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    MSadiq replied to the thread Plot Bunnies.
    When I used to read manga I stumbled on something that's basically this, and it was surprisingly good. The protag got transferred into...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Most recent books you bought..
    When I find books like these, I fee like I've struck gold. Just a while back I found a book called "Nabataean Women" (an extinct Arab...
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    MSadiq reacted to Gurkhal's post in the thread Most recent books you bought. with Like Like.
    I know that I should not have done this, but I did it anyway. I got "How to be a Victorian" by Ruth Goodman and the manuals of manners...
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    MSadiq reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread Theme vs Preaching with Like Like.
    So, here's another example where the point being made has this underlying assumption that everyone will have the same understanding of...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Plot Bunnies.
    It's in reference to the young man. He pretends to be a good son to his deceased father in front of other people to gain sympathy, just...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Theme vs Preaching.
    What most people are referring to when they present this dichotomy is the connotations of preaching, that the messaging is forceful and...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Plot Bunnies.
    Yours reminds me of Ed, Edd, and Eddy, lol. I have a couple of my own. 1- A people trapped in a lush grotto that supports life with a...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner.
    I'll just do it. The thing that's causing me to delay isn't any of the technical aspects of writing, as much as I have chosen such a big...
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    MSadiq reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner with Like Like.
    >. I'll take what I think is useful and discard whatever seems unhelpful, even if it's otherwise. Both halves of that are worth...
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    MSadiq reacted to JBCrowson's post in the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner with Like Like.
    My take is that they (beat sheets) are neither inherently good or bad, but like all tools developed to help writers, they do not suit...
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    MSadiq reacted to Incanus's post in the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner with Like Like.
    For me, learning and applying structure helped quite a lot. I don’t think I could have completed my rough draft (what I call a...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner.
    I'm getting into Arabic literature for this purpose. Also, history is much more unbelievable than actual fantasy, and much of Arabic...
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    MSadiq reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner with Like Like.
    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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    MSadiq replied to the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner.
    This sums up my thoughts on the matter after thinking about it. I'll just keep them in mind while analyzing what I read, and then apply...
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    MSadiq reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner with Like Like.
    I have looked at things like these many times, and consider them good things to keep in mind for the toolbox, but I've never written...
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