Happy Week Ten everyone! There will definitely be a write in this week, last week I just had to do an April Fool's joke xD the opportunity was there. We're quickly approaching what was the end of LSS I so I must congratulate you all for how far you and your ships have gotten. Onwards!
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
And with that, we have officially reached the double digits in the number of weeks we have been competing. That's a long time!
Many of your stories are reaching quite the number of words and length. At this same wordcount, many novels would be just around the beginning of Act 2 or their midpoint. This time is usually a time of rest in the story, as the hero's journey needs a break from the climax of Act 1, and so the beginning of Act 2 can often introduce new characters, plotlines, and developments. However, this also brings out a lull. For regular stories, this is needed, but for roleplays, this can make writing hard. This lull is one of many things that marks the death of roleplays.
So! As you're continuing to write, my advice to you is this: to avoid lulls in your writing/roleplaying, raise the stakes for your characters. Create tension, dramatic irony, secrets, open plot threads. Craft a web of strings that are open ended, so when one plot thread is cut off, there are plenty of others to grab to continue writing.
And with that, happy sailing~ there will be a write in Thursday ^^
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