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A. E. Lowan reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general) with
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Are you trying to say I left you disappointed and wanting? Sometimes this stuff is just too hard. -
A. E. Lowan reacted to Finchbearer's post in the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general) with Love.
No. It’s the mode in which I’m (trying) to write, which includes intimacy. Not guiding the reader, not confirming bias and refusing...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general) with Like.
It almost sounds in this that you are saying romanticized sex is not in the category of realistic, but I think the category is broad...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general).As someone who both loves sex and is doing just fine in the writing department, I've just got to call bullshit. 500k published words, no...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general).No. That denies the strongest needs that have carried all species forward. Lust. Birth. Death. All of it drives our stories forward...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general).Here's a missive front the other side of the belt. In our third book two characters finally are able to come together emotionally. I...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to xena's post in the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general) with Love.
Well, well, well, that is great! xDD
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general).When done wrong people remember, too. ;)
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Funniest (But serious) Dialogue you've written?.You know how we all have that bit of our writing that we just love? This is one of my favorites. These characters haven't appeared, yet...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Is self publishing a bad idea?.This is accurate, and also a lot of new authors expect that if they go trad the publisher will 'handle the hard stuff.' This is not...
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If you’re interested in traditional publishing, there’s a bar you have to meet, or ideally surpass. Do your research. Almost all...
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I like this answer. Seems to fit what I might say. I have said before that the fastest way to become a better writer is to review the...
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Like many others here, I've always read. Having for my sins gained a doctorate in early modern European history, the number of books I...
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I forget where I read it, but the quote to live by is, "Reading is breathing in. Writing is breathing out."
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread How many books have you read?.I read a lot of books on writing when I'm drafting our projects. It helps keep me grounded.