{{THIS IS NOT A DIARY HQ}}

[Novi]

squeaks I made the thread!! ;u;

posting is open for the deadman chronicles <333

note; the first entry should be up within the next hour. after that, I'll update the character page cx

and thanks guys ;D; it means so much to me to hear that, aaaaa <333

[hollowfall.]

@kurain
That's great. I'll make sure to give it a read! :p
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Anyways, getting onto what I was going to say. :p
Does anyone else find writing a diary hard. I do, mainly because my writing style is normally story mode and third person view. I write like this, I'd say -

Ana rolled her eyes, feeling hesitant, she replied, "I don't want to be a demigod at all! "
Avelia sighed. "But it's your destiny! " she cried.

^^^^ And I just made that up on the spot but it describes my main style of writing that I'm used to. (ignore the fact that it's badly written, i didn't put much effort in that, rushed.)

So script mode and point of view is slightly hard. Because, as it's a diary, cliffhangers are hard to make happen because a person is speaking about what happened in their day. Not, what IS happening... When people speak, I need to go like '-rolls eyes-' for an action and 'Avelia: But it's your destiny!'

Also, how frequently do you guys post an entry? Daily, weekly, monthly?

[Piefan]

@KittyZ
it really depends on your character. I confess I cheated in this regard: despite Apollo being kind of an idiot, he knows how to use and manipulate language, with enough free time on his hands to use this skill. Which means I can get away with stuff like this.

Dinner, in the Jupiter family, is like a sacred meal or something. It's the only one we ever have together - otherwise, our eating schedules are kinda erratic. The time for lunch is pretty much whenever we get hungry.

So a couple hours ago, Dad, Mom, and I were sitting at the table for dinner. I'd wanted to make something special to celebrate the last day of holidays, but after helping out with the crops, I didn't have the time. Plus, I got lazy (hey, I'm a teen! Cut me some slack) and just threw some vegetables onto rice, and then poured some soy sauce on it. Culinary excellence.

Of course, that isn't particularly well-written, with p basic vocabulary and simple sentence structures, but it's not ten-year-old level, either. Sometimes I get carried away with the prose, but I generally just edit it.

Cliffhangers aren't difficult if you put your mind to it. Because of the whole "what already happened" thing, it's actually easier to me - you can have a dramatic character deliberately withhold information, or make an oblique reference to what happens later in the day, or suddenly have to stop writing at the most suspenseful moment. Like: I really liked Rosetta, at that moment. She was the only one who'd bothered trying to talk to me, out of forty people in the class. But then I figured out her secret-

[hollowfall.]

@Piefan

Ooh, I don't know what I'd call my cliffhangers. In one of my first entries, Ana starts writing about how the trees are about to fall and etc, she writes it as it's happening and it ends where she says she should stop writing so no one knows what happens...

I think the POV thing is probably hard for me, I almost do Third Person all the time. I'd like to write in story format POV but I feel like it could get boring for people so I just do simple script mode.

I guess the 'What is Happening ' is easier than 'What Already Happened' because the way I write stories is slightly like a TV show? I just have this mindset of 'This is Happening' instead of 'This Happened' like I watch too many TV Shows and ... Idk if you guys get what I'm saying but it's just, eh. XD It sounded simpler in my mind.

[Piefan]

Speaking of third person, I think there are a couple diaries which did that. Spade-Studio's Guidebook, I think, and sheleavesinwinter's... Highly Confused Individual?

I cheated in a lot of aspects of diary-making. Generally, I go try to go all-out with my prose, when I have the time and I know my readers won't get bored: fancy vocabulary, sometimes-esoteric similes, occasional personification. I just tone it down slightly where diaries are concerned, and hope nobody notices that the protag's writing doesn't match his/her alleged intelligence level.

On another note, I feel like Apollo's kind of becoming a Mary Sue (gary stu?) at this point... He was supposed to be a heavily flawed kid who was surprisingly skilled at some areas, but since he barely ever has to face his weaknesses, he just looks like a heavily skilled kid who's surprisingly flawed at some areas.

[rocoboq]

My idea of a tense (past/present) in my Tree is rather... confusing, to say the least. I kind of mix past- and present-tense depending on what's going on. For example, in the first (introductory) entry, Isabella wrote things like "Okay so today is Monday," but in other parts like the Zurgak demon fight scene in one of the newer entries, I wrote stuff like:



Taking that as my queue, I got up and turned around. I had been facing Anna, trying not to focus on the fight going on behind me. It was pretty hard, considering there was a giant demon demolishing my room and four of my friends were fighting it off.
I examined it's body, looking for a weak point, a missing scale, anything. I had gotten good at throwing knives, the blade almost always hitting the middle of the target, but I hadn't practiced on a moving target yet.



It's very difficult to keep past/present-tense consistent when writing diaries, but a lot easier when writing normal texts like books.

[hollowfall.]

My idea of a tense (past/present) in my Tree is rather... confusing, to say the least. I kind of mix past- and present-tense depending on what's going on. For example, in the first (introductory) entry, Isabella wrote things like "Okay so today is Monday," but in other parts like the Zurgak demon fight scene in one of the newer entries, I wrote stuff like:



Taking that as my queue, I got up and turned around. I had been facing Anna, trying not to focus on the fight going on behind me. It was pretty hard, considering there was a giant demon demolishing my room and four of my friends were fighting it off.
I examined it's body, looking for a weak point, a missing scale, anything. I had gotten good at throwing knives, the blade almost always hitting the middle of the target, but I hadn't practiced on a moving target yet.



It's very difficult to keep past/present-tense consistent when writing diaries, but a lot easier when writing normal texts like books.

I do mix past/present as well like 'Wait, I see trees... I think they're falling! I shouldn't be writing! Bye if I live! ' and that was present btw.

[Novi]

wiggles
the new mystery skulls: animated video has me pumped! would anyone wanna see a diary based off the mystery skulls series? ouo if so, I call dibs on writing it! <333

[Splashtail]

I'd like to report, the pet is gone forever. It is NOT coming back. I will not start writing it again. I've gotten onto Tumblr more than CS and haven't had any time here lately. Have a good day everyone.

[Nerdy-Rose]

Hello! I hope you don't mind me, just posting here.
I WOULD LIKE MY WORK IN THE LIBRARY!
Username: Nerdy-Rose
Title: Dear.. Dear Flowerbook by Shayla Wolf
Link: http://www.chickensmoothie.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=3031305
Is it part of a series? Yes, the first book.
If yes, what are the sequels (and the links to those too, please)? None yet! Sorry!
Short Pitch: Shayla Wolf has always been the shy and nerdy girl, but she'll have to go through horrible experiences to earn her rightful place in the school's popularity pyramid.
Illustration (optional. Could be a banner, a picture of your main character, anything): Still working on it!