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marisa how's it going detoxing internet I wanna know

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Table of Contents:

Part One: A New Standard Part Two: Types of Parents Part Three: Parents in Literature Part Four: Parents on the Page A Diversion: Reuniting Children With Changed Parents Part Five: Sibling Scenarios Part Six: Sibling Perception Part Seven: Writing Siblings A Diversion: Myths About Writing Close Sibling Relationships A Diversion: Siblings With Age Differences A Diversion: Writing Twins A Diversion: Making Siblings Important Part Eight: Knowing the Outer Family Part Nine: Piblings :: The Cool Extended Parents Part Ten: Qualifying Cousins Part Eleven: Cousin Appearances Part Twelve: Writing Cousins Part Thirteen: The Roots of Friendship Part Fourteen: The Definition of Friend Part Fifteen: Layers of Friendship Part Sixteen: Writing the Best Friend A Diversion: Writing Close Groups of Friends Part Seventeen: Surely Antagonistic Part Eighteen: Evil Manifests as Villain Part Nineteen: Protagonist in the Way Part Twenty: Conversations with Antagonists A Diversion: Writing the Rival to Friend Relationship A Diversion: Writing the Enemy to Grudging Respect Arc Part Twenty-One: Deepened Friendship Part Twenty-Two: Influences of Individual History Part Twenty-Three: Crafting Dates Part Twenty-Four: Expectations Part Twenty-Five: Healthy Relationships Part Twenty-Six: Unhealthy Relationships A Diversion: Writing the Supportive Friend Part Twenty-Seven: When Relationships Unravel Part Twenty-Eight: Mentors, Teachers, and Advisers Part Twenty-Nine: Wise Old Tropes

(Note from Pear: This series is indefinitely open to new posts. As they are added, this post will be updated. Like always, you can find original content in the posts by pear tag and the table of contents tag for series.)

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"Don't put numbers into your stories." Jeezus.

Guide: Keeping Numbers & Number-Related Details Straight in Your Story

I was midway through my answer when I realized this would be a good opportunity for a quick guide.

About That Post...

Honestly, I think the OP was probably a bit of a tongue-in-cheek, hyperbolic rant from a writer who had a frustrating review or critique. The problem is, a lot of people seem to be taking it as genuine/good advice, and that really concerns me.

Obviously, it's fine to be vague about dates, ages, distances, or anything else if that's what you want to do. But don't leave numbers out because you're not willing to do the work to keep your story's details straight. Doing the work to figure that stuff out and keep it straight is part of your job as a serious writer.

Hey, Buddy! Let's Do Some Research!

Look, I get it... when you're excited about a story idea, you just want to go wild and start writing. But if your story uses real world people, events, locations, items, or other elements--or heavily relies on them as inspiration--you need to sit down and do some research.

This doesn't mean you have to choose exact dates for your story if you don't want to. But if your story is loosely set in the 1880s (or inspired by an 1880s setting,) you'd better have a good idea of what did and did not exist in the 1880s so you can be sure you're not using a 1914 fashion trend or 1700s slang.

And, doing research doesn't mean you have to research every single element of your story before you start writing. You can stop and research as you go. In the middle of my writing session tonight, I spent 15 minutes researching what kind of pine tree would grow near the coast in my WIP's inspiration setting. And even though that location will never be named in my story, I care about my writing enough to take the time to make sure my details are accurate.

WQA’s Guide to Internet Research Researching an Historical Topic Writing About Difficult to Research Topics

Timelines: A Writer's Best Friend

Whether or not you choose to be specific about dates in your story, I strongly advocate the use of a story timeline, even if you're not usually a "planner." Having a detailed story timeline (that includes important back story events) helps ensure that you don't mix up dates, lose track of how much time has passed between events, or create overlapping events.

There are loads of different ways you can create a timeline, and no way is better than any other. You can jot important dates and events down on post-its, use an app, draw out a timeline on a piece of paper, create something in Word... whatever you want to do is great! Here are some different timeline styles I've used. Some of these are timelines from actual WIPs.

Standard Line Timeline

Calendar Timeline (You can print these out at Time and Date...)

Basic Scene List & Timeline

Complex Scene List & Timeline (This one is based on Save the Cat!)

Color-Coded Timeline

And, if you're like me and you have trouble keeping character ages straight throughout important back story events, I give you...

The Color-Coded Character Age Chart

And, honestly, that's how you keep numbers and number-related details straight in your story. Research and timelines. It's just that simple!

So, don't be afraid to include numbers or number-related details in your story if you want them there. :)

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Cowes Bay House, Waiheke Island

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Riley Lou in  GENERA+ION | 1.15

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and what about it??? 

It's the fact that @gbmrs took Lorde's "I throw my cellular device in the water / Can you reach me? No, you can't" too seriously

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“1970 (Showa 45). Due to business difficulties, the Tokyo Design College, a cartoonist training technical school, has decided to close it. Some of the students who were informed of the school closure are standing up at the school and protesting. It is a stray cat picked up by students that sleeps on a futon.”

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honestly full homo

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You know what I think is really cool about language (English in this case)? It’s the way you can express “I don’t know” without opening your mouth. All you have to do is hum a low note, a high note, then another lower note. The same goes for yes and no. Does anyone know what this is called?

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New Zealand, 1973: Three bedroom house for a narrow section

A modern house with a combined carport/front porch and a U-shaped central hall.

Home Units, Town Houses and Holiday Homes by Max Rosenfeld, 1973. (Auckland, New Zealand) —from my library

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Kawau Island House / Crosson Architects Photos © David Straight

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General Resources

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