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[writingwithfolklore]

Writing Fictional News

              Eee this is one of my biggest pet peeves in movies, games, stories, anything… As someone who reads and edits a lot of news articles for my job, I can tell soo instantly when fictional news articles or broadcasts were written by someone who has never written news before. I’m constantly saying, “hmm, they’d never publish that.”

              So here’s what you gotta know about writing (fictional) news stories.

1. They’re to the point… but not like that

This is the biggest thing I see in fiction that has news in it. People tend to write headlines that have the worst, gory details. For example,

“Student Sadie Walker murdered by 50 stabbings last night.”

While dramatic (and informative), I don’t see this as a news headline. The same situation (Sorry Sadie) may actually be reported as,

“Young woman passed away after involvement in stabbing late last night.”

              While news articles are to the point and informative, remember that they’re written for the general public. We often don’t get the super gory details (at least, not in the headline).

2. They have a pretty specific voice

While most journalism is meant to be free of bias, news is the most importantly objective. This tends to result in articles written in a more formal tone. They also follow a structure: the most specific details to the most general.

              Imagine you’re writing a piece that you’re expecting the reader to drop out at any moment. The headline is the attention grabber so your first line has the most important details of the story, so that someone can read it and know the jist.

Following our example, the first paragraph might be,

“Last night in June County a young woman was found unconscious, having suffered severe injuries. The woman was identified as Sadie Walker, a 21-year-old student attending June County University nearby. According to police reports, Walker had been walking between campus and the student dorms around midnight when she was struck and stabbed 30-50 times in the chest and back. Walker was found by a peer returning home an estimated hour after the attack and taken straight to Red Mill General hospital, where she passed away shortly after. The perpetrator is still unknown at this time.”

       Remember the 5 W’s and 1 H. Your first few lines should inform the reader of Who, What happened, Where did it happen, When did it happen, how it happened, and maybe why if you know—though since news is so timely, often the answer isn’t known right away.

3. Where the article is found in the news is telling

While a story like our example might make the front page of the paper (especially if nothing else is really going on in June County), only one story can make this top spot. Some papers are divided between the top and bottom of the page, known as “above the fold” and “below the fold”. It’s a bit more traditional format, but the ‘above the fold’ spot is the best one, because that’s the story people see when they’re passing by the newsstand, while ‘below the fold’ is another important story making the front page, but one would have to pick up the paper and unfold it to read it.

Not to mention all the stories found inside the paper. Consider how important your article is--not to your characters/plot, but to the general society your fictional newspaper is serving. Would your MC’s win at the local dog competition make the front page of big city news?

Any other news writers on here? What did I miss?

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[ahiddenpath]

Nanowrimo Win 2023

I won Nanowrimo 2023! Details beneath the cut, plus writing news for my digimon fanfiction (AO3 and FFN)!

This was my easiest/smoothest Nanowrimo ever, and also the second time (out of like 14) that I finished before November 30th in my time zone, lol! As you might know, I've been struggling a ton with my mental health and energy levels lately, so I was shocked things went so well. I owe a lot to my friends on the Camp Digimonth discord server for sprinting with me and keeping that hype alive.

I'm going to continue writing every day for the rest of November, but I won't worry about word count, now that I've hit my goal. I'll update on the final word count at the end of the month.

But! Some fun extras! I actually wrote an additional 10k words in the last 10 days of October, as a trial run for if I could handle Nanowrimo this year. To be clear, those words were not counted in my Nanowrimo word count, so currently I have a little over 60k words drafted.

What I wrote

10k words in October

A new NSFW story that will probably end up about 20k words long. This story is extremely playful and sexy, but also explores various sexualities and lifestyles.

50k+ words in November

I worked on Infinite Possibilities. I almost finished a first draft of phase 1 of 3. I definitely need to go back and add some scenes, so it's not totally ready, but I covered a lot!

When will I share it?

You might know that recently, I've been in a weird place when it comes to sharing my work online. I have yet to resolve how I feel about this. However, I plan to spend December and January editing what I wrote in November, plus whatever else I want to work on. I'm guessing that you won't see updates until February (unless I change my mind, of course, these things are fluid).

What about Camp Digimonth?

Camp Digimonth is a digimon co-creation event with a discord of digimon creatives. I haven't decided if I have the time/energy/mental health to host it and potentially open it to new members, and I have no idea what the interest levels would be. I might make an interest check on the Camp Digimonth blog?

And that's all I have for now! Thank you so much for your interest <3 If you're working on Nanowrimo, best of luck with the final push! I believe in you!

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[notaisho]

 ☆｡･:*:･ﾟ’★,｡･:*:･ﾟ’☆ Hi everyone ☆｡･:*:･ﾟ’★,｡･:*:･ﾟ’☆

I'm glad to find you here at the start of the new year and sorry for my absence the past month because of my work schedule. But don't worry, I'm coming back as the place I work as a barman/barista is entereing slow season. My mental state was also very affected by health issues, but I'm starting to be all better now.

I hope 2023 is going to be generous to all of us and the artists with follow with passion. Concerning my writings, I truly hope I can keep up with a regular updating schedule that includes posting twice a month about a main story (please remember to check out WYLM) but also from time to time to include one shots. If I can keep up with this type of schedule, it means I would be able to still post while being oversea.

Some might known here, but I try to travel to Korea as often as I can. Last summer after the pandemic finally calmed down I was able to stay in Korea for a month and I hope I can do that during summer of 2023.

In my personnal life, I will work hard to achieve my goal to become a bookshop owner. My next step is just around the corner and I hope I can update you with good news when I release a project or when some of you ask. I also opened up a Kofi this year, I will try to come up with interesting content (or you can suggest it) so if you enjoy my work and want to show some support, please click on the link in my bio.

Hope happiness and joy find you.

The Author ━━━★

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[atricksterproblem]

I’ve started work on a Sandman fic. Chapter One is most of the way there, I think. I still haven’t quite worked out the meat of the story yet, though, so I don’t know when I’ll be ready to start posting.

#writing news

[words-and-coffee]

Alice Te Punga Somerville, Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised - Kupu rere kē

[ID: A poem titled: Kupu rere kē. [in italics] My friend was advised to italicise all the foreign words in her poems. This advice came from a well-meaning woman with NZ poetry on her business card and an English accent in her mouth. I have been thinking about this advice. The convention of italicising words from other languages clarifies that some words are imported: it ensures readers can tell the difference between a foreign language and the language of home. I have been thinking about this advice. Marking the foreign words is also a kindness: every potential reader is reassured that although you're expected to understand the rest of the text, it's fine to consult a dictionary or native speaker for help with the italics. I have been thinking about this advice. Because I am a contrary person, at first I was outraged — but after a while I could see she had a point: when the foreign words are camouflaged in plain type you can forget how they came to be there, out of place, in the first place. I have been thinking about this advice and I have decided to follow it. Now all of my readers will be able to remember which words truly belong in -[end italics]- Aotearoa -[italics]- and which do not.

Next image is the futurama meme: to shreds you say...]

(Image ID by @bisexualshakespeare)

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[eggshellsareneat]

Alright, I think I like tumblr now.

A pun post crossed my dash, and I reblogged it with an equally bad pun in return. A couple of my followers find it funny, it's a good day for everyone.

That was on July 7th.

Virality on Reddit was entirely algorithmic. You could garner a couple crossposts, but the success of a post was entirely dependent on whether or not it hit r/all--the main page of Reddit. If your post does that, it's immediately exposed to 10x the number of people and immediately gets upvoted.

On my pun post, I get a couple reblogs. And those reblogs get a couple reblogs--nobody really adds any content to the post, it just gets a couple reblogs here and there.

There's a specific chain of reblogs that I'd like to focus on. The most popular post on this chain has about 25 reblogs on it. Half the posts have three reblogs or fewer. Five posts in this chain have just one reblog total.

But the reblog chain keeps going. And going. It breaches containment many times over. And finally, after a chain THIRTY SIX posts long, at 9:30 AM, July 22nd this morning, it hits a popular account.

99% percent of the people who have seen the post--virtually unchanged from how it left my dash--have seen it because it was curated by 36 different people. That's insane to me.

None of those 36 people know that they're part of this chain. They saw a post, reblogged it, and moved on. If any one of these people had not reblogged, the post would have a fraction of the impact it has.

And yet, after two weeks, the post has effectively hit the main page of tumblr. It was picked up, only because people liked it enough to show it to their followers. There were no algorithms necessary.

You really, truly, cannot get this on any other website.

#eggshell writes #reddit migration #tumblr culture #reblog graph #new to tumblr #text post

[sentientfloatingeyeball]

Possibly the greatest NPR exchange ever recorded

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[dormantchaos2]

✨🐁🌿 Some Big News! Coming Spring 2026...

The last few months have been an absolute whirlwind. I am so grateful to my brilliant agent Sarah Landis, the amazing rights team at Sterling Lord Literistic, and the crews at Berkley Publishing, Del Rey UK, Harper Italia, and PRH Grupo Editorial for taking a chance on Thistlemarsh (and me!).

Looking forward to this new adventure!

#Thistlemarsh #writing #writing news

[ahiddenpath]

Nanowrimo Update: Halfway

It's the halfway point, 11/15! I'm at 31,190 words, of 6,190 words ahead.

Lately my brain has been absolutely fried- I almost drove straight through the guard rail at my work's parking garage today. So uh, my draft is probably not great recently, but I'm still plugging along. The story is really interesting, too!

Good luck to all Wrimos <3 I hope everyone is doing well!

#nanowrimo #nanowrimo2023 #writing news

[gingerswagfreckles]

After 146 days, the Writer's Strike has ended with a resounding success. Throughout constant attempts by the studios to threaten, gaslight, and otherwise divide the WGA, union members stood strong and kept fast in their demands. The result is a historic win guaranteeing not only pay increases and residual guarantees, but some of the first serious restrictions on the use of AI in a major industry.

This win is going to have a ripple effect not only throughout Hollywood but in all industries threatened by AI and wage reduction. Studio executives tried to insist that job replacement through AI is inevitable and wage increases for staff members is not financially viable. By refusing to give in for almost five long months, the writer's showed all of the US and frankly the world that that isn't true.

Organizing works. Unions work. Collective bargaining how we bring about a better future for ourselves and the next generation, and the WGA proved that today. Congratulations, Writer's Guild of America. #WGAstrong!!!

#gingerswagfreckles #wga #writer's strike #wga strong #wga strike #do the write thing #sag #sag aftra #sag afta strike #unions #Hollywood #according to the news the strike isnt technically over until a vote can be ratified on Tuesday but in practice its over #pickets r called off immediately amd they got almlst everything theu wanted #so its gonna be ratified for sure #current events #news #AI #artificial intelligence

[unrelatedbut]

Thoughts on the WGA Strike (#HoldTheLine), the industry's irresponsible use of funds and manpower, AI(it's trash, we do not support), and much more. Featuring Lore's angry rummaging and Christopher's food metaphors. Catch up with us on what's going on in the writing world!

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[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i'm begging you guys to start pirating shit from streaming platforms. there are so many websites where you can stream that shit for free, here's a quick HOW TO:

1) Search for: watch TITLE OF WORK free online

2) Scroll to the bottom of results. Click any of the "Complaint" links

3) You will be taken to a long list of links that were removed for copyright infringement. Use the 'find' function to search for the name of the show/movie you were originally searching for. You will get something like this (specifics removed because if you love an illegal streaming site you don't post its url on social media)

4) each of these links is to a website where you can stream shit for free. go to the individual websites and search for your show/movie. you might have to copy-paste a few before you find exactly what you're looking, but the whole process only takes a minute. the speed/quality is usually the same as on netflix/whatever, and they even have subtitles! (make sure to use an adblocker though, these sites are funded by annoying popups)

In conclusion, if you do this often enough you will start recognizing the most dependable websites, and you can just bookmark those instead. (note: this is completely separate from torrenting, which is also a beautiful thing but requires different software and a vpn)

you can also download the media in question (look for a "download" button built into the video window, or use a browser extension such as Video DownloadHelper.)

#for adblocking--ublock origin is my favorite but adblocker plus is also popular #also i once again highly recommend using firefox especially on mobile #to enable adblock on firefox mobile just click 3 dot menu > addons > addon manager > enable uBlockOrigin #that's for android i assume it's similar for iOS #update it is NOT similar for iOS bc Apple hates you. i'll write another post later #anyway. PLEASE USE AN ADBLOCK ALL THE TIME (except for specific websites you want to support) #your internet browsing experience will be so enormously improved #also on firefox if you want to get past a paywall click the 'Toggle reader view' button as soon as the page loads #(it's on the right of the taskbar. a little rectangle with horizontal lines) #works for most news sites by showing you the webpage text that is hidden under the 'you've run out of free articles' popup #doesn't work for everything but it's worth a shot

[gingiekittycat]

I think one of my favorite things about writing fanfic is that you can just... keep going. Write as many different endings to the story as you want. As many different AUs. You can write the same scene a hundred times and change what happens every time.

It's the most freeing feeling, that I don't have to choose.

#So anyway I have a new GO wip #Fanfiction #Fanfic #AO3 #Writing