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Prince of Spires replied to the thread How do you keep dread alive when nothing scary is happening yet?.I read IT, and it didn't work for me. It's too long and meandering. It feels like a case of the editors no longer daring to tell a... -
Prince of Spires replied to the thread What is your worlds stance on lgbtq folks?.One thing to keep in mind is that not everyone in your society will keep the same views. Just looking at the Netherlands (where I live)...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Inspiration struck....The most recent first draft I completed took ages and was a big struggle. Looking back, the main reason for that is that I didn't think...
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And now the spelling and grammar corrections are done, and I'm about half way through adding the last bits of prose. I'm really quite...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread How do you keep dread alive when nothing scary is happening yet?.The question reminds me of the Hitchcock quote on the difference between surprise and suspence: The reader should know something's off...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Does Cinematic timing (in movies or otherwise) bother you sometimes?.It's genre tropes. They're everywhere, and if you start noticing and think about them too much, it can ruin stories for you. In police...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Hello!.In what sense?
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread What about these says Ai?.Amazon and Reddit serve a very different purpose and have a different audience (even if they're the same people). Amazon only cares...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Worldbuilding without a story?.I say this as a big Tolkien fan, but no. In my opinion, all published stuff is great. However, if you read the History of Middle Earth...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Fantasy/fiction in modern setting.The examples I gave are very definitely 21st century. Yes, Harry Potter could be set in pretty much any post industrial revolution time...
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Well, as Prince of Spires has name-checked me I guess I'd better comment. :) As others have already said, the key to being a writer is...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Fantasy/fiction in modern setting.Disagree. The best selling book series of all time, Harry Potter, is a Fantasy tale in a modern setting. Urban Fantasy as a genre is...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Hello!.The idea of spoiling the story is overrated. People care a lot less about it than they claim and research actually points at people...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Writing Pointers.Welcome Pudge. Others already mentioned this, but for beginning writers, the best thing you can probably do is to keep writing your...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Where to Write.If I were to venture a guess, I'd say this is a big reason why. Writing already is my most time-consuming hobby. I don't have to go...
