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Karlin replied to the thread On a journey....Hi, welcome aboard. -
Karlin replied to the thread Writing Challenges - how often, what sort of.WIP is plenty of a challenge as it is. No need for official challenges
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Karlin replied to the thread Overthinking Worldbuilding?.I'm reading a book by Agnon . "Only Yesterday". Considered his greatest book. It took him 21 years to write it. (twenty one years, not a...
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Karlin replied to the thread Overthinking Worldbuilding?.Sometimes I wonder if "worldbuilding" is an independent hobby. A separate activity from "story telling".
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In this as with pretty much all other "what's another word for..." questions, I suggest temporarily stop looking. Instead, look at the...
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Just write the story. The setting, the backgorund details, these you can fill in as and when you need to. The key thing is the story...
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Karlin replied to the thread Have you been to a convention (any kind) and met a famous person you cared about?.I went to a series of talks given by a well know local author, Haim Be'er, and struck up an aquaintance with him. I hope to meet him for...
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Karlin replied to the thread Most recent books you bought..I just read (borrowed, not bought) a Hebrew Fantasy novel, Kharashta, "Witch" in Aramaic. It is based on "Jewish Mythology", though...
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Karlin replied to the thread Chinese mythology.I'm fairly familiar with Chinese mythology. I gained what knowledge I have by reading some of the Chinese classics, and listening to...
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Inspiration is not an issue for me. Finding time to turn that inspiration into stories is another matter.
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Karlin replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.This is true. Authors put a lot of themselves into books, just in the natural course of writing. There are " preachy" books, ones that...
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Karlin replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.The very term " redemption " means diffrent things in different contexts and cultures. It doesn't mean the same thing for Jews and...
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Karlin replied to the thread Panster Fun.It's Chapter 27 of the Tao Te Ching. I should have given attribution. Maybe I assumed everyone would recognize it?
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Karlin replied to the thread Panster Fun.“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good...
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Karlin replied to the thread What Does Good Omniscient POV look like?.One wonders if Adams thought about this conciously.
