Olatunde Blessing

Enjoying the people behind the stories.

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What's a scene that took you WAY longer to write than you expected?
And was it actually worth all that time?
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Every writer has a reader they secretly hope will find their book.
Someone who understands the little things.
Someone who notices the details.
Someone who gets what you were trying to say.
Writers, what would you want that reader to notice?
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I think you can learn a lot about a character from the choice they make when BOTH options are bad.
Writers, what's a difficult choice your main character has to make?
No spoilers needed.
#CharacterDevelopment #Storytelling

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What's usually the first sign that a chapter isn't working for you?
You get bored reading it?
The dialogue feels forced?
The characters aren't behaving naturally?
Or you suddenly realize the scene doesn't need to exist?
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Writers, did you ever imagine one particular scene before you even knew what the whole story was about?
Sometimes one scene is the reason the entire book gets written.
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What's more fun to write:
Two characters having a huge argument...
or two characters having a completely normal conversation while you KNOW they're angry with each other?
That second one can be brutal.
#WritingCommunity #Dialogue

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A good twist shouldn't just surprise the reader.
It should make them look back and think:
“Wait... the clues were RIGHT THERE.”
Writers, do you enjoy planting clues more than writing the actual reveal?
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What's one tiny detail you've given a character that tells us more about them than a whole paragraph of description?
Those little details can do so much work.
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Which is harder for you?
Writing the first chapter when everything is still possible...
or writing the final chapter when everything has to come together?
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Every writer has THAT character.
The one you can put through emotional damage...
but not too much.
Which character are you secretly protecting in your story?
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Writers, how do you know when an emotional scene is actually working?
Do you feel it while writing?
Do you notice it during editing?
Or do you only know when someone else reacts to it?
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What's more useful to you as a writer:
“Something feels off here.”
or
“This scene feels off because the character's reaction doesn't match what happened before.”
For me, the second one gives you something you can actually work with.
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Writers, who is your favorite character to write?
And is it the character you expected to love when you started?
Because sometimes the side character quietly steals the whole story.
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If you could go back to the first draft of your current WIP...
what's the ONE thing you'd change?
Not ten things.
Just one.
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Sometimes the most interesting thing about a character is the lie they tell themselves.
“I don't care.”
“I don't need anyone.”
“I can handle this.”
“I've moved on.”
Writers, what's the lie your main character believes?
#CharacterDevelopment #Storytelling

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Writers, which reaction would make you happiest?
“I couldn't put it down.”
“I hated that character.”
“I didn't see that coming.”
“I cried.”
Or:
“I kept thinking about it after I finished.”
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What's a scene you almost deleted...
but ended up keeping?
And be honest, did you later realize it was actually important?
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Here's a test I find interesting:
If you removed the character names from your dialogue, would you still know who was speaking?
That's when I know a character has a strong voice.
Writers, how do you build that voice?
#CharacterDevelopment #WritingTips

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I don't think every chapter needs something huge to happen.
Sometimes a character realizing something...
changing their mind...
or seeing someone differently...
is enough.
Writers, what makes a “quiet” chapter important in your story?
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Writers, has a reader ever interpreted one of your scenes completely differently from what you intended?
What they saw might have surprised you.
#WritingCommunity #Storytelling