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Ban replied to the thread fat characters.As a small addendum, because I love strength sports, one thing people (not just writers) misunderstand about musculature is how inflated... -
I would make two distinctions here: First, the historical accuracy of what is usually termed "medieval fantasy" is fairly up in the...
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Ban replied to the thread fat characters.I'm surprised at how long this thread has become considering that after reading and rereading the original post multiple times, I still...
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There's plenty of room for diversity in a Tolkien-like setting but one has to be careful how it is done. The line between something...
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Ban replied to the thread My All-New Zero Draft Approach.The most I'll do in the way of plotting is jot down a couple of notes I inevitably neglect to follow. Alike the Gauls faced by Roman...
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Ban reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread What counts as "moving the plot forward"? with
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I think you have the advice wrong (or almost right, which might be worse...). Each chapter should move the story forward. But a story is... -
I tend to get in trouble for what I'm about to say, because characters are very precious to writers and tend to feel very realized, but...
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Ban replied to the thread Why are my characters so snarky?.To veer a little off-topic, I believe not all snark is equal and some serves a better or more apt purpose in a given story than others...