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skip.knox replied to the thread It's 1900's Japan, you're stuck in a horror story, would you trust a random priest wearing a fox mask?.Would it matter whether the "you" in this instance is rural or urban? Would it matter if it was 1910 or 1940 or 1990? I'm assuming you... -
skip.knox replied to the thread What about archaic-style language?.I'm steeped in archaisms just now. I recently finished Guy Mannering by Walter Scott, and am embarked on Honoré Balzac next. One of the...
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skip.knox reacted to pmmg's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with
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No cocaine here. Sounds to me like you have found the gatekeepers. I would not think their numbers would be 90% but... when you find... -
Amazing find. Worth at least one afternoon down this rabbit hole. But I do enjoy some cult now and then.
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skip.knox replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.I read a fair amount of older fiction, pre-Internet. That is to say, fiction that was written when writing for a market was the...
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skip.knox replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.I do think that the reader has to carry some of the burden. When I read a book and a character (or plot twist or item or whatever) is...
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It's one of my favourite books! I enjoyed it so much.
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Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham — I haven’t owned it for yonks, and it’s for book club in a bit so I should re-read it. If Wishes...
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I picked up an old Robert Silverberg sci fi novel, the tower of glass, in a street library. Read well, though not really a great book...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Descriptions of fight scenes.Also, tunnel vision. POV matters a lot here. If you're in first person or close third, and you're aiming for "accuracy" (however you...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Descriptions of fight scenes.I've not found there is any one way to write a fight scene. I have noticed, in my own reading, that a couple of non-fight factors weigh...
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This looks like we agree more often than not, on this subject. But I would say it wasn't really me who drew the distinction between...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Is being very descriptive a necessity in this sort of writing?.My advice is not to pay much attention to advice or criticism until you have a completed story. Until then, stay focused on the page in...