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Mad Swede reacted to The Dark One's post in the thread Where did 'It'll put some hair on your chest' come from? with
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Mad Swede replied to the thread What random rabbit holes have you gone down while researching?.Effective research? skip.knox has already mentioned it, you need to be fairly specific in what you are researching. That means you need...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread What random rabbit holes have you gone down while researching?.That's not the point. The point is that you need self-discipline to finish anything you do, espcecially if you're not being forced to do...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread What random rabbit holes have you gone down while researching?.Yes, I am. And if you get a publishing contract, or if you self-publish and promise a book to your readers by a certain date, then you...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread What random rabbit holes have you gone down while researching?.No, I don't go diving down rabbit holes like that. For me, research is like anything else we do connected to our writing. It needs...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Where did 'It'll put some hair on your chest' come from?.The expression is said to be Australian in origin, the first recorded useage is in the late 1890s (1898 I think). From there it spread...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread How to keep a simple plot interesting?.And now I'm going to add a few thoughts of my own, having been lurking in this thread for a few days. Note that my comments are based on...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread A Tribute to Tim Curry.For me Tim Curry will always be Trymon in the film/TV version of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, but for my daughter he'll...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Where to Write.OK, first things first. The only time Google use your private documents to train AI is if you use Gemini to help you in your writing. To...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.Timing is something you have no control over in written humour, which is why written humour relies on other aspects of emotion to work...
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Mad Swede reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ? with Like.
Twelfth Night. Probably my favorite.
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Mad Swede replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.Comedy and humour are very complex. You can illustrate both the funny aspects of life and also the sad side of things, and it is this...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Idea Generation.I wonder if this depends on what we mean by an idea? Do we mean the idea for a story arc, a character arc or an inciting event...
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Mad Swede reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread Searching for someone to nitpick my worldbuilding with Like.
Not at all awkward. The historian who is uncomfortable being corrected on points of fact really ought to find another occupation. The...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Searching for someone to nitpick my worldbuilding.I'm not sure how to put this Kassandra, but I'll do my best. I'm writing this from my perspective as a published author with a (now)...