Hey everyone. I used to frequent Mythic Scribes years ago but life and work slowly lessened my activity here. Fortunately, things have gotten to the point where I can start writing again, which has brought me back here.
It's been a long time since I've been here. Life's been super crazy. I'm glad to see that many of the people that were here when I was are still here. I can't wait to get reacquainted with everyone.
I think almost all writers fluctuate between arrogance and self-loathing; the former is what is often seen by the public while the latter is only let out in the confinements of one's own home.
I do agree with you though. Many writers do underestimate their readers. As a writer one has to be a...
I'm not sure if I fully understand what you're saying but I'm going to try and explain what I'm saying better.
Personally I'm tired of the victim turns hero or victim turns villain tropes. I'm more of a fan of characters who have gone through trauma and are affected by it in a more complicated...
Why can't we have both? In my current wip I'm developing a character who was captured by raiders who attacked his town. The exact atrocities that he went through aren't fully specified (In a way allowing the reader to speculate and decide) and the fact that he's pushed certain memories into the...
The problem isn't that they are too much like Norsemen (since they are basically the product of that culture afters years of travel and advancement.) The main problem is which parts of the cultures I should utilize and how to utilize them.
Another example in my wip would be Sanctus; the...
*harumph* Indeed. His statement bothered me a lot mainly because he is one of my beta-readers. Basically it felt like what he was saying there was that there is no way for me to be creative because "Creativity isn't profitable." which to that I say bah! But now I'm left with questions. Should...
Actually that is exactly what the Atsaru and other cultures are. Societies formed around old cultures. The world they currently inhabit is actually one of many colonies inhabited by Humans after Earth was destroyed. It's been millennia since the destruction of Earth and since then humanity has...
I just about every way. The only differences are that 1.Instead of sailing the seas the travel using airships mainly because the land they call home is extremely mountainous (Imagine Greenland if it were the size of Australia and 55% mountainous.). 2. Majority of their people are cyborgs in some...
My current wip takes place on a post-apocalyptic futuristic world with high technology and mystical creatures. Many of the societies that exist in my wip are the evolved and warped forms of culture and societies that exist today (only with greater influence). The problem I'm having now is the...
I was talking to someone after class today about the Book of the New Sun series (he had just managed to finish it after a year) when he said something I thought was ridiculous at the time. According to him "Writing has stagnated." At first I didn't get was he was trying to say but after a...
I know my opinion (especially on this topic) might not be wanted but I'd still like to put my two-cents in.
Personally I believe that the new rules might be for the best not because it forces those who might want to have discussions about sensitive discussions to stay quiet; but because it...
I find that kind of funny since I'm not a big fan Nietzsche. But I agree with your last two sentences and infact is kind of what I'm trying to say in the last post and my first post in this thread. Our jobs isn't to tell our readers what the message/truth of our art is, only to facilitate the...
I think GoT is a perfect example of what the nature of truth is. An illusion. There is no such thing as good and bad; only what we decide is good or bad. It shows us just how self righteous we all are. There are no villains or heroes in GoT only people we don those titles on. The truth in all...
I agree with you when you say Cameron's Avatar had an interesting depiction and viewpoint on race; it went to the point where you didn't know who to relate to. But in the end it is easy to see (at least from my perspective.) that the Navi are meant to symbolize Native Americans.
To me the...