F1Krazy‭

I've just downloaded an open-source script-writing program, and have started converting the scripts for an anime I've been writing into industry-standard formatting. There are a few points in the ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

Here's a list of various techniques I use when it comes to naming characters: The lazy approach Pick the first good name that comes into your head. Simple. I do this for a lot of minor or one-sho...

posted 9y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

I'm going to use the example of one of my all-time favourite anime, Steins;Gate, which also has two inciting incidents. The first is Okabe accidentally inventing the time machine and shifting hims...

posted 8y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

The problem you're describing actually has an associated TV Trope: the One Mario Limit (obligatory warning, now that I've added a link). Some names become so strongly associated with one character/...

posted 9y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Sure you can! People do it all the time. To use your own example of Abraham Lincoln, there was a film from a few years ago (adapted from some other medium) depicting him as a part-time vampire hun...

posted 8y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

A "sequel" that takes place during the events of its predecessor is called a midquel (or more precisely, an "intraquel"). In your case, only the first 25% of your second book is intraquel, but the ...

posted 6y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

The publishing model you're suggesting isn't actually all that new. Serialised novels - novels published in newspapers or magazines, one chapter at a time - were very common back in the 19th cent...

posted 6y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Three words: Bridge to Terabithia. Every single time I have heard someone mention this book (or the film based on it), it's been in the context of how much they were traumatised by its ending as a ...

posted 8y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

-WARNING: TV TROPES LINK SPAM INCOMING- There's nothing at all wrong with having your villain make a stupid mistake. Villains do it all the time. A better question is why your villain would make s...

posted 9y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

I'd say that whether you need a voiceover reading out the messages or not depends on how long the conversation goes on for. In the example you gave - Sherlock - the text conversations rarely last...

posted 8y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

As the other answers have noted, you can rewrite the sentences to remove the need for "then" (or possibly just omit it without any rewriting at all). However, there are also a few synonyms you can ...

posted 8y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

I see no reason you would do anything differently than if you were writing about an English-speaking character. I'm English. I can't speak any language other than English. But as a massive anime n...

posted 8y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

You can work around the language barrier the same way we do in real life: have someone act as a translator. There are three ways of introducing such a character: Option 1: The moment the need for...

posted 8y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

"Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer" does not apply on Stack Exchange. On multiple occasions, I've seen people post "answers" that are either sarcasm/jokes, personal attacks, or just plain...

posted 6y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

What I would personally do in this situation is a "How We Got Here" scenario. Start off towards the climax of your story, with the protagonist facing down (or preparing to face down) whatever the ...

posted 8y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭