The 10 Different Types of Humor. Click on anyone’s online dating profile — I dare you. Chances are, all of them say they have a great sense of humor and are looking for someone who also has a great sense of humor. Yawn! What does that mean, anyway? Doesn’t everyone like to laugh? (OK, almost everyone — but if you don’t like to laugh, you’d never admit it, right?) By zeroing in on just how you’re funny, you’ll be more likely to attract someone with a similar funny bone — and most likely be more compatible in other ways, too. You’ll also develop a better idea of what types of humor you’re seeking in your matches’ personalities and profiles. 1. Your profile probably says, “I don’t take myself too seriously.” 2. “We’re in this together, and isn’t it fun?” 3. You think "Airplane" was the best movie ever made. 4. Your sense of humor is dark, biting and sharp. 5.
You feel most comfortable laughing when you’re making fun of yourself. 6. 7. You’re clever, and your jokes show intelligence. 8. 9. Fart jokes? 10. Color Thesaurus. Ingrid Sundberg, a writer and children’s book illustrator, created a very useful infographic chart for anyone struggling with color names. The writer says that she loves to collect words that can help give her stories variety and depth. Show Full Text “I’ve learned that we all have different associations with color words,” Sundberg told Bored Panda. “For example the color sapphire is a light blue to me (since that’s the color of the sapphire on my engagement ring), but a sapphire can also be a very dark blue. I doubt there can be an ‘official color guide,’ as color is so subjective.” Regardless of the subjectivity of color, however, Sundberg’s guide will help expand your descriptive vocabulary beyond green, red and blue.
Read on to see all of these colors’ names as well as Sundberg’s interview with Bored Panda. More info: ingridsnotes.wordpress.com | sundbergstudio.com | Facebook (h/t: lustik) “There was no official color guide,” Sundberg told Bored Panda. Cheat Sheet - Body Language. Translate emotions into written body language We are always told to use body language in our writing. Sometimes, it's easier said than written. I decided to create these cheat sheets to help you show a character's state of mind. Obviously, a character may exhibit a number of these behaviours. The Top Five Tips For Using Body Language Use body language to add depth to dialogue.
If you want to learn how to write a book, join our Writers Write course in Johannesburg. Even if you're not busy with a book, prompts are an excellent way to exercise the writing muscle. If you enjoyed this post, read: Word Frequency Counter. 57 Tips For Writers, From Writers. The entire writing process is fraught with perils. Many writers would argue that the hardest part of writing is beginning. When asked what was the most frightening thing he had ever encountered, novelist Ernest Hemingway said, “A blank sheet of paper.” Other writers believe that ideas are easy, it’s in the execution of those ideas that the hard work really begins. You have to show up every day and slowly give shape to your ideas, trying to find just the right words, searching for the right turn of phrase, until it all morphs into something real.
Then comes the wait to discover how your writing will be received. So just how do you go about facing an empty page, coaxing your ideas into the world of form, and steering the end result toward shore? Tips For Writers From Stephen King “If you want to be a writer,” says Stephen King , “you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” King, who has written over 50 books, emphasizes that writers have to be well-read. 1. 2. 3. Passive and Active Voice - Writing Academy. Passive Voice is fairly simple, and yet it's quite possibly one of the most maligned (and misused) terms a writer is likely to come across. If you've landed on this page, it's possible you've seen the term thrown around like so much glitter in a paranormal teen romance novel.
A lot of beginning writers—and even some established ones who ought to know better—use the word "passive" to describe parts of a piece of writing that they think need to be rewritten, or that they think breaks some other "rule" of writing. This use of "passive" is probably unstoppable at this point, and it's not very helpful, for two big reasons: It's a vague term, and people use it in different ways. It's usually far more helpful to say specifically what problems a piece of writing has, and offer specific suggestions on how to fix it. In this article, I'm going to do my part to actively stamp out this confusion (little joke there, ha ha). What Passive Voice is Not "Telling" instead of "showing.
" Bad. "What!? " The Show Versus Tell Debate - Writing Academy. Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. — Anton Chekhov Show, Don't Tell is a writing maxim. Many believe it's shorthand for Anton Chekhov's tutorial comment about the moon and the glass. Like most maxims, Show, Don't Tell is a simplification, a pithy summary of a general rule, in this case condensed writing advice. Most writers interpret that Show, Don't Tell means one should write vividly with detailed images, sensory information, and/or dramatized action (show) rather than in abstract summaries or simple statements (tell).
Before we explore this maxim, it's important to note that there's a reason it's called storytelling. The act of creative writing is, at its roots, storytelling. Showing The word "showing" and our cultural idea of it suggest the function of this kind of writing. Returning to Chekhov for a moment, "the moon glinted off broken glass" shows an element of scene. The moon is out and reasonably bright. Examples of Showing Telling.
StoryWonk. Wonk Tools. Spontaneous Prose (Jack Kerouac) Cheatsheet (pdf) Five Elements of a Story - song. Self Publishing. Prompts. Character Development.