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JBCrowson replied to the thread We're back! Want to track your weekly progress with me again?.OK, (takes deep breath) draft 2 is done, just shy of 105k words. Off to the beta readers with it, if I can lure the sullen beasts from... -
Gross outside of maybe a children’s book and then max of 2. Cartoon strips excluded as special case.
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For me, it depends. I think something like that best fits stories with a lighthearted slant or instances where a lighthearted tone is...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread We're back! Want to track your weekly progress with me again?.Made some good progress, finished the rewrite of The King's Ball chapter, and closed off two minor characters' arcs. 103k words, 13k of...
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JBCrowson reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Is redeeming a really nasty villain this way good? with
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Do you write in tropes, Alex? I think this same thing also played out in the two Aquaman movies. I thought the first one did a good job... -
JBCrowson reacted to dollyt8's post in the thread We're back! Want to track your weekly progress with me again? with Like.
I haven't been able to keep on top of this thread much because I've been so sick, but in the past week I managed to get to 8,789 words...
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JBCrowson reacted to Diana Silver's post in the thread We're back! Want to track your weekly progress with me again? with Love.
You turned out to be right. By now I've found a change in angle, a relatively small shift in motivation, and the rest of the plot is...
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JBCrowson reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread We're back! Want to track your weekly progress with me again? with Like.
Got another 175 words written. At this speed, I'll reach 50k words by end of November next year... It's actually good news though...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread We're back! Want to track your weekly progress with me again?.Re-worked a scene, cut out some navel fluff last night, added the biggest missing piece, now at 100k.
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JBCrowson replied to the thread We're back! Want to track your weekly progress with me again?.turns out we have a Dragon King who's a scene stealer, Our beloved dragon on here excepted, its just the way with dragons that they...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread We're back! Want to track your weekly progress with me again?.I think writing a plot can be like solving a puzzle, where you think you are just about to solve it, then the last piece doesn't fit...
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JBCrowson reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread We're back! Want to track your weekly progress with me again? with Love.
First, you're in good company. Our first swing at our current book turned into a 45k word dinner party. I went full Tolkien - except we...
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JBCrowson reacted to Kassandra's post in the thread How much do you delve into the darkest aspects of the Fantasy Worlds you build? with Like.
To be honest, one third of my story takes place in the darkest part of the world. The world is divided in two parts: One part prohibits...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread We're back! Want to track your weekly progress with me again?.My WIP is running at a way slower rate, I made a major structural change in the summer to split it into two books, and have a non-linear...