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    WIP - Chapter 1 - Paul

    A lingering scream echoed off the stone walls of the desolate temple hall as Paul stood before a darkened door, its wood crumbling and smelling of rot. He leaned his head against the cool door, the smell of the ancient decaying wood was strong in his nose. His eyes were unfocused and paid no...
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    WIP - Paul - Chapter 1.

    A lingering scream echoed off the stone walls of the desolate temple hall as Paul stood before a darkened door, its wood crumbling and smelling of rot. He leaned his head against the cool door, the smell of the ancient decaying wood was strong in his nose. His eyes were unfocused and paid no...
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    I've fallen into a bad habit - rereading instead of editing

    Thanks for all the replies. From reading through them, I feel like I must be blending my editing brain in with the creative portion as I sit down to work. I never considered I would have to compartmentalize those but it makes sense. The creative portion where I just write the story as it comes...
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    I've fallen into a bad habit - rereading instead of editing

    One is finished. The one I'm actively trying to edit. I sit down to the second story and try to finish/change but get distracted.
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    Most recent books you bought.

    I recently watched the movie with Brendan Frasier called The Whale. No spoilers but it references Moby Dick a bit. I enjoyed the movie so much I decided to read Moby Dick. Surprised I hadn't yet after forty years of reading. I am absolutely in love with Moby Dick. Slow parts here and there but I...
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    I've fallen into a bad habit - rereading instead of editing

    Apologies if this isn't the correct forum to post this in, feel free to move, if needed. Last year I went through a huge spurt of writing where I woke every morning before work and wrote for a few hours and within just a few months I had brought a 40k story into existance. Lots of problems...
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    Reading to learn writing styles?

    I've been reading a lot of old fiction I've loved for years again while paying a lot more attention to sentence structures, description and how paragraphs flow. It made me feel really good to read one author (Robert Jordan) and find a sentence totally out of place for the paragraph. I never...
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    How to write?

    For me, it started out just a simple scene. Usually it pops up from a bit of music or a bit of day dreaming. I imagined one scene: a young boy, eyes closed as a reanimated corpse (not zombie!) leans towards him as he has his eyes shut. She will only attack if she makes eye contact. He can feel...
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    Anyone else using dreams for wolrdbuilding?

    My wife has been journaling her dreams since she was a teenager and has it laid out to create an entire story based around dreams and the dreaming world.
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    Greetings all

    Thank you both. I don't think I've been active on a forum in 20 years or so. Once upon a time there was a forum for everything and I like being on one again. It's been fun so far reading through the different posts.
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    how to describe lighting?

    I often get bogged down as well in describing something without repetition. I find that doing my best, even if it is repetitive is something I can adjust in the second draft as I go. I've found myself just pulling a paragraph of my work and taking each sentence and trying to rewrite it...
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    Greetings all

    Hello. Just joined this community and saddened that I only found it just now. I'm 48 years old and an aspiring writer. I signed up for the website in order to learn a bit more about writing and to be able to submit a chapter or two of work for criticism and suggestions.
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