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So, here's another example where the point being made has this underlying assumption that everyone will have the same understanding of... -
Welcome aboard! Enjoy the nuggets of wisdom, and avoid stepping in the squishy ones. Just sayin'.
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Hello all, Just looking around at what's available for beginning authors and stumbled across this site! Figured I'd sign up and say hey 😊!
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JBCrowson replied to the thread Hi everybody!.Welcome Cat, hope you enjoy hanging out. If my own whiskers were twitching right you are thinking your time here might ease you towards...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread Plot Bunnies.I get plenty popping into my head for in-world ideas for events historical, backstories for minor characters and so on. One or two have...
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I am going to say, I am not sure I accept that the dichotomy is truly theme vs being preachy. That does not feel like a vs thing to me...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread Theme vs Preaching.No not at all, but neither does it mean what someone sees in a piece of writing should be given (too) much weight.
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I guess the real message she is trying to convey is that to convey the theme (or themes) in a work they need to be developed and all...
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I'm not highlighting because I agree with all of this. There's such a long tradition of only considering fiction to be 'legitimate' if...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread Theme vs Preaching.Navel gazing your writing in a spongy place - are you writing in the bath again? FWIW (the square root of zero) I think post modern...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner.My take is that they (beat sheets) are neither inherently good or bad, but like all tools developed to help writers, they do not suit...
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JBCrowson reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner with
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I'm going to be a bit controversial here and tell you to ignore the supposed formalised methods and the use of beat sheets. If I were... -
JBCrowson reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Is it strange to have a dragon species (humanoid) be romantic? with Haha.
Uh… little dragon babies start with something.
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The subject line says too many files, but in the OP you speak of one big file. One big file would be a nightmare. I do hoard versions...