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• Fri, 13:24: RT @maddow: Why is it political common wisdom that Gov Palin is not running? What's her new Iowa ad for, if not for a campaign?
• Fri, 13:42: RT @SusanShambaugh: There is a piece of the actual Atlantis Stargate on stage! #Chicon
• Fri, 13:58: AUGH! I just found out that Farscape will be coming out in Blu-ray . This is definitely one of the best TV series in … http://j.mp/qiMPk3
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• Fri, 14:22: Some of those "smilies" make no sense. http://j.mp/qqIB66
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• Fri, 15:10: Decisions, decisions... Watch #Farscape 4x05 "Promises" or finish writing #Stargate SG-1 fanfic?
• Fri, 15:32: #FANART manip http://t.co/0Thby5X Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon starring Michael Shanks & CLAUDIA BLACK by @cleothemuse

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How Fiction Works Writing Meme Index

Originally posted by pristineungift at How Fiction Works Writing Meme (Index Post), snurched from ivanolix

This meme was designed by pristineungift  based upon the chapters of the book How Fiction Works by James Wood, as a gift to pristineungift , who enjoys Writing Memes. It is meant to aid writers, both of fanfiction and original material, in understanding their writing process through exploring different techniques and styles of writing. This is roughly the first half of the book. If this meme is popular, another will be created using the second half of the book.

( 25 meme questions + 5 exercises... )

How Fiction Works Q#1 Points of View

What style of narration do you usually write in?

• 3rd PPoV limited: 18 stories
• 1st PPoV singular: 11 stories
• 3rd PPoV omniscient: 2 stories (both are crack)
• script format: 2 (both crack)
• 2nd PPoV: 1 recipe (crack)
• 1st PPoV plural: 0

FYI: 5 fanworks included above are in VERSE. bwahahaha

Which do you prefer to read?

Whichever style suits the story best. :D

Are certain styles superior to others? Why or why not?

• First person singular 99% of my email, blog posts, and Tweets are written in 1st PPoV, so it's a natural style for my writing. I love the immediacy of emotion, the behind-the-eyes point of view when I read something done well in this PoV. Narrating action in this PoV is a challenge, and I love when an author handles action sequences seamlessly in this style. However, I HATE when this style is exploited for monotonous introspection AKA navel-gazing. UGH. fap fap fap
• first person plural We must stop procrastinating, Our Beloved, and write Hathor fic.
• second person singular You know you wanna dooooooo eeeeeeeeet!
• third person limited campy sure needs to stop using this style as the easy default for achieving a fic deadline.
• third person omniscient campy & shakespherical use this style for crack & badfic because that's how they roll.

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