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PPenpilot replied to the thread How to 'kill' the he said/she said habit?.There's nothing wrong with using said. It's an invisible word when it comes to stories. I think it's mostly writers who notice it...
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PPenpilot replied to the thread Mixing first and third person?.I don't think it's necessarily a deal breaker. If I remember right, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss does this. If you do a...
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PPenpilot replied to the thread Elf and Asia Culture.I suspect that it might have something to do with the US occupation of Japan after WWII. It planted an admiration for the west and thus...
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PPenpilot replied to the thread AI, assistance, how much is too much.I've never done any of the following with any of my stories, but here's where I think the line is. I think asking AI to explain a...
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PPenpilot replied to the thread Coming up with the plan.I don't think what I do is anything special, but for my climaxes, it generally unfolds like this. Come up with plan, execute plan...
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PPenpilot replied to the thread My "Warm" Welcome to Reddit Where Decency is a Crime and AI-Phobia is a Religion.Reddit is a... weird... place. Each subreddit has it's own personality. Some places are cool. Some are not. Some times you get a genuine...
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PPenpilot replied to the thread Do you ever just wanna, hang out with your characters?.Umm... not really. I'd imagine they'd all be looking at me like this.
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PPenpilot replied to the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner.I've found learning structure to be very freeing. Part of learning to write is learning to organize your thoughts and ideas in a way...
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PPenpilot replied to the thread What things to tackle first when I finish the rough draft?.After the first draft, I start with big picture stuff and the move my way down to little picture stuff. Big picture is stuff like plot...
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PPenpilot replied to the thread Too Many files!.How does that compare to Scrivener? I've been working with Scrivener for years, and looking at DabbleWriter, on the surface it looks to...
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PPenpilot replied to the thread prowritingaid.I'm a terrible speller. When I started taking writing seriously many-many years ago, my punctuation was terrible. I'm much better now...
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PPenpilot replied to the thread Too Many files!.When I worked primarily in Word, I would have revision numbers for that one large file. Eg Novel-V001. But then I realized it was easier...
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PThis is a really great speech, where Sanderson is able to articulate something that I've been circling for months. It's heavy craft...
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PPenpilot replied to the thread Is this success?.This is a bit tangential, but hopefully there's something useful to be gleaned from it. I grew up playing various sports. In terms of...
