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skip.knox replied to the thread Old Movies that you wish you had seen... (In their Prime).It wasn't just the big screen. It was an experience. We have big screens now, but somehow the experience isn't the same. So, while there... -
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Just thinking back, but I would not mind having my first Fellowship of the Ring, or Avatar experience again. Once seen, you cannot... -
skip.knox replied to the thread Too Many files!.Lots of good suggestions here. I shall be helpful by trying to complicate things. <g> One, the line between what is major and what is a...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner.>. I'll take what I think is useful and discard whatever seems unhelpful, even if it's otherwise. Both halves of that are worth...
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I have looked at things like these many times, and consider them good things to keep in mind for the toolbox, but I've never written...
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My take: They are not methods. They're descriptive 'rules'. Good stories often follow similar patterns. When analysed in retrospect, you...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner.I have tried the path. I try some sort of structured approach with every novel. None of them have helped. Some, like Save the Cat and...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Your best tips for writing a fight scene."Fight scene" is so general. Even narrowing to "the Middle Ages" leaves much unresolved. Is this one-on-one, or groups fighting? Are...
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I impulsively bought many books, both in English and Arabic, this year, but I really loved these two: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld The...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Most recent books you bought..My wife and I have taken to listening to audio books together. Recent and current are: Earth Abides, George Stewart A Wizard of...
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skip.knox replied to the thread To capitalize or not capitalize? (Race Names).If I were to write an animal fantasy, I would not have Mice and Elephants and Dogs. All would be lower case. That's my logic for writing...
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skip.knox replied to the thread prowritingaid.>Course, they all had secretaries to do it for them. I started grad school in 1977. I well remember a certain professor who wrote all...
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skip.knox replied to the thread What things to tackle first when I finish the rough draft?.>see what works for you This cannot be said often enough. Take all the time spent wondering what might be right and what might be wrong...
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skip.knox replied to the thread On using LLMs in writing.>Sudowrite and its ilk could destroy a generation of potential writers My hope and expectation is that people who are actually writers...
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skip.knox replied to the thread prowritingaid.Also, that's just dictation--a recorded voice. Someone still has to type it up, which brings one right back to the slow finger problem...