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Karlin replied to the thread How do you create your World?.Oh No! Don't say such a thing! Here everyone is "Doing What Tolkien Did", and you are suggesting that maybe He Didn't. -
Karlin replied to the thread How do you create your World?.I am a huge fan of Farmer Giles. A wonderful story.
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Karlin replied to the thread What Does Good Omniscient POV look like?."The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". Mark Twain. If anyone remembers him.
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Karlin replied to the thread How to 'kill' the he said/she said habit?.I've been avoiding it for over a decade, yet I don't don't think there's anything wrong with it. I'm a social media dinosaur, so I doubt...
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Karlin replied to the thread What are you top fifteen Favorite Novels / Series?.A Canticle for Leibowitz. Amazing work, but one that doesn't get much attention these days.
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Karlin replied to the thread How to 'kill' the he said/she said habit?.I have read many good books that use "he said", "she said". It doesn't bother me when reading. For some reason, when writing, I try to...
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Karlin replied to the thread What are you top fifteen Favorite Novels / Series?.In the meantime, I've struck up an aquaintance with one of the authors on this list
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Karlin replied to the thread Most recent books you bought..I just bought " tomorrow to be brave". Memoirs of the only woman to ever be in the French Foreign Legion. Amazing story. Here's an...
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Karlin replied to the thread Tell me about your first serious attempt at creative writing.Mine was just over 20 years ago, during a spell of unemployment. A short novel, great premise, reasonably written. Self Published, sold...
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Karlin replied to the thread How do you create your World?.story , characters.World building? As I go. I don't really understand these world building discussions. You need a framework for your...
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Karlin replied to the thread Writing in tense situations.I am constantly getting distracted by ideas for the Next Story. But somehow manage to stick to what I am doing, and eventually finish a...
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Karlin replied to the thread Mixing first and third person?.I generally don't think consciously about persons and so on. But I can understand the difficulty. Once i wrote a short story in first...
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In normal circumstances, I manage to sit down and write for an hour , sometimes more, 4 or 5 days a week. Now, things are somewhat...
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Karlin replied to the thread AI, assistance, how much is too much.Using whatever technical tools that are available for spelling, grammar and punctuation seems OK to me. when you talk about pacing...
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Karlin replied to the thread Coming up with the plan.I've been thinking about this . I'm coming from a different angle, the characters. Do the characters need a planning session? I...