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skip.knox replied to the thread How far do you go with worldbuilding?.Most stories start with an idea, right? An idea for a character, a world, a plot, but pretty much nobody thinks up all that in one... -
skip.knox replied to the thread What does the phrase 'they blue screened' mean to you?.The phrase makes me think of a rather old version of Windows. Macintoshes don't blue screen. Linux doesn't blue screen. The reference is...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Guidelines for Discussing Religion.Yes, that was a misunderstanding. Feel free to discuss; folks will let you know if there's anything amiss.
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skip.knox reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread Hey so our production team talked about this... with
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Just to get the definitions out of the way: a publisher is the company who owns the rights to distribute your book. If you indie... -
I've worked with two editors. The first one was not the match I was hoping for, the second went line by line and gave me a lot of work...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Guidelines for Discussing Religion.I don't see an invitation to discuss, nor do I see a question. But the statements as they stand seem fine. If you want to solicit...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Hello friends! Critique swap?.But if you're looking for a swap on a full, completed novel, you'd do better to ask for beta readers. Critiques are more for scenes or a...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Guidelines for Discussing Religion.>is it ok to discuss fictional religions in the context of my writing. Impossible to say without knowing more. Why do you want to...
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skip.knox replied to the thread How do we know when its finished?.It has helped me to think of revision as consisting of separate but related tasks. Improvement is one, but even that can be broken down...
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Ah...but something can always be improved. Its a bottomless pit if you dont stop earlier than that.
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skip.knox replied to the thread my fantasy planet is trillions of years old, so where is the tech? (explanation).Also, any world older than the parameters of the story can be any age at all. It simply won't matter because no one will ever see it or...
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skip.knox reacted to pmmg's post in the thread how to create your BBEG in your fantasy story with Like.
When i see terms like BBEG, or tropes, or anything else of this nature my feeling is always the same, you should respect your creations...
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skip.knox replied to the thread I want to know your opinion on orcs in my fantasy novel and how they came to be.I agree with pmmg here. This is author background, not reader background. Tell me a story, please.