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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Descriptions of fight scenes.And that is what makes writing fights difficult and visual fights inaccurate. People who have never been involved in personal violence... -
A. E. Lowan reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread Descriptions of fight scenes with
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In general it's good advice to not start with a fight scene, precisely for this reasons. However, I recently read The Blade Itself, by... -
What is hard to capture is how those involved in the fight see things. Sure, the witnesses all think it happens so fast. And maybe it...
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I write mine so that the time it takes to read/describe the action stays the same relative to the time it takes the action to happen...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Is being very descriptive a necessity in this sort of writing?.It's part you and part genre conventions dictating what the readers are expecting from any book in your subgenre. If you're new to...
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I worked in a gaming store, but no computer games, just board games. I have also worked in an arcade and cinema, but there is nothing...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Are story ideas truly 'cheap'?.No. The Legend of Zelda is digital perfection and truly eternal. (No idea what 'truly' is supposed to convey, here, but now I've creeped...
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If there were a book written with too much context, what would you think, if it were weighed up with intent? Say, there is a harvest...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to The Dark One's post in the thread How to NOT get discouraged from writing when faced with the genius of others? with Love.
Your English is far better than my German, aber wenn man mehr langsam spricht kann ich besser verstehen. Don't be intimidated by...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Are story ideas truly 'cheap'?.More than conceivable. Even in Sicily. It's always a risk. We all write trashy genre fiction, and Literary can just sit over there in...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Are story ideas truly 'cheap'?.My younger writing partner would read the cream cheese out of that. I wouldn't. Everyone has their something, and I think it's a thing...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Descriptions of fight scenes.I like to tell people that violence and sex are two sides of the same coin, and it isn't bs. They use the same sort of sensual...
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The standard advice for a fight scene is to skimp on the blow-by-blow details and to focus on what the character is thinking and feeling...
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Can't say I'm too surprised to learn you were the most highly decorated essayist somewhere. And thanks for the props. This description...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Are story ideas truly 'cheap'?.Ideas are never cheap, as in being of little worth. They're seeds. A little bit of story, little bit of curiosity, big dip into the...