I hope that one day, there will be VR art galleries full of amazing art pieces like this. Just imagine the possibilities! What if a movie was made using this kind of production? Or an entire game? Where you could just go into VR and touch up 3d models like real life actors. This just blows my mind.
Whenever I try to create a new novel, I can never find a good conflict. All of my ideas have failed because of it. If it helps I write realistic fiction and sometimes some fantasy! Do you have any ways to help with this part? Also, any advice for new writes starting out?
Conflict comes from character. Throw out everything you know or heard about plot. Conflict begins and ends with character. What they want, what they need, and how they can’t get it. From their best friend’s boyfriend, to the magical McGuffin that will solve their secret desire, to the terrible situation they have to escape.
Always start out your story (at least in outlining) with the following questions:
What does your character want? Your character will start the story both lacking something and on the verge of their entire life being thrown upside down because they don’t have it. All characters should have a goal, even if they don’t know how to achieve it.
What does your character need? This isn’t necessarily what they want, and you’ll derive more conflict over these two things being different. Obviously your character doesn’t need to steal her best friend’s boyfriend, she needs to deal with the childhood trauma she carries around that lead to this conclusion.
How are you going to prevent them from getting this? The first half of your book and the driving conflict is going to be your character trying to get what they want or need the wrong way, and failing. Bad decisions are made, antagonists pop up, and what starts out dire just gets worse.
What do they have to change about themselves to obtain what they need? All characters need to change over the course of the story, for better or for worse. If your character doesn’t change, it’s hard to convince your readers to care about what happens to them.
Now, this advice is all very generic, but hopefully it’ll give you a starting point. Just remember, character-driven plots will help your story gain the momentum it needs.
(Note: There are exceptions to this rule - there are always exceptions to EVERY rule - but if this is your main struggle, than this should be your main focus. You can always break rules as long as you first know how to break them.)
My neighbors have plants up on their roof and they were watering them and didn’t notice their hose was just spraying into my window (now shut in this photo) and I was napping and woke up thinking it was raining on me
this photo set gets me every single time. The absolute chaotic narrative of if all. The feral expression of sheer blissful abandon. How much did they already EAT to get so much gooey crumb mess on their face. What even is the PHYSIQUE of this cat?? Spindly slenderman of a creature must, can, and WILL have pink frosting at all costs
romesh ranganathan is the most passionate drunk history narrator of all time
“That’s a whole bruvah!”
CAPTIONS:
Romesh Ranganathan, narrating the re-enactment in his English accented voice: Carnarvon’s half-brother, Mervyn Herbert—DEAD! Aubrey Herbert, his other half-brother—DEAD! That’s a whole brother! DEAD!!! Carter’s secretary, Carter’s secretary, he didn’t have nothin’ to do with it, he just typed the letters—DEAD! DEAD, mate! Murked! Can you believe that shit? There’s a CURSE!!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND? A CURSE, MATE! YEAH? YOU DON’T GO FUCKIN’ AROUND WITH SOMEONE’S TOMB![Romesh pauses before continuing in a calm and casual voice] Are you gettin’ my socks in the shot ‘cause I don’t want you to.
THIS IS WHY FEDERAL COURTS ARE SO IMPORTANT AND YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS IN NOVEMBER
You aren’t just voting for a President for four years, you’re voting for who’s going to nominate Justices to the Supreme Court and judges to all Federal courts for the next forty or fifty
Victories like this might not happen if Trump replaces RBG with a 40 year old conservative. RBG is 87.
It’s not just RBG: Breyer is 81. If they both get replaced by conservatives, that’s a 6/3 conservative majority on every single issue, and middle-of-the-road guys like Roberts and (apparently) Gorsuch aren’t going to need to temper their decisions to get a majority.
