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Mad Swede replied to the thread Calendars in Worldbuilding..This is something I don't describe in my stories. That's partly because in a setting where most people can't read or write (or have only... -
Mad Swede replied to the thread Coming up with the plan.No. That's partly because in the sorts of stories I write there isn't much deliberate plotting of that sort, certainly not in the short...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Is it odd that my characters are far more 'animated' than I am?.To answer your question. No. It's not odd. The only time a character in a book should be an accurate reflection of you is if you write...
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Mad Swede reacted to Miles Lacey's post in the thread How much is too much worldbuilding? with
Haha.
You know you've done too much world building when investors from the United Arab Emirates ask to invest in your (imaginary) country... -
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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Mad Swede replied to the thread Theme vs Preaching.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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Mad Swede replied to the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner.Well, I just (?) write my stories the way I was told stories by my mother and grandmother. Effectively I write my stories using a...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner.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...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Your best tips for writing a fight scene.This thread may help: Descriptions of fight scenes
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Timeline Issues.If you're worried that the summit will lose the readers interest then you need to separate those 8 or 9 chapters with something else...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread To capitalize or not capitalize? (Race Names).I'm going to be very very blunt, possibly a bit rude, and get straight to the point. You need to learn basic English grammar. Only...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread On using LLMs in writing.I wonder how much this depends on why you want to write? Those of us with a compulsion to write, for whatever reason, need no help...
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I posted the OP to speak not so much to the Usual Suspects here on Scribes, but more to the newbies, the wannabes, the Aspiring Artists...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread prowritingaid.The sort of AI-detection tools used by the main publishers and many agents will detect that you have used ProWritingAid, and they will...