i should read all of chuck wendig's "how to write" books

[himbovoorhees@elekk.xyz]

i should read all of chuck wendig's "how to write" books

so i know how NOT to write.

[coriander@elekk.xyz]

@himbovoorhees I've only read his Star Wars Aftermath books and they were like

They were extremely fine

But you could tell he was trying very hard to be quirky

[himbovoorhees@elekk.xyz]

@coriander Trying very hard to be quirky is how all his writing is. He also LOVES alliteration.

[coriander@elekk.xyz]

@himbovoorhees there was some good stuff in there and even some of his quirky shit worked, like the restored Civil War B-1 battle droid named Mr Bones

But some of it did NOT

[himbovoorhees@elekk.xyz]

@coriander Actually advice from one of his books: "Dialogue is like a waterslide"

[coriander@elekk.xyz]

@himbovoorhees what

does that mean

[aud@fire.asta.lgbt]

@[email protected] @[email protected] you should encounter it once as a small child, receive horrible burns from it, then avoid it till your dying day.