The Elusive 7 Act Structure

Haz lo que te apasiona.

Pinta cuadros de belleza en lugares solitarios

Rehúsate a seguir pintando lo mismo

Estableciendo lo mismo,

Porque lo mismo, aburre.

No da sentido!.

Rehúsate a seguir recorriendo las misma calles todos los días

Bajo los mismos impulsos, bajo las mismas emociones y 

Abrete a la vida! 

Cambia los parámetros,

 cambia los colores, 

cambia las lluvias del corazón por carcajadas de colores, 

pero no dejes que tu canto sea el canto de otros en su pesar, y en su penar.

Que la vida es Maddona, Britney Spears o Nicki Minaj, 

que la vida es Ariana Grande, o SuperArchireColobombo

What the fuck! 

La vida es lo que yo la quiera hacer

en mi libertad

con mis propias palabras

Con mis propios gustos

Con mis propias manos

Con mis propias tonalidades

De pintor a creador.

Y da besos a la vida

Por la oportunidad de pintar 

Como te place!

Como te nace!

Porque puedo

Porque soy!

Porque es mi santísima voluntad de hacerlo!

Y para muestra...

Mil botones!

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No estoy seguro de lo que voy a hacer, pero bueno, quiero ir a lugares y ver personas. Quiero que mi mente crezca. Quiero vivir donde las cosas suceden a gran escala.

F. Scott Fitzgerald (via elcielosobremi)

How To Write Dialogue

🦢        ―        &. DIALOGUES . ( what is it? purpose,? types? things to avoid? )

What Is Dialogue, And What's Its Purpose?

Dialogue, as everyone knows, is what the characters in novels, plays, screenplays — basically any kind of creative writing where characters speak — say out loud.

For most writers, dialogue is one of the things we look forward to. It's the opportunity to let the characters' motivations, flaws, knowledge, fears and more come to life! By writing dialogues, you're giving them (the characters) their own voice, fleshing them out from concepts into three-dimensional characters.

Dialogues have multiple purposes — one of them is to characterize your characters. You can learn a lot about somebody's mindset, background, emotional state, and such more from how they speak.

Dialogue makes your writing feel more immersive as well! It breaks up long prose passages and gives your readers something to "hear" other than your narrator's voice. It can communicate subtext, like showing class differences between characters through the vocabulary they use or hinting at a shared history between them. Most times, a narrator's description just can't deliver information the same way that a well-timed quip or a profound observation by a character can.

Monologues

In contrast with dialogues, monologues are a single, usually lengthy passages spoken by one character. They are often part of plays.

A character may be speaking directly to the reader or viewer, or they could be speaking to one or more other characters. The defining characteristic of a monologue is that it's one character's moment in the spotlight to express their thoughts, ideas, and/or perspective.

Often, a character's private thoughts are delivered via monologue. This is called an internal monologue. An internal monologue is the voice an individual (though not all) "hears" in their head as they talk themselves through their daily activities.

Types Of Dialogue

Inner dialogue is the dialogue a character has inside their head. This can be a monologue. In most cases, inner dialogue is not marked by quotation marks. Some mark them by italicizing it.

Outer dialogue is a dialogue that happens externally, often between two or more characters. This goes inside quotation marks.

Things To Avoid When Writing Dialogue

1) Using a tag for every piece of dialogue. Dialogue tags are words like said and asked. Once you've established that two characters are having a conversation, you don't need to tag every piece of dialogue Doing so can be redundant and breaks the reader's flow. Once the readers know each character's voice, many lines can stand alone.

2) Not using enough tags. On another hand, some writers use too few dialogue tags, which can confuse readers. The readers should always know who's speaking. When a character's mannerisms and knowledge don't make that obvious, tag the dialogue and use their names.

3) Dense, unrealistic speech. Dialogues don't need to be grammatically correct. When it's too grammatically correct, it can make characters seem stiff and unrealistic.

4) Anachronisms. A pirate in 1700s Barbados wouldn't greet his captain with "what's up?" Depending on how dedicated you (and your readers) are to historical accuracy, this doesn't need to be perfect. But it should be believable.

Part 2 coming soon.

Cuento de Navidad: La lavanderia Americana

Cuento de Navidad El dia de Navidad se la paso en la lavanderia., y empezo a lavar todas aquellas piezas que estaban sucias. Nunca penso algun dia, pasar la Navidad de esa manera, digamos tan no convencional, en una lavanderia Americana. No habia esas fabulas de Charles Dickens en una cabana donde los sonidos de “Jingle bells, jingle Bells” sonaban en las casas al pasar, y las luces multicolores centellaban en las calles al caminar, en esa usanza antigua del espiritu navideno con personas deseando “Merry Christmas, Sir” , “I wish you the best in this holiday season”, o “Happy Holidays”. Asi pues, el se sento en aquella sillas desvencijadas e incomodas de plastico-quiebra espaldas, despues de colocar las ropas en sendas lavadoras, que sustituian el tallador antiguo, donde manos amorosas solian cuidar la ropa de seres queridos -u odiados tambien- (especialmente mi hermano) quien solia arrojarme pedazos de lodo en mi camisa cuando caminaba ufano y limpio rumbo a mi escuela deseando la mirada de mi maestra que me parecia hermosa, y me decia “que hermoso muchacho, siempre limpio” lo cual causaba el celo de mis demas companeros de jaula, perdon de aula. Los comentarios de mi maestra solian generar un sentimiento ambivalente en el ambiente del salon. Mis odiados enemigos solian tirar cascaras de naranja con ligas de hule en mi cara al descuido, o bien los admirados amigos precoces que en sus fantasias decian que la maestra estaba enamorada y necesitaba una cita que yo decia “nada que ver”. Se lo que sea, no decia que la maestra me gustaba. Espigada, piernas firmes y torneadas, y cuando usaba faldas la veia en su plenitud femenil pues a mis escasos anos podia decir que tenia un cuerpo escultural. Era lo que yo buscaba en una mujer, al menos en aquellos anos de juventud precoz. Are you busy right now? Fue lo primero que escuche cuando conteste el telefono y me saco de aquellos pensamientos de infancia placentera. Seriously I Didn’t want to take that call so I said yes, and hung up on my friend with no hesitation. Enseguida el se puso a leer las noticias en un I-Phone, que era un instrumento moderno propio del siglo XXI y constrastaba terriblemente con la usanza antigua del periodico semanal que solia distribuirse en las navidades perdidas, y en ese entonces era entregado personalmente, es decir de mano, sin perder el medio, ese gesto de humanidad que envolvia trabajo, disposicion y manos amigas por llevar las buenas nuevas donde sentimientos nobles permeaban las paginas de antano, y ahora contrastaban con los tiempos modernos donde la tecnologia y las buenas nuevas era que un arabe mato a decenas de ciudadanos en California, o que Donald Trump haria vida imposible a los mexicanos radicados en el extranjero…WTF? A black girl showed up at the Washateria, put her clothes in the washing machine and sat down next to me, asking if I would vote for Trump as a way of making some conversation, but I wasn’t in the mood of giving political views either, so I said “me don’t speak english” and she laughed. She was a smart girl,with an eagle eye, and asked why was I reading the news in english and I started laughing, of course! She got me. (To be continued)

5 Tips for Writing Best Friends

Friendships can make books more engaging for readers than romantic or family relationships. The trick is writing best friends in ways that feel real.

It’s why we love Gideon and Nico in The Atlas Six or Bree and Alice in the Legendborn series.

Here are a few tips to get you on the path to writing an incredible friendship that’s the backbone of your character’s arcs.

1. Make the Friendship Serve Both Characters

We’ve all read books where the protagonist has a best friend who seems to only exist when the protagonist needs something. They’re the main character’s source of stress relief and support, but real-world relationships serve both people.

Make sure you write scenes where the best friend also benefits from the relationship. They might come to the main character for support or call the protagonist when they need cheering up. The most minor moments can mean the most to readers.

2. Give the Friendship a Why

Why is the friendship so important to each of your characters? Maybe they met while experiencing a unique life event or a tragedy. Maybe one helped the other through a difficult time and later vice versa.

The why behind the relationship is key to making readers fall in love with the bond between your characters. Why they met might be the only thing holding them together when times get tough. Establish a clear motive to their solid connection and everything that happens afterward will be more impactful for the reader.

3. Create a Life for the Best Friend Too

Best friends need personality traits like protagonists. As you draft their persona during your planning or writing phases, remember to give them traits like:

Likes

Dislikes

Goals

Dreams

A history

These details shape who people are. They can also be the things that pull your protagonist and best friend together. 

4. Set Up the Occasional Clash

Friendships are stronger when they survive the ups and downs. Turbulent times also make friendships realistic because friends never stay in just happy periods of their lives.

Make your two characters clash to learn through their arguments or mistakes, especially if they’re disagreeing about how to solve/accomplish your plot’s main goal. How they work through their differences and move past them demonstrates each character’s core values and how much they value their friendship.

5. Establish Honesty Early On

Best friends are honest with each other. Setting that up early on establishes a foundation of trust. It also sets up stakes when one character decides to lie to the other for a specific goal or purpose, even if they don’t like it. Without honesty, there’s no reason for the two characters to trust each other or remain best friends.

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Develop your best friends as separate individuals before merging them in your plotlines. You’ll create stronger relationships that pull readers in and keep them thinking about your story well after they turn the final page.

LoveSucks: totally true!

Las Audiencias

Tengo tiempo ya diciéndolo, que soy selectivo respecto al público que dejo entrar a mi casa, si son uno o dos o tres o mil o millones, es un público que va con una idea. Es un público respetuoso, amable, abierto a nuevas ideas,  y los diálogos y las discusiones y análisis se desarrollan en un ambiente respetuoso, sin pasar lïneas de respeto y cordialidad.

En el nuevo espacio que estoy construyendo para mi casa, sólo entrarán aquellos amigos apreciados, con un nombre real, con un teléfono de acceso, con un correo electrónico, verificaremos con acritud que existan personas reales, con nombres reales, a quienes podamos adjudicar la responsabilidad de un discurso o una palabra.

Decíamos que con las nuevas tecnologías, y las inteligencias artificiales es muy fácil crear espacios de millones con fakes profiles, y me pregunto, si un cliente o negocio, quisiera entrar y sacar información de espacios donde se promueven fake profiles, y no se checan los perfiles. Me pregunto si clientes o dueños de negocios se dejarán llevar por las burbujas de jabón que propician los fakes profiles, y me preguntó si verdaderamente clientes y negocios dejarán llevarse por burbujas que parecen ser que son, pero no son, y tomar decisiones de compra y asociaciones con aquellos que fomentan perfiles ocultos, nombres falsos en cuentas escondidas, etc etc. llevando a un mercado falso.

Es por ello, que dentro de mi casa, mi fundación, ladrillo por ladrillo, desde arriba hacia abajo, estará solo construida por nombres reales, personajes reales, para que sea mi diferencia en un mundo donde cada día mas, se promueve lo engańoso..