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The August 'Ice Cream' Coloring Contest Has Begun!

Aug 7, 2011

Please :+fav: this news article to help spread the word! If this news article gets 100 :+fav:'s in the first 24 hours of posting, I will add 500 dA points to the contest prize pool! %color-me-club (https://www.deviantart.com/color-me-club) Presents: The August 'Ice Cream' Coloring Contest It's that time again. Courtesy of the #color-me-club, another contest is being held, and it is open to the entire dA community! Last month, we held a lineart contest for the theme 'Ice Cream.' A winner was chosen, and now the winning two linearts will be the subject of this month's coloring contest! You read that right. We're changing it up a bit this month, and extending the opportunity t

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Classic Plotting Patterns by OokamiKasumi, literature

RESEARCH is your Best Friend by OokamiKasumi, literature

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RESEARCH is your Best Friend

RESEARCH is your Best Friend. -----Original Message----- "...for bigger fictions (maybe 10-20 chapters, or more) for a big fan fiction or OC fiction, how much do you plan out?" -- Wanna Rite Reel Gud ~~~~~~~~~~~~ How much do I plan out for one of my novels...? -- I detail everything. Seriously. I believe in a Total Immersion style of writing. In other words, I want to know the world so well, I can simply step into the mind and skin of my main character and LIVE the story. How do I do that...? I start with a basic plot formula and extrapolate on certain points as needed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Romance needs extra doses of lover's angst,

Plotting-Murphy's Law Method by OokamiKasumi, literature

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Plotting-Murphy's Law Method

Plotting Tricks: The Murphy's Law Method "What Can go Wrong SHOULD go Wrong." If you want an easy way to plot out a story that your readers can't guess the end to by the fourth chapter, then THIS is the method for you! Basically, you begin with a character and something they desire. They go after their desire which immediately sparks complications which become a Problem that your character has to solve. Once the character applies their chosen Solution to their Problem, Murphy's Law kicks in. The Solution triggers yet another problem. This pattern continues--Problem > Solution > Problem--so on and so forth until All the problems are solv

Drown by Rosary0fSighs, literature

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Drown

I am our twisted diathesis; the cloying flavour of red tripping over our tongues to linger in our mouths, our gums, staining our hearts in flowers of blood until it shows through our skin; a bruise or a tattoo in reverse. every touch brings ink to the surface, and it changes us - a poet's verse trembling like a ghost in the curve of our bones. you were my everything and I am our curse, waiting for the light to cast shadows over me so I can disappear into submersion and cup my hands to drink from so that my breath may fill your thirst

rhia and king by coldheart7, literature

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rhia and king

desire is free but love is not despite unconditional one day it'll stop to beg and to plead is a pitiful sight to feel so wronged for emotion so right you feel so confused don't wanna let go cause even in hate you seem all alone so you cry and you cry your face full and flushed remember the moment when you first felt the crush heart beating fast emotional high you rose to the top of that rollercoaster ride you went through the loops the dark tunnels of gloom plunged to the bottom then turned too soon went swirling around a ride real smooth then back to the top for the final last dr

bullshit by coldheart7, literature

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bullshit

I don't know where to go from here To break your heart is my fear Look past your gaze of love content Feel your caress and smell your scent While searching for my love that's gone Your love for me is still so strong Not knowing how this came to be From being together, with love so sweet In your eyes I see confusion In me you see something you're not used to As we lay together and I stroke your hair You hold me tight, we breathe our air Pretending as if nothing's wrong This really is like a bad love song You ask what does that mean The answer as simple as C'est la vie

Murdering Mary Sue by Cei-Ellem, literature

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Murdering Mary Sue

Murdering Mary Sue Every aspiring writer has met her at least once, whether in his own works or in those of others. The alluring temptation of a perfect character taunts the author from one side while his muse urges him to keep writing from the other. Who wouldn't love her? She's the most beautiful, talented, fantastic woman in the universe, with not a flaw in sight. Every woman wants to be her; every man wants to marry her, so why would anyone want to kill her? Who would want to murder Mary Sue? I would. I and many greater authors have been working hard to keep this succubus in her proper place: the trash can. Mary Sue is one of the wors

A How To on Writing Fanfiction by SasuMonkey, literature

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A How To on Writing Fanfiction

WRITING FANFICTION The Basics 1. Intelligence is required. No matter how interesting or humorous a plot you may have, it is always better to read a well-written, intelligible fiction than a thrown-together piece of junk riddled with spelling/grammatical mistakes. 2. Plot is important. There are such things as PWP's (see PWP section), but other than that, plot is what really makes a story. What is happening is what makes the reader go on and want to read more. 3. Creativity is a must. No one wants to read the same thing that they have seen from 50 other writers. Try to be original, and if you see an idea you really like, improvise it a lit

What IS a Sue Anyway? by writingresources, literature

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What IS a Sue Anyway?

"We all begin somewhere." Cliche as the phrase might be, it holds in it a grain of truth. Every artist at some point in their lives needs to pick up a paintbrush or pencil; so too must every writer one day sit down at a computer or typewriter and place the ideas they want to convey down. Nothing in its beginning is what the artist/writer intended it to be, not in every way. For artists, that line might be crooked or the proportions might be off. Backgrounds might be lacking. Is that a tree, or..Wait, let me squint and twist the paper this way...a cat? With time and practice, however, they'll start to improve. For the writer, that scene mig

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