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Incanus replied to the thread 3 MC discussion.I suppose I would use a limited-third POV, and do every chapter (or scene) from one of the three POVs, trying to make sure they are... -
Incanus replied to the thread I was just in the process of kicking a nasty hobbit and thought I'd drop in....Ah, it's good to see a Clark Ashton Smith fan. We are rarer than hen's teeth, for some reason. Welcome--I hope you hang around for a...
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Incanus replied to the thread "The tower stood where stone met timber, where rich met poor—a bridge...".I’ll keep this a tad short, not knowing if this poster will return or not. First of all, I second AE Lowan’s post—stick around, join a...
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Incanus replied to the thread How do you keep writing when the motivation fades?.I have a bunch of quotes about first drafting from writers printed out and stuck on my wall where I work. The one from Maya Angelou...
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Incanus replied to the thread What about archaic-style language?.Interesting. I haven't used Grammarly, but I know the spell-checker in MS Word is obviously less authoritative than the Oxford English...
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I’ve been re-reading Lord of the Rings recently. I was struck by a certain passage, in the chapter ‘The Ring Goes South’. The Fellowship...
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^ This is the problem. The inherent contradiction. If we mean the concept, then we should say concept, or premise, not the idea. Our...
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Incanus replied to the thread Are story ideas truly 'cheap'?.This mostly sounds about right. My problem with 'ideas are cheap' is the implication that they are all of equal value. Yes, many, many...
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Incanus replied to the thread Are story ideas truly 'cheap'?.I don't have much of a beef with adverbs in general. I don't specifically hunt them down in my prose, because I don't abuse them in the...
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Incanus replied to the thread Hear Me Out - Nuke Your Social Media.Well, in my case, I'd have to sign up first, before nuking it. But that doesn't make much sense, does it? I think I've seen a Facebook...
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Incanus replied to the thread Are story ideas truly 'cheap'?.To take that last point first, I don't mind robust debate at all. I'm glad you are expressing your views here. I am probably pretty...
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Incanus replied to the thread Are story ideas truly 'cheap'?.This looks like we agree more often than not, on this subject. But I would say it wasn't really me who drew the distinction between...
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Incanus replied to the thread Are story ideas truly 'cheap'?.Since I didn't (and wouldn't) coin the phrase 'ideas are cheap', it doesn't really matter what I mean by it, but what is meant by the...
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Incanus replied to the thread Are story ideas truly 'cheap'?.I think this is a much, much, much better way to look at these issues. This is why I recoil at such phrases as 'ideas are cheap' and...
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Incanus replied to the thread Are story ideas truly 'cheap'?.Interesting. My good writer-friend brought up the idea of writers who can't write something that they didn't 100% come up with on their...
