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    skip.knox replied to the thread prowritingaid.
    From the OP >Does using this count as AI? Only the publisher's opinion matters, and those opinions are currently in flux. This makes it...
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    skip.knox replied to the thread Too Many files!.
    The subject line says too many files, but in the OP you speak of one big file. One big file would be a nightmare. I do hoard versions...
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    I recently read a pretty good article in Ars Technica that relates one person's use of AI to write a bit of code. Those interested can...
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    skip.knox reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread Editing gone wrong with Like Like.
    There are two sides to this. Firstly, while editing the plot, it's common to find that either you missed some important scene which...
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    skip.knox reacted to Finchbearer's post in the thread What do we think of POV writing? with Like Like.
    I’d say that it provoked me to think about it. Or think critically about it.
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    I like the foundations; plenty to work with. It's all general worldbuilding (which is why it's in this forum!), but I'm usually more...
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    skip.knox reacted to MSadiq's post in the thread Prose Style Concern with Like Like.
    It's just that I'm very used to these kinds of extended metaphors that it didn't cross my mind that it could be interpreted how you did...
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    skip.knox replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.
    Thanks for the thoughtful reply. To clarify my own comments, it wasn't that I thought you were portraying eyes becoming mouths in any...
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    Not about hiring at editor, Finchbearer -- I was interested your own thoughts on this: >Reading an article on why limiting POV to one...
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    skip.knox reacted to Finchbearer's post in the thread What do we think of POV writing? with Like Like.
    Interested in what I have to say on hiring an editor? I’m not at the stage skip.knox that would be if my work was good enough to be...
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    skip.knox replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.
    I'll give it my best try. Understand I'm reading as a Westerner. The man’s almost-corpse dropped with the heaviness of a boulder onto...
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    Do what's right for your story. Great advice except for when you aren't at all sure of what is right for the story. But it's advice...
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    skip.knox reacted to MSadiq's post in the thread Elves, based on Anglo-Saxon Perception with Like Like.
    While the written material is post-Christianization, the content isn't necessarily. A lot of it points to pagan beliefs, and I will even...
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    I think you're possibly a little confused by epics like Beowulf and the Iliad. They were meant to be told, and their style reflects the...
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    skip.knox reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread Is this success? with Like Like.
    Yes, although I really wasn't aiming for fame when I sent the first story off to the publisher. Such fame as I have is very limited...
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