FifthView
Vala
Yesterday, a Twitter user asked followers to describe their WIP using the AITA format.
For those who don't know, the format comes from the reddit page r/AmItheA**hole —sorry, don't know if forum rules will allow me to post the page name completely, but you get the idea.
Basically, that reddit is where someone can go to ask whether he is being the ****** in given a situation. The community responds by saying yes or no, in however many words.
The Twitter thread was interesting and entertaining, and I thought I'd introduce the idea here.
Basically, begin in first person with your main character, list age and sex/gender in brackets after each first mention of a character, and try to contextualize any AITA sort of question that might be raised given the situation of your WIP.
I wonder if this sort of thing might be helpful, like a thesis statement. But maybe it'll be entertaining at least.
To get things started, here's one from me:
Edit: I suppose it doesn't have to be a main character at all, or main story thread. Could be a side character, any sort of subplot situation, whatever. Although trying to work out the main question in the above WIP was a fun experience for me....
For those who don't know, the format comes from the reddit page r/AmItheA**hole —sorry, don't know if forum rules will allow me to post the page name completely, but you get the idea.
Basically, that reddit is where someone can go to ask whether he is being the ****** in given a situation. The community responds by saying yes or no, in however many words.
The Twitter thread was interesting and entertaining, and I thought I'd introduce the idea here.
Basically, begin in first person with your main character, list age and sex/gender in brackets after each first mention of a character, and try to contextualize any AITA sort of question that might be raised given the situation of your WIP.
I wonder if this sort of thing might be helpful, like a thesis statement. But maybe it'll be entertaining at least.
To get things started, here's one from me:
I [51m] am a powerful chaos wizard who, many years ago, illegally took on an apprentice [now 17m] without approval from the powers that be within our smallish wizarding community. The King's Law proclaims such willy-nilly proliferation of wizardry to be one of the highest crimes against the throne and kingdom. But I can get away with this because, duh, I'm so, so very powerful. Now there's another young wizard [20m], who is somehow self-taught, going around murdering wizards left and right because he blames this system of apprenticeship for his horrible life. And I have to hunt him down and stop him. AITA?
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Edit: I suppose it doesn't have to be a main character at all, or main story thread. Could be a side character, any sort of subplot situation, whatever. Although trying to work out the main question in the above WIP was a fun experience for me....
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