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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Vampires (Customized Lore)?.Going to beat up on this section for a bit. Knowing the force in terms of pound per is great. Good thinks. Most of your readers are... -
A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Vampires (Customized Lore)?.Keep your lore consistent. Yes, it's going to make you go back over and over again to adjust. That keeps you on your t We have...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to TheCrystallineEntity's post in the thread Vampires (Customized Lore)? with
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There's the whole 'obsessive counting' thing, which is usually played for laughs in more modern vampire works. Carmilla turns into a... -
It's the one where we're headed to the Story Structure Apocalypse. And only the One True Hero who can apply the 17 step structure is...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread How to set the scene..Yeah, it's the odd numbers that seem to provide the best structure. Three, five, nine... I think that's most of them. Anybody using a 17...
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Returning to my answer on this, I would also apply the rule of three. Hit three objects, use them to set the scene and the mood. The...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread How Epic Fantasy Writes So Many Characters at Once.Interesting thought. Would you be willing to elaborate?
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread How to set the scene..We actually did this in our third book, Beneath a Stone Sky. Same scene, three perspectives. What made it work is each perspective...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to Naruzeldamaster's post in the thread Any Chance you can do a Self Insert Main character without.... with Love.
That's an interesting thought, I've probably unintentionally made characters based on Relatives without even realizing. Though I haven't...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Any Chance you can do a Self Insert Main character without.....He's obnoxious, and bellows and swears in exactly the same ways. Jenny used to think he was calling my name when he sneezed. I never...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Any Chance you can do a Self Insert Main character without.....All three of us have one or two. Sometimes an author can make one without knowing. That's how I accidentally made my dad into a gay...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Any Chance you can do a Self Insert Main character without.... with Love.
No one is going to know it was a self insert who doesn't know you. What they will notice is if the character is getting special...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread What makes you give up on a book?.There are even people in this world who love it.
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Definitely! I think Prince of Spires mentioned the rule of three with regards to this - try to keep it to three details. Too many...