writing

This morning I decided to compete with ChatGPT on who could write the best short story given my original idea. I assume my story idea is original because I have never heard of a story about this before....

I joined Beehaw specifically hoping to get in on the ground floor of the growing writing community here, but I have to admit I haven’t had much to say....

This is my work; I am also looking for constructive criticism.

I’m planning a sci-fi and fantasy webseries. It probably won’t go anywhere, so don’t get too excited, but I need help with the plot of one episode....

What's crackalacking! Yeah, I'm actually sticking to this, since it seems like a lot of people had a lot of fun with it last week, and I'm still having fun forcing my horrible ideas onto the unsuspecting populace of beehaw. And then you lot, entirely forgetting the point of all this take the bad ideas and actually make them...

Was curious to see what tools everyone uses for both writing and storage....

So, the rule is that if you have a single character speaking across multiple paragraphs, you don’t use end quotes on those paragraphs. I get the intent of the rule, but I think it looks awful and is jarring....

Many times when writing, I get a very specific image in my head of the way I want something to look, or the way I want something to move. Particularly with actions where objects are moving in a very specific way, I want to describe them accurately so that most readers would see the same thing that I’m seeing in my head. The...

I think this is the best place to post this, but I was going through my saved posts before deleting my Reddit account and thought that a lot of writers on Lemmy/Fediverse might be able to enjoy this one....

For example, /r/writing has weekly critique and check-in threads, and /r/writingprompts does a theme-based writing contest every Thursday....

Writing about what you learn can deepen your understanding in several ways. It requires thoroughly exploring topics, articulating your thoughts clearly, and reflecting on connections. This process reveals gaps and inconsistencies in your knowledge. Regular writing also improves retention and communication skills long-term. The...

I've uploaded the forward and first short! I'm very excited. I've had this horror fantasy post apocalyptic tale rattling in my brain for decades now. Finally decided to put it to paper. Inspirations for all over the place particularly Stephen King and DOOM (games). Thanks for taking the time to check it out

I've written a few silly things that I've already published on my blog. Will it be okay to share the link to the published post here or should I copy-paste the content here? Any ideas or advises?

Do you set aside a time each day to write? Do you write five pages stream of consciousness then trim it down into something that makes sense? Are you a planner? Do you write in a notebook? Do you write once, edit once? write twice, edit once? Write once, edit thrice?...

Not the best, but still something I submitted without expecting publication

Someone had to start the discussion in this new community, so I figured I'd give it a shot!...

Sorry if it’s too off-topic 😅

This post might sound like an advertisement (which it partly is, of course, you don’t try to get published if you don’t want people to read your stuff) but I want to use this post to encourage other new writers....

Between these two pitches, which sounds more interesting?...

Here’s mine. He’s a vigilante hacker in my future L.A. universe. I think this couldn’t describe how he looks in my head better. What does your character look like?

This is the fourth NaNo event I’ve participated in and my fourth win. I set my goal at 25k words, so just half a real NaNo, but more focused on an area of my writing that I’m severely lacking. The month has helped improve it a bit so that’s been nice. Also pretty happy that I finished a week ahead of time. Maybe for next...

I’m unsure of how many people are explicitly aware of the Bulwer-Lytton contest, but the general idea is people submit introductory one-liner sentences that are meant to be written as poorly as possible, with awards given to the best worst submissions in any year....

Share a haiku about your day!...

Welcome to the first (unofficial) Bad Writing Prompt day of the Beehaw Writing instance!...

So I have been writing since... I can remember, let's say at least 15 years. From short stories about all kinds of stuff to more fleshed out things, I just love expressing myself creatively, you get what I mean right?...