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    My new concept for a storyworld that has giant creatures with livable surfaces instead of planets.

    They must eat something, and have a gut to digest said food, perhaps that could also be their source of propulsion - they expel their waste with sufficient force to move them, storing it internally until required. Though I would imagine the noises could be quite off-putting for the residents of...
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    Magic can't coexist with technology... like really...

    Magic is being phased out in my setting, but not by technology, although technology is advancing so it may appear that way. Does technology replace magic or simply fill the void that magic leaves.
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    blog How Writing Poetry Helped My Prose

    Your signature has given me the urge to alliterate an alphabet of cheese based criminals to fit around the letters you have missed. The Adelost Arsonist The Dolcelatte Desperado The Feta Felon The Halloumi Hooligan The Isabirra Identity Thief The Jarlsberg Jailbird The Kabritt...
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    Magic can't coexist with technology... like really...

    It does beg the question - "Did magic exist before we had technology?" In which case "Does technology kill magic, and at what point did that happen?"
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    Magic can't coexist with technology... like really...

    This is of course based on a very small sample size of 1 universe...
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    Magic can't coexist with technology... like really...

    Magic is no fun if it is unlimited, at least in my opinion, it becomes a panacea for all world problems, and as such ruins good stories. Just magic your way out of the problem. The challenge for me was to limit magic in a way that was believable/acceptable to the reader, and to work within the...
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    Your influences and inspirations

    Inspiration can come from anywhere for me, there are the obvious literary influences from my childhood - Tolkein, Asimov, Heinlein, Feist, to the more modern Aaronovitch, Brett, Sanderson, Weeks, Erickson etc. Films - Tarantino, Coppola, Huston, Ridley Scott, James Cameron etc. To music -...
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    blog The Waypoint Writer — A Flexible Way to Plan a Story

    An interesting read, I disappeared from the forums for a few months (OK nearly 8 months) to try and plan my work in progress fully. I got stuck in a world building hole, and couldn't write my way out of it, so took on board the story grid process - which actually helped a great deal - I use a...
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    Inventing a non-canon English dialect based on one of your world's conlangs.

    Check out Feersum Endjinn by Iain M Banks - written in a 'dyslexic' style which supports the character building of the narrator.
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    Kill this Thread

    You can make a cat levitate by spreading butter on its back and dropping it from a height of at least three feet.
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    Kill this Thread

    This just proves that dogs are dumber than cats, dogs taste better too, not as stringy and much more meat. Great Dane sweet meats...mmmmmmmmm......They are the dogs bollocks.
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    Greetings Friends

    I went with The Ribbon Head - in black and white with no background - down the middle of my back - got it done over twenty five years ago now and want to get some background put in to really make it pop. My right shoulder has Dali's melting clock from "The Persistence of Memory" which is blended...
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    Kill this Thread

    Kittens are far from dumb - their cuteness is a weapon that they use to steal your soul. While cats are just waiting for the opportunity to eat your face.
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    GoT S7 Spoilerfest!

    ******************** SPOILER ALERT ***************** SPOILER ALERT ************** SPOILER ALERT ************ Exactly my thoughts - just a thought - given the activity stream shows the first part of the post - should there be a standard lead in to stop people catching sight of the spoiler -...
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    GoT S7 Spoilerfest!

    Given the different time zones that everyone is in and the ability to watch online from other countries - is it safe to assume that Episode 4 is open for discussion? In which case - is it better to drown or be burnt to death by dragon flame?
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