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Mad Swede replied to the thread What about archaic-style language?.Writing in an ornate style in any language is fine, and some modern literary works are written like that. But to pull it off you need a... -
Mad Swede replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.This is where it gets interesting. Fantasy books appeal to a wide range of potential readers and can sell very well, especially if...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.I asked my publishers managing director about this, as I happened to meet him today and we had a chat over coffee and cake. His reply...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.Yes, you could leave some of many of the details to the readers, let them do some of the work, as skip.knox suggests. For me, that leads...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.I was intending to stay out of this discussion, but given that I'm so severely dyslexic that I qualify as disabled I'm going to shove my...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread How much should we explain existing mythology in our stories?.I've been following this thread for a few days, and it strikes me that we may be missing something. The challenge is how we convey the...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Descriptions of fight scenes.Maybe an example would help illustrate what I mean. This extract, translated from the latest novella: Aiming out through the doorway...