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"A personal message to the previous OP" edition

Previous: >>25458094

/wg/ AUTHORS & FLASH FICTION: https://pastebin.com/ruwQj7xQ
RESOURCES & RECOMMENDATIONS: https://pastebin.com/nFxdiQvC

Please limit excerpts to one post.
Give advice as much as you receive it to the best of your ability.
Discuss the written works below for practice; contribute, and you shall receive.
If you have not performed a cursory proofread, do not expect to be treated kindly. Edit your work for spelling and grammar before posting.
Expect critique, not praise.
Shitposters should be ignored and reported.

>Garbage gudie(s) on writing:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19173266.Write.Publish.Repeat.Seethe

>Beginner guides on writing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHdzv1NfZRM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whPnobbck9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAKcbvioxFk

>Intermediate guides on writing:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48654.Story
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3097766-borges-on-writing
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23056.Image_Music_Text

>Advanced guide on writing:
Just do it.
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*stomp*
lol
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>>25462680
>Didn't name it "no foids allowed" edition
What a waste
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>>25462687
The joke in the OP is far more important than your simping and/or reverse simping
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Almost done with draft 2, then draft 3 I need to rewrite the dialogue because it all sucks
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>>25462686
Seeming a bit obsessed here, mate.
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Why not write with AI?
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>>25462737
Only seeming? Thanks for being polite, but even I will freely admit that I am fucking enthralled by Boor, he is a fascinating character
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At least wait until page 7 before starting a new thread. Bet you're a premature ejaculator, too.
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>Garbage gudie(s) on writing
>gudie
illiterate
opinion discarded
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>>25462793
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>Write.Publish.Repeat.Seethe
>Seethe
too dumb to remove an obvious troll
ngmi
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>>25462834
seethe
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>>25462680
What is your approach to dialogue? Gentlemen and larpers.
Do you focus on it being entertaining? Realistic?, in conveying important information? In making it memorable?

I personally find myself really struggling to not add random bullshit the reader does not care about just to make it realistic, I despise things like "Ohh this is all for the sake of my secret goal" dialogue holy it gets my blood boiling, but now I get why the authors stooped so low, doing it naturally and in an entertaining way is hard!
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>>25462833
>>25462836
You have the comeback skills of a kindergartner.
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>>25462848
I'm working with what you're giving me
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>>25462845
I try to make it good and have good characters
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>>25462845
>things like "Ohh this is all for the sake of my secret goal" dialogue
Feels like you either missed the point or were taught it incorrectly. The point is subtext. If your dialogue only works on the surface level and doesn't gesture at a much deeper bottom of the iceberg, it's flat.
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>>25462860
This but to clarify at least in my case by "good" I mean high-quality and not necessarily morally righteous
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>>25462680
I'm the guy who wrote Corndog Zen. I'm gonna release a short story collection in september. I'll probably post it for you guys for free if you want to read it.

I have a novel that a small publisher is currently looking at. We'll see what happens with that one. It might end up self-published too. I tried the querying thing, and it's so supremely blackpilling.
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>>25462887
What is a corndog zen



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