The Anti-Guide

How do you try to improve your writing?

I try to avoid old, stupid things.	17.5%	[ 2370 ]
I add new things.	14.7%	[ 1993 ]
A combination of both (if one more than the other, pick it).	67.8%	[ 9169 ]
Total Votes:			[ 13532 ]

[Budgie_820]

Burning_Star_IV

((hm, I can't really comment on the whole burping/farting/hiccupping thing; it would seem really random to add that in, or is there something to comment on...))

Burping and farting can also be mentioned under the circumstances of a burping or farting contest...held by your male characters. Other than that, nill.

((I still think that would be random and out of place, especially in a serious setting))

Random and out of place? It's a normal bodily function. Personally I would have loved it if Tolkein made the hobbits let one rip rofl .
I do give my props to Rowling on this subject though. She's more likely to touch such human functions such as constipation.

[Ikaru_Kakou]

Chicken_Waltz_820

Burning_Star_IV

((hm, I can't really comment on the whole burping/farting/hiccupping thing; it would seem really random to add that in, or is there something to comment on...))

Burping and farting can also be mentioned under the circumstances of a burping or farting contest...held by your male characters. Other than that, nill.

((I still think that would be random and out of place, especially in a serious setting))

Random and out of place? It's a normal bodily function. Personally I would have loved it if Tolkein made the hobbits let one rip rofl .
I do give my props to Rowling on this subject though. She's more likely to touch such human functions such as constipation.

read book six, fred and george invent "You-No-Poo".

[Budgie_820]

Ikaru_Kakou

Chicken_Waltz_820

Burning_Star_IV

((hm, I can't really comment on the whole burping/farting/hiccupping thing; it would seem really random to add that in, or is there something to comment on...))

Burping and farting can also be mentioned under the circumstances of a burping or farting contest...held by your male characters. Other than that, nill.

((I still think that would be random and out of place, especially in a serious setting))

Random and out of place? It's a normal bodily function. Personally I would have loved it if Tolkein made the hobbits let one rip rofl .
I do give my props to Rowling on this subject though. She's more likely to touch such human functions such as constipation.

read book six, fred and george invent "You-No-Poo".

Yeah, that's what I was referring to. My friends and I were laughing for hours after that.

"The constipation sensation that's sweeping the nation!" rofl

[Ikaru_Kakou]

and then theres just that she will probably do something with the general nastiness of Crabbe and Goyle

[The Myuuster]

Insects are always EVIL. ALWAYS. Except butterflies. All butterflies have to be good.

[Ikaru_Kakou]

The Myuuster

Insects are always EVIL. ALWAYS. Except butterflies. All butterflies have to be good.

therefor moths are the emodiment of satan

[Burning_Star_IV]

Chicken_Waltz_820

Burning_Star_IV

((hm, I can't really comment on the whole burping/farting/hiccupping thing; it would seem really random to add that in, or is there something to comment on...))

Burping and farting can also be mentioned under the circumstances of a burping or farting contest...held by your male characters. Other than that, nill.

((I still think that would be random and out of place, especially in a serious setting))

Random and out of place? It's a normal bodily function. Personally I would have loved it if Tolkein made the hobbits let one rip rofl .
I do give my props to Rowling on this subject though. She's more likely to touch such human functions such as constipation.

((Well, if it's normal, isn't assumed that it happens? Because you're writing about someone taking a test in class or watching the T.V., or possibly on a date, and you feel the need the write in "So-and-so farted quietly while she continued to watch her favorite show" or something like that. I'd raise eyebrows if I saw it. Even more so if I found it in one of John Grisham's books or Dan Brown's.))

[Burning_Star_IV]

Ikaru_Kakou

The Myuuster

Insects are always EVIL. ALWAYS. Except butterflies. All butterflies have to be good.

therefor moths are the emodiment of satan

((Dragonflies come to mind as I turn over my Coheed and Cambria CD and think of their graphic novels.))

[Ikaru_Kakou]

Burning_Star_IV

Chicken_Waltz_820

Burning_Star_IV

((hm, I can't really comment on the whole burping/farting/hiccupping thing; it would seem really random to add that in, or is there something to comment on...))

Burping and farting can also be mentioned under the circumstances of a burping or farting contest...held by your male characters. Other than that, nill.

((I still think that would be random and out of place, especially in a serious setting))

Random and out of place? It's a normal bodily function. Personally I would have loved it if Tolkein made the hobbits let one rip rofl .
I do give my props to Rowling on this subject though. She's more likely to touch such human functions such as constipation.

Well, if it's normal, isn't assumed that it happens? Because you're writing about someone taking a test in class or watching the T.V., or possibly on a date, and you feel the need the write in "So-and-so farted quietly while she continued to watch her favorite show" or something like that. I'd raise eyebrows if I saw it. Even more so if I found it in one of John Grisham's books or Dan Brown's.

(offtopic)this is the Anti-Guide put (offtopic) if what you are saying is telling them to do that.

[Rid V]

((Holy smokes, I turn my back for a day or two, and five pages go by. And I really wanted to post on page 250. And 252. There it goes until page 294. Oh well.

((Also, congratulations to Onambarwen, it's a long thread to read through, but entirely worth it, in my opinion. And I can't believe any of us didn't think of wishes sooner, well done.))

Back on topic:

Housekeepers are always severe-looking women in their sixties or seventies, or at the least late fifties, who terrorize absolutely everybody, especially any kids who happen to be around, possibly even their employer.

Need an excuse to have someone do something really out of character? Just have them get drunk! Oh, there can be "mystic forces" and the like in there too, but you should be sure that the character gets drunk. Drunkeness can explain a character doing just about anything.

This is partially because no one ever gets a little drunk. Or just not-drunk-enough to do that. After the first pint or so, they're completely plastered. Which, of course, does not preclude them getting more drunk, that's easy.

[Ikaru_Kakou]

Rid V

Need an excuse to have someone do something really out of character? Just have them get drunk! Oh, there can be "mystic forces" and the like in there too, but you should be sure that the character gets drunk. Drunkeness can explain a character doing just about anything.

This is partially because no one ever gets a little drunk. Or just not-drunk-enough to do that. After the first pint or so, they're completely plastered. Which, of course, does not preclude them getting more drunk, that's easy.

another excuse is pot. that always turns out well, or you can take them off whatever they are on

[[ iSASHI ]]

Rid V

Back on topic:

Housekeepers are always severe-looking women in their sixties or seventies, or at the least late fifties, who terrorize absolutely everybody, especially any kids who happen to be around, possibly even their employer.

Need an excuse to have someone do something really out of character? Just have them get drunk! Oh, there can be "mystic forces" and the like in there too, but you should be sure that the character gets drunk. Drunkeness can explain a character doing just about anything.

This is partially because no one ever gets a little drunk. Or just not-drunk-enough to do that. After the first pint or so, they're completely plastered. Which, of course, does not preclude them getting more drunk, that's easy.

On top of the drunk thing, all characters have to be able to hold their alcohol. And alcohol poisoning, what's that? You character is always able chug a keg and a half without dying or even throwing up.

[Ikaru_Kakou]

ninjashiichan

Rid V

Back on topic:

Housekeepers are always severe-looking women in their sixties or seventies, or at the least late fifties, who terrorize absolutely everybody, especially any kids who happen to be around, possibly even their employer.

Need an excuse to have someone do something really out of character? Just have them get drunk! Oh, there can be "mystic forces" and the like in there too, but you should be sure that the character gets drunk. Drunkeness can explain a character doing just about anything.

This is partially because no one ever gets a little drunk. Or just not-drunk-enough to do that. After the first pint or so, they're completely plastered. Which, of course, does not preclude them getting more drunk, that's easy.

On top of the drunk thing, all characters have to be able to hold their alcohol. And alcohol poisoning, what's that? You character is always able chug a keg and a half without dying or even throwing up.

and who says the kegs can't be bigger than the towns?

[Ryu_chan]

ninjashiichan

Rid V

Back on topic:

Housekeepers are always severe-looking women in their sixties or seventies, or at the least late fifties, who terrorize absolutely everybody, especially any kids who happen to be around, possibly even their employer.

Need an excuse to have someone do something really out of character? Just have them get drunk! Oh, there can be "mystic forces" and the like in there too, but you should be sure that the character gets drunk. Drunkeness can explain a character doing just about anything.

This is partially because no one ever gets a little drunk. Or just not-drunk-enough to do that. After the first pint or so, they're completely plastered. Which, of course, does not preclude them getting more drunk, that's easy.

On top of the drunk thing, all characters have to be able to hold their alcohol. And alcohol poisoning, what's that? You character is always able chug a keg and a half without dying or even throwing up.

And it never leads to them doing something stupid or dangerous, like walking along a window ledge or running around outside naked in 20-degree weather, or sleeping with a random person. rolleyes

[IrkenMegara]

Ryu_chan

ninjashiichan

On top of the drunk thing, all characters have to be able to hold their alcohol. And alcohol poisoning, what's that? You character is always able chug a keg and a half without dying or even throwing up.

And it never leads to them doing something stupid or dangerous, like walking along a window ledge or running around outside naked in 20-degree weather, or sleeping with a random person. rolleyes

((Heh. One of my characters has zero alcohol tolerance; she takes a gulp of beer or the like, and she's out.))

The dainty girl is always able to drink the big guys under the table. Never mind factors like body size, how much the men have been eating before and during the drinking, or how long between drinks (though it's rarely longer than it takes for the bartender to slap another mug in front of them) it's been. Those men are going down.

This is, by the way, an effective method of earning money. Just bet on the girl. It's not like she's drowning her brain cells or rotting her liver or anything dull like that.