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DesinKalaScribe reacted to JBCrowson's post in the thread How much is too much worldbuilding? with
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This is intended as a light hearted thread... You know you've done too much world building when: You just plotted a dozen short stories... -
When you world bible is 400 pages, and your story is 0. When you know the equivalent of the whole history of China for a nation not...
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DesinKalaScribe replied to the thread Timeline Issues.Thanks for all the feedback on this. I found a way to weave in some other POVs to break up the summit plot so readers don't spend the...
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You cannot use these tools and become a better writer. Once you reach for the easy way, you will leave yourself behind. If you gaze...
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If it is similar to spending nine chapters on the Jedi Council before bringing Obi-Wan and Anakin back into the story, I think I would...
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DesinKalaScribe replied to the thread Timeline Issues.Thanks. Travel times aren't my big concern on this. My biggest issue is that there is a good amount of political theater happening in...
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I'm starting to outline my next book and am running into something that may or may not be an issue and would love some thoughts on how...
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DesinKalaScribe replied to the thread With the readers now.I've actually been reading it aloud to my wife and kids. Definitely picking up on a lot of my crutch words and phrases, weird syntax...
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i have been there, that temptation, the feeling that there is more you can add, or take away. Some of it is that feeling that you just...
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This is a huge milestone ,congratulations. The urge to tinker is so real, but letting it breathe while others read is smart.
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I also save a ton of files with different versions as I progress. My system is that I use the title and then a number for the version...
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DesinKalaScribe replied to the thread Editing gone wrong.I just went through this myself. I was able to cut down in some areas that definitely needed it, but other spots felt sparse on context...
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Yours is way more detailed than mine. My 'system' is kind of like the force, with dark and light side stuff, but also a decaying middle...
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Just wanted to add an update to my last post, but I finally made it through the last of my main POVs and did a first-pass edit of the...