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Karlin replied to the thread What's your favorite example (Modern or otherwise) of the 'cartoon' villain..A tie between Boris Badanov and Snidely Whiplash. -
Karlin replied to the thread How to set the scene..I don't see the advantage in analyzing poor writing, rather than learning from good writing.
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Karlin replied to the thread How to set the scene..I know you always say that, but I disagree. I say: Read a lot, and write as much as you can."
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Karlin replied to the thread Changing the MC's name after a couple of chapters?.In my novel, The Second Journey, on of the main characters originally went by multiple names. The monkey King, Sun Wukong, Pilgrim...
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Karlin replied to the thread Changing the MC's name after a couple of chapters?.You are naming the chapters to help the reader know who's viewpoint it is. 1. Do you really need to? Won't the reader understand whose...
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Karlin replied to the thread Finished a first draft of my Michelangelo time travel novel.An experience. We were in Rome a few years ago, and in teh entrance area to the Vatican museums I saw a tourist who was heavily...
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Karlin posted the thread Finished a first draft of my Michelangelo time travel novel in Writing Discussions.I finished a first draft of my current project. It took about 10 months to write, a good part of it research. I've got a list of things...
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Karlin replied to the thread What is your worlds stance on lgbtq folks?.I've run into this issue with my current work, a time travel story involving Michelangelo. "Everybody knows" that he was gay, but in...
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I view this as a false dichotomy. It's not do *this* first rather than *that*. To me, story telling is iterative, and the process can...
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Karlin replied to the thread Worldbuilding without a story?.I am not a worldbuilder. I don't understand the attraction of it as an activity. Having said that- go for it! there isn't anything "bad"...
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Karlin reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Need Modern Material for Tough, Flexible Armor with
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Karlin replied to the thread Inspiration struck....I can't even imagine writing at that pace, nor for so long. I slog away, 500 words a day is pretty good for me.
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I write like I’m reading the story for the first time myself, if it doesn’t make sense to me, it won’t to others, I know my stories, but...
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Karlin replied to the thread Most weird or bizarre things you have written?.A short story. A horror story about a medical student who slowly loses his miind while doing disections in anatomy class.
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Count yourself lucky it is only two chapters. I made it ten chapters into the WIP before realizing I'd started it in the wrong place...