“Shrek Golf is real. When I was a kid, I did play it. Although not many others knowing of its existence makes sense.
Let me explain.”
Tag: Shrek
SomeBODY once told me the world… building of Shrek was great.
And they were right! Let’s talk about why.
To answer your first question: no, pantsing in writing does not mean pulling down the pants of a story an exposing all their private metaphors and symbolism.
Pantsing means writing by the seat of your pants, not knowing what will come next. Its opposite is outlining, which is when you know exactly what will happen next in your story because you created an outline beforehand.
Is one strategy better than the other? Let’s find out!
Church bells are ringing. Elves are singing. Donkeys are braying for joy.
Shrek and Santa Claus are getting married!
…there’s only one problem: they can’t use the letter “E” to tell their story.
GeoGuessr is a website where you are thrown into a random spot in the world on Google Maps streetview, and you have to try and guess where you are.
It’s fun to play just by itself, to see how close you can get, but it’s even more fun when you put a spin on it: writing a description of each random area you’re given.
When you reach a pivotal point in your story, you can go one of two ways: a “trick” (something bad/evil happens), or a “treat” (something good/wholesome happens).
But what if it wasn’t up to you which way it went? What if it was up to… Twitch chat?
THUNDER THUNDER LIGHTING!
Boring descriptions are boring. When writing a story, it’s important to not only engage your reader with the plot, setting, and characters, but also with the very words on the page.
If you’re not having fun describing something, your reader won’t have fun visualizing it!
Thirty prompts enter the arena, but only one can leave with the glory.
The glory of being written.
Everyone always says “show don’t tell” when writing. However, the truth is that to tell a good story you have to both show AND tell.
But what are the real differences between “showing” and “telling?”
To find out, let’s write the same scene three different ways: only telling, only showing, then using both.