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Another great bit of adverb use (IMHO) from the film The Witch...beautifully spoken... "Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?"

Anyone else have a hard time finishing Dune? The repetitiveness, the constant interruptions by internal voice...all honor to F. Herbert - the book is littered with jewels; I couldn't do anything like it - but these days I'm fighting through chapters more than enjoying them.

Thank you for the suggestion, Ned!

Good grief! I need a tutorial on how to use that damn thing. EDIT: Ah, I didn't set the exclusions properly. My bad.

Does anyone have any suggestions re: where to submit a horror short story (~3300 words) for publication (or a contest)? I tried using the Submission Grinder, but the results were less than helpful...

It seems that internal voice has become quite popular. Hmm…they might dispute this outright, he thought. I’m curious: do you tend to think that – more often than not – internal voice enhances the reading experience or detracts from it? They’ll probably say it just depends. If you tend to...

Greetings Dan! :-)

My thanks, everyone - as usual, this is very helpful. (y)

Just about everything I've read or watched on first drafts says that there is no such thing as a good first draft. Words like 'garbage,' 'trash,' 'inevitably sucks,' etc., crop up at just about every turn. My question is: does anyone know of any examples of first drafts of successful novels that...

"Thunder with the running armies" spoke to me.

Assuredly!

Thank you all for your very thoughtful, helpful replies. Time for me to ponder it all... :-)

Thanks, Chase. It's always reassuring to hear that things can be in the grey zone. And you're right that those are minor examples, but I imagine there are a few major examples out there, too. Do you think LOTR is among them? If not, what book do you (or anyone) think contains a robust mix of 3rd...

Thank you, FifthView and Chase, that's helpful and gives me a lot to think about. I have a follow-up question: how common is it for writers to mix 3rd person limited and omniscient? I have read in a couple places that any combo platter ought to be categorized as omniscient, but setting...

Thank you everyone for your thoughts. Not to squeeze out a dry towel, but I'm curious what you think about the following... A great deal of writing advice is based on what ought to be done to achieve the holy grail of reader immersion. Could this be used to support an argument in favor of...