Welcome to the Tip Cauldron, the official Wacky Writers writing column!
It’s run by your friendly neighbourhood mods and writers, Jane (@FireAlwaysReturns) and Mari (@alcoholandcaffeine). We will answer your writing questions on the first Friday of every month, giving tips, tricks, and insights!
The questions is where you come in! Since we’ve learned it’s not so easy to come up with questions on the spot, we’ve decided to keep this thread open forever, or at least until the the column dies. Whichever comes first.
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Writing other languages? Like, how much of it should you put in the text as the actual language and how much is it just “they said this in this language”
Awesome Just keep in mind the Tip Cauldron comes out once a month so we won’t be able to get to all of these right away, but it’s great to have a variety to choose from! So thanks for contributing
so glad I was not the only one who didn’t know this
So, when we write in first person we use ‘I’, right?
But we can’t always keep using I saw, I noticed, I cried, I shouted…
Google explains better lol
Filter words are verbs that increase the narrative distance, reminding us that what we’re reading is being told by someone rather than experienced, or shown, through the eyes of the character. Examples include noticed, seemed, spotted, saw, realized, felt, thought, wondered, believed, knew, decided.
Oh, lol. Yeah, I don’t know writing rules, which is something I made clear from the very first Tip Cauldron I usually end up googling a lot of what y’all ask lmao.
so you have easier access to them, as needed.
Let us know and make sure you subscribe to our blog here!
flow? 
Just keep in mind the Tip Cauldron comes out once a month so we won’t be able to get to all of these right away, but it’s great to have a variety to choose from! So thanks for contributing 
