brings you life?
Increasingly my writing fills my life, in contrast to how living my life once stood in the way of my writing.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Increasingly my writing fills my life, in contrast to how living my life once stood in the way of my writing.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Zack Polanski can't even sort out his own teeth...
writes Jeremy Clarkson
writes Jeremy Clarkson
October 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Zack Polanski can't even sort out his own teeth...
writes Jeremy Clarkson
writes Jeremy Clarkson
Reposted by でね⚡️o̶c̶t̶o̶b̶e̶r̶ 🍁 (fictional writer)
#pretendpanel I once again must catch up with your responses tomorrow. I'm at another all-day writing event. For now, tell me...
October 18th: Is there anything about the writing process or about any of your writing projects that drains you?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 18th: Is there anything about the writing process or about any of your writing projects that drains you?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
#pretendpanel I once again must catch up with your responses tomorrow. I'm at another all-day writing event. For now, tell me...
October 18th: Is there anything about the writing process or about any of your writing projects that drains you?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 18th: Is there anything about the writing process or about any of your writing projects that drains you?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel October 18th: Is there anything about the writing process that drains you?
Two things: knowing when to stop feeding my revisions.
And, us vamps may agree, social media promo sucks energy--a door to cold light that burns our pride.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Two things: knowing when to stop feeding my revisions.
And, us vamps may agree, social media promo sucks energy--a door to cold light that burns our pride.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel I once again must catch up with your responses tomorrow. I'm at another all-day writing event. For now, tell me...
October 18th: Is there anything about the writing process or about any of your writing projects that drains you?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 18th: Is there anything about the writing process or about any of your writing projects that drains you?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#pretendpanel October 18th: Is there anything about the writing process that drains you?
Two things: knowing when to stop feeding my revisions.
And, us vamps may agree, social media promo sucks energy--a door to cold light that burns our pride.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Two things: knowing when to stop feeding my revisions.
And, us vamps may agree, social media promo sucks energy--a door to cold light that burns our pride.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretenpanel October 17th: They say sometimes you have to kill your darlings. Which of your darlings just don't stay dead?
Subverting this. Darlings from completed short stories often hail me to write them as MCs in longer works, as with my WIP.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Subverting this. Darlings from completed short stories often hail me to write them as MCs in longer works, as with my WIP.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Hello #pretenpanel! Dropping this before a busy day tomorrow, so I will be delayed in responding, but I am keen to know...
October 17th: They say sometimes you have to kill your darlings. Which of your darlings just don't stay dead?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 17th: They say sometimes you have to kill your darlings. Which of your darlings just don't stay dead?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#pretenpanel October 17th: They say sometimes you have to kill your darlings. Which of your darlings just don't stay dead?
Subverting this. Darlings from completed short stories often hail me to write them as MCs in longer works, as with my WIP.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Subverting this. Darlings from completed short stories often hail me to write them as MCs in longer works, as with my WIP.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
I think they're pretty much of a sameness. They're all built around the journey and archetypes. I'm a three-stager who recognises the rules, then subverts as much as possible without breaking the patterns entirely.
So #WritingCommunity how do we feel about structure?
Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?
Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?
Something else?
What have you got?
Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?
Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?
Something else?
What have you got?
October 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I think they're pretty much of a sameness. They're all built around the journey and archetypes. I'm a three-stager who recognises the rules, then subverts as much as possible without breaking the patterns entirely.
#pretendpanel October 11th: Is there a deceased author, writer, or poet that you've really connected with?
Spookily, I have a graveyard full: Matheson, Bradbury, du Saint-Exupery, Eliot TS, Straub, du Maurier, Rice, cummings, Jackson, Yoshimura
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Spookily, I have a graveyard full: Matheson, Bradbury, du Saint-Exupery, Eliot TS, Straub, du Maurier, Rice, cummings, Jackson, Yoshimura
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel I can't wait to catch up with your responses! Life is super busy here - I'm at a fundraising dinner right now - but let me know...
October 11th: Is there a deceased author, writer, or poet that you've really connected with?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 11th: Is there a deceased author, writer, or poet that you've really connected with?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
#pretendpanel October 11th: Is there a deceased author, writer, or poet that you've really connected with?
Spookily, I have a graveyard full: Matheson, Bradbury, du Saint-Exupery, Eliot TS, Straub, du Maurier, Rice, cummings, Jackson, Yoshimura
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Spookily, I have a graveyard full: Matheson, Bradbury, du Saint-Exupery, Eliot TS, Straub, du Maurier, Rice, cummings, Jackson, Yoshimura
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Hello #pretendpanel October 4th: How have you explored fear in your writing?
My WIP is horror, but the fear it explores is as much about being haunted by the pressures of love, adolescence and friendship as about genre and supernatural elements.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
My WIP is horror, but the fear it explores is as much about being haunted by the pressures of love, adolescence and friendship as about genre and supernatural elements.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Hello #pretendpanel! I've been on the road all day so I have a bunch to catch up on from yesterday, but here's the next question...
October 4th: How have you explored fear in your writing?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 4th: How have you explored fear in your writing?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hello #pretendpanel October 4th: How have you explored fear in your writing?
My WIP is horror, but the fear it explores is as much about being haunted by the pressures of love, adolescence and friendship as about genre and supernatural elements.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
My WIP is horror, but the fear it explores is as much about being haunted by the pressures of love, adolescence and friendship as about genre and supernatural elements.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#PretendPanel October 3: scariest thing to write?
I write horror but the scariest thing is the responsibility to get characters right. It is in the writer's gift to walk a mile in others' shoes, but with a duty to research and representation.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
I write horror but the scariest thing is the responsibility to get characters right. It is in the writer's gift to walk a mile in others' shoes, but with a duty to research and representation.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel, I'm thrilled to be bringing you a month (of weekends) of questions by @longwaydownbook.bsky.social. Here's the first...
October 3rd: What's the scariest thing for you to write?
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October 3rd: What's the scariest thing for you to write?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#PretendPanel October 3: scariest thing to write?
I write horror but the scariest thing is the responsibility to get characters right. It is in the writer's gift to walk a mile in others' shoes, but with a duty to research and representation.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
I write horror but the scariest thing is the responsibility to get characters right. It is in the writer's gift to walk a mile in others' shoes, but with a duty to research and representation.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel September 26th: Do you have a favourite character that you've written?
Boring but honest answer. I love the character I'm collaborating with at the moment I'm writing them. No matter how good or bad. Intensely so with first person.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Boring but honest answer. I love the character I'm collaborating with at the moment I'm writing them. No matter how good or bad. Intensely so with first person.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
I've gotta know, #pretendpanel...
September 26th: Do you have a favourite character that you've written?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 26th: Do you have a favourite character that you've written?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#pretendpanel September 26th: Do you have a favourite character that you've written?
Boring but honest answer. I love the character I'm collaborating with at the moment I'm writing them. No matter how good or bad. Intensely so with first person.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Boring but honest answer. I love the character I'm collaborating with at the moment I'm writing them. No matter how good or bad. Intensely so with first person.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel September 20th: do you write the same character over and over again?
When I'm developing an idea--and that won't be until I freewrite a bit--I cast the characters to act/write. I avoid archetypes. I want new shoes to walk in. So, no
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
When I'm developing an idea--and that won't be until I freewrite a bit--I cast the characters to act/write. I avoid archetypes. I want new shoes to walk in. So, no
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel I have a potentially difficult question for some of you today...
September 20th: Be honest, its ok... do you kinda write the same character over and over again?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 20th: Be honest, its ok... do you kinda write the same character over and over again?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
#pretendpanel September 20th: do you write the same character over and over again?
When I'm developing an idea--and that won't be until I freewrite a bit--I cast the characters to act/write. I avoid archetypes. I want new shoes to walk in. So, no
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
When I'm developing an idea--and that won't be until I freewrite a bit--I cast the characters to act/write. I avoid archetypes. I want new shoes to walk in. So, no
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel September 19th: what makes a character memorable?
In truth it's a pick 'n mix. But two things especially: the struggle for agency should be credible and relatable; MCs should perform psychic distance with the range of great singers.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
In truth it's a pick 'n mix. But two things especially: the struggle for agency should be credible and relatable; MCs should perform psychic distance with the range of great singers.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
I hope you're doing well today, #pretendpanel! Tell me...
September 19th: Can you put your finger on what makes a character memorable in your opinion? E.g. dialogue, qualities, motivations etc.
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September 19th: Can you put your finger on what makes a character memorable in your opinion? E.g. dialogue, qualities, motivations etc.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
#pretendpanel September 19th: what makes a character memorable?
In truth it's a pick 'n mix. But two things especially: the struggle for agency should be credible and relatable; MCs should perform psychic distance with the range of great singers.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
In truth it's a pick 'n mix. But two things especially: the struggle for agency should be credible and relatable; MCs should perform psychic distance with the range of great singers.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
I ❤️ Ray Bradbury but I am not enjoying The Halloween Tree. Am I the only one who isn't feeling it..?
#books
#booksky💙📚
#reading #AmReading
#readingCommunity
#books
#booksky💙📚
#reading #AmReading
#readingCommunity
September 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I ❤️ Ray Bradbury but I am not enjoying The Halloween Tree. Am I the only one who isn't feeling it..?
#books
#booksky💙📚
#reading #AmReading
#readingCommunity
#books
#booksky💙📚
#reading #AmReading
#readingCommunity
#pretendpanel Sep 6th: self-insert character?
No. The character world occurs in the liminal space between head and page. Any doppelganger effect resolves over drafts and edits. I stir all characters with a salt of difference from their influences
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
No. The character world occurs in the liminal space between head and page. Any doppelganger effect resolves over drafts and edits. I stir all characters with a salt of difference from their influences
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Tell me #pretendpanel:
September 6th: Have you ever written a self-insert character?
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September 6th: Have you ever written a self-insert character?
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September 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#pretendpanel Sep 6th: self-insert character?
No. The character world occurs in the liminal space between head and page. Any doppelganger effect resolves over drafts and edits. I stir all characters with a salt of difference from their influences
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
No. The character world occurs in the liminal space between head and page. Any doppelganger effect resolves over drafts and edits. I stir all characters with a salt of difference from their influences
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
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Tell me #pretendpanel:
September 6th: Have you ever written a self-insert character?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 6th: Have you ever written a self-insert character?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Tell me #pretendpanel:
September 6th: Have you ever written a self-insert character?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 6th: Have you ever written a self-insert character?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel Sep 5th: Where do your characters come from?
If starts as a casting from story character demands. I like to see how they breathe on the page before developing their backgrounds, beliefs, desires, tastes etc. Keep it a wee loose.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
If starts as a casting from story character demands. I like to see how they breathe on the page before developing their backgrounds, beliefs, desires, tastes etc. Keep it a wee loose.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel, it's that time we've been waiting for... character focus time!
September 5th: Where do your characters come from? You could answer in specific, or if you have a general philosophy then please expound upon it!
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 5th: Where do your characters come from? You could answer in specific, or if you have a general philosophy then please expound upon it!
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#pretendpanel Sep 5th: Where do your characters come from?
If starts as a casting from story character demands. I like to see how they breathe on the page before developing their backgrounds, beliefs, desires, tastes etc. Keep it a wee loose.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
If starts as a casting from story character demands. I like to see how they breathe on the page before developing their backgrounds, beliefs, desires, tastes etc. Keep it a wee loose.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Reposted by でね⚡️o̶c̶t̶o̶b̶e̶r̶ 🍁 (fictional writer)
#pretendpanel, it's that time we've been waiting for... character focus time!
September 5th: Where do your characters come from? You could answer in specific, or if you have a general philosophy then please expound upon it!
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 5th: Where do your characters come from? You could answer in specific, or if you have a general philosophy then please expound upon it!
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#pretendpanel, it's that time we've been waiting for... character focus time!
September 5th: Where do your characters come from? You could answer in specific, or if you have a general philosophy then please expound upon it!
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
September 5th: Where do your characters come from? You could answer in specific, or if you have a general philosophy then please expound upon it!
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
Charlotte, thank you so much for the past month. I frequently revisie tips I've noted down from various writing sources, but your tools are fantastic bite-size revision aids, and look like this on my phone. Great to dip into and contemplate. What a star you are. Best of luck with your own writing.
August 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Charlotte, thank you so much for the past month. I frequently revisie tips I've noted down from various writing sources, but your tools are fantastic bite-size revision aids, and look like this on my phone. Great to dip into and contemplate. What a star you are. Best of luck with your own writing.
I like to partner chatacters up particularly in their response to the major themes. I suppose it is mainly 'mirroring', and it has relevance to a lot of the tools Charlotte has spoken about --e.g. character agency and foreshadowing-- but, as the story unfolds, the characters may become foils too.
Hello #SummerOfStory!
Day 30: Foils & Mirrors
Disclaimer: This is a prompt game to discuss common writing tips & techniques, not an attempt to tell people how to write.
So, for the final time, over to you: What's your take on foils & mirrors? Do you plan for them?
#WritingPrompt
Day 30: Foils & Mirrors
Disclaimer: This is a prompt game to discuss common writing tips & techniques, not an attempt to tell people how to write.
So, for the final time, over to you: What's your take on foils & mirrors? Do you plan for them?
#WritingPrompt
August 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I like to partner chatacters up particularly in their response to the major themes. I suppose it is mainly 'mirroring', and it has relevance to a lot of the tools Charlotte has spoken about --e.g. character agency and foreshadowing-- but, as the story unfolds, the characters may become foils too.
Recommend this great FREE exhibition--bring your own Huel!
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August 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Recommend this great FREE exhibition--bring your own Huel!
Future of Food | Science Museum share.google/0V5XQdgD42ZL...
Future of Food | Science Museum share.google/0V5XQdgD42ZL...
I think you're right to suggest knowing the impact you want from your writing is not necessarily the same as knowing these terms, useful though that is. I find editing out loud is a great way to refresh impact, or fine-tune voice. Lovely examples for the use of many or no conjunctions BTW Charlotte
Hello #SummerOfStory!
Day 29: Rhetorical Devices
Disclaimer: This is a prompt game to discuss common writing tips & techniques, not an attempt to tell people how to write.
Over to you: Do you use these? Have you studied them, or do they just creep into your writing naturally?
#WritingPrompt
Day 29: Rhetorical Devices
Disclaimer: This is a prompt game to discuss common writing tips & techniques, not an attempt to tell people how to write.
Over to you: Do you use these? Have you studied them, or do they just creep into your writing naturally?
#WritingPrompt
August 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I think you're right to suggest knowing the impact you want from your writing is not necessarily the same as knowing these terms, useful though that is. I find editing out loud is a great way to refresh impact, or fine-tune voice. Lovely examples for the use of many or no conjunctions BTW Charlotte
I've been a fan of unreliable narrators since I was exposed to Robert Browning's Dramatis Personae. Levels of U.N. range from self-deception to delusional but my favourite trick is to wind back and reveal the truth behind the misdirection. Sometimes the narrator turns out to be half-right after all.
Hello #SummerOfStory
Day 28: Unreliable Narrator
Disclaimer: This is a prompt game to discuss common writing tips & techniques, not an attempt to tell people how to write.
Over to you: Have you ever written with an unreliable narrator? How did you use the technique?
#WritingPrompt
Day 28: Unreliable Narrator
Disclaimer: This is a prompt game to discuss common writing tips & techniques, not an attempt to tell people how to write.
Over to you: Have you ever written with an unreliable narrator? How did you use the technique?
#WritingPrompt
August 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I've been a fan of unreliable narrators since I was exposed to Robert Browning's Dramatis Personae. Levels of U.N. range from self-deception to delusional but my favourite trick is to wind back and reveal the truth behind the misdirection. Sometimes the narrator turns out to be half-right after all.