u/Finly_Growin
Looking for some advice to write exclusively for the author
I hear it time and time again about writing for the reader and all that good stuff, but I’m thinking about branching out to a new audience: myself.
I was thinking about skipping out on exposition entirely and starting from the inciting incident (because they’re my characters and I know everything about them), and would love to hear some more tips for writing just for the author.
u/Finly_Growin — 1 day ago
▲ 10 r/KingOfTheHill
Anyone else which we had a bigger romance arc with Boomhauer and the Ice Cream Lady?
With the way King of the Hill likes to canonize some things from episodes that kinda persist in the background (John Redcorn’s career as a children’s singer and Buck Strickland’s stroke for instance), I really wish we got to see Boomhauer paired with the Ice Cream Lady from “Dang Ol’ Love” since the point of that episode was for him to be more appreciative of his flings and he made amends with her at the end of the episode.
And I’m not even really asking for a whole episode dedicated to them; all I really would have been fine with is seeing the two of them together in the background and some subtle confirmation that Boomhauer isn’t promiscuous after that point.
I actually think this would have also healed Boomhauer’s wound from not being able to find love at his age since we saw that he was jealous of his younger brother for getting a fiancé.
Maybe I’m just reading too far into this one episode, but idk I feel like it would have been kinda cool to see Boomhauer getting paired with someone in the original run of the show. Maybe he does get paired off in the revival and I haven’t seen it yet. What do y’all think?
u/Finly_Growin — 6 days ago
▲ 77 r/writing
Usually when I read a book it gives me some inspiration for how to write my own book and some strategies I could use, but every now and then I read a book I don’t like, so I dissect why I don’t like it and use that as an example of what not to do.
Anyone else do this? What book and what was your takeaway for what not to do?
u/Finly_Growin — 24 days ago