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The LAYERS of Fiction

------Original Message------
"If you have Action and Dialogue, do you really NEED Description too?
What is the difference?"
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The Layers of Fiction

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Dialogue Only
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"Himawari-chan, I have your lunch!"

"Ah, Watanuki-kun!"

"Here you go Himawari-chan!"

"Thank you, Watanuki-kun!"

"You are very welcome, Himawari-chan."

"I see. Of course. Thank you, Yuuko-san. Do I need to tell you what she said?"

"No! No, you don't, and I don't want to hear it! I don't need a freaking baby-sitter!"

"Yuuko thinks you do."

"That's her! Not me!"

"Are you a fortune-teller?"

"No! Of course not!"

"I'll

Basic PLOTTING

Basic Plotting
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A plot is the pattern a story follows, the most common being:

-- Beginning
-- Middle
-- End

All successful (read: popular) stories have patterns. Sometimes it's simple, sometimes it's complex, but all of the stories read or told often enough to remain in the popular mind of any culture have a pattern, a plot.

Here are some examples of simple plot patterns…

Traditional:
• He came.
• He saw.
• He conquered.

American Dream Version:
• He came.
• He conquered.
• He became very rich.

The Heroic version:
• He conquered.
• He became the leader of

The Art of VILLAINY

The Art of VILLAINY ~ Making Realistic Villains for your Fiction ~
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"People will do far more to Avoid Pain than they will to Seek Pleasure."
-- CIA Profiler Gavin DeBecker on Human Nature

True Predators
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When I craft a villain, I go out of my way to make darned sure that my fictional villains are as realistic as the villains we face in real life. I begin by giving them ordinary human Issues.

Within every villain (fictional and non-fictional) there's a human issue at core that drives them to BE villains in the first place. Even mass murderers have reasons (however twisted) for doing what they do.

NO villain

Pesky Point of View

DISCLAIMER: Before anyone starts screaming about this article not emphasizing the Creative aspect of writing, please understand that this information was hammered into my head by my editors. This is what I had to learn to see my work published.

That doesn't mean you have to follow it! As with all advice, feel free to take what you can use and throw out the rest.
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Pesky Point of View
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What is Point of View (POV)?
-- It's the view of the person telling the story.

First Person: I am telling the story.

Second Person. I am telling the story to YOU. (Diaries and letters are commonly written this way.)

Third

Writing ACTION Scenes

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"I can't write an action/fight scene worth a crap. Mind you, I can usually imagine them, I just can't write them." -- Wanna Do a Fight Scene.

If you can imagine it - you can write it. The easiest way is by doing it in LAYERS.

The Quick and Dirty Method for writing Action Scenes
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Start with a list of ACTIONS & Reactions < in that order.
-- Actions ALWAYS go before Reactions.

(IMPORTANT! Each CHARACTER gets a SEPERATE LINE. ~ NEVER clump the separate actions of two different characters in the same paragraph or the reader will get confused as to who is doing what very quickly.)
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The Secret to Paragraphing

Writing DIALOGUE
The SECRET to Proper Paragraphing
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(NOT a punctuation article.)

Once you know what your characters and doing and saying, how do you get all that down on Paper without ending up with a huge confusing mess?

Putting the Story on Paper.
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Everybody knows that when a new speaker speaks they get a new paragraph, right? In other words, you DON'T put two different people talking in the same paragraph. Okay, yeah, so anyone who has written any kind of fiction learns this pretty darned quick, (usually from their readers.)

What nobody seems to get is that the same goes for a new character's ACTIONS. Ser

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17 Vintage Kimono Patternsby *OokamiKasumi

Resources & Stock Images / Application Resources / Photoshop Patterns

17 Vintage Kimomo Patterns
for Photoshop
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Not recommended for High Definition projects!

These seamless tile patterns were made from photos from actual vintage kimonos.

When you download, choose: SAVE FILE - Not "Open" !!!
-- Download directly into: Program Files > Adobe > Adobe Photoshop > Presets > Patterns

It will try to save as an Image file!
-- You MUST choose > All Files and add .pat (dot pat) to the end of the file name!

Enjoy!

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~ayu4ever Mar 13, 2013

WOW *.* how do you created patterns??

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*OokamiKasumi Mar 20, 2013 Professional Writer

I found some Kimonos and made seamless tiles from pieces of the repeating patterns.

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~MadHatterMCR Feb 28, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thank you!

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~ReverseAsuka Feb 5, 2013

I can't open it =/ It keep saying "it's not a valid Photoshop document" what should I do? Anyone can help me please?

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*OokamiKasumi Feb 18, 2013 Professional Writer

Don't know how to help you, sweety. Everyone else is having no difficulty with it.

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~ReverseAsuka Mar 5, 2013

it's okay.Thank you.

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*Shinodari Jan 23, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I used it here [link]
Thanks^^

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*OokamiKasumi Feb 18, 2013 Professional Writer

Very pretty!

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Mood: Amazed

~Petalou2 Jan 21, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

stunning, thank you!

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*OokamiKasumi Feb 18, 2013 Professional Writer

My pleasure.

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