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theschooloffiction.bsky.social
40+ year fiction writer, indie author, 25 year teacher. Now a YouTuber. Married, no flirting, not buying any services. Fiction writing questions: [email protected]
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@alexkourvo.bsky.social do you use “story beats”? I’m working on a video about that.

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I don’t know the origin of this meme, and I would love to credit its creator if you can tell me the name. It’s very much on point for how a writer’s emotions fluctuate during a project.

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So someone on this platform messaged me and asked what to call me and said I look kind. I know those are the basic opening lines of the scamming confidence trickster. So I’ll be clear. If you want fiction writing advice, I am indeed kind. If you want money, I am not *at all* kind.

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@stephenking.bsky.social Dear Mr. King: do you have one sentence of advice for subscribers of my new YouTube channel @theschooloffiction?

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The origin of a YouTube short. These are notes for one I did about proofreading. My notebook is always messy…

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“Waiting in the car till it’s time for work” had more views than my writing content. What say you? youtube.com/shorts/0iH2X...

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New fiction writers- where do you start? Overview here (lots of glare, I was shooting outdoors with iPhone) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpEK...

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And Matt Posner, Squared Circle Blues. Because good people can also be dangerous…

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#beginningwriters #newnovelists #creativewriting Let’s talk about #characterization!!

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I explained good and well to middle schoolers.

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Narration tip: in third person limited POV, “Head-hopping” is changing from one character’s inner thoughts to another’s in the same scene. Best to avoid this; readers find it confusing.

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@raydrainville.bsky.social as per our prior discussion of ChatGPT 4 making up stuff when I’m trying to research — it’s gotten so bad now that I’ve switched to Copilot. Today it wrote haiku and told me they were by Basho

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Please subscribe and ask fiction writing questions on any video. I’ll answer them. m.youtube.com/@TheSchoolof...

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