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So, hey, y'all. For those of you who don't know me, I've been here for a minute or two. I have an English degree with a dual... -
Mad Swede replied to the thread What Does Good Omniscient POV look like?.I'm having trouble working out how to reply to this, but I'll give it a go. In many ways Omniscient Third Subjective is what good...
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All my books are in Omniscient Third Subjective. The narrator is a character, who either witnessed the story or had it told to them and...
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Mad Swede reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread Story Fuel: The Princess Dress Edition with
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Uh... As the lady riding the Black Knight's arm at the ball is a poisoner of rare skill and a wizard of rarer cunning, I think we'll... -
Mad Swede reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread Story Fuel: The Princess Dress Edition with Haha.
I'm writing a masquerade ball in this book, so I've been a bit dress-obsessed of late. lol Our characters are going as Lewis Carroll...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Is "Head Hopping" Good or Bad?.Right, then you're NOT head hopping. What you are guilty of is not choosing a point of view style and then sticking to it. In your...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Is "Head Hopping" Good or Bad?.Switching between points of view isn't in itself inherently bad. It's the way you do it as a writer which matters. Switching points of...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Dense Prose or Rich Prose?.Using an omniscient POV and "telling" doesn't inherently mean using less words. It depends how you write the story and what you're...
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Mad Swede reacted to Filifjonken's post in the thread What are you top fifteen Favorite Novels / Series? with Like.
Fun (-: At the moment, my top fifteen might be these; 1. The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle 2. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov 3. Barndommens...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Dense Prose or Rich Prose?.When we're discussing prose from these periods we should remember that many authors were paid by the word, even for their novels. There...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Writing in tense situations.I've written about this before here on Mythic Scribes, but I started writing whilst serving with UNIFIL in Lebanon. My unit tried to...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Mixing first and third person?.I'd advise against that, because it risks becoming telling and not showing. If you want to write in the first person then the character...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Mixing first and third person?.This depends on the agent. They'd be the ones to find you a publisher. I suspect you'll need to re-write the story either in all first...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread AI, assistance, how much is too much.I am very severely dyslexic, but I have never used any form of AI to edit or improve my writing. Using AI in the way that you have done...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Coming up with the plan.I think the use of planning scenes also varies with the way you write. If you're writing in close third person then a planning scene can...