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skip.knox replied to the thread How much is too much worldbuilding?.> You visit Athens for the first time and feel like the Ancient Greeks stole your ideas So happens wife and I are headed for five days... -
This is intended as a light hearted thread... You know you've done too much world building when: You just plotted a dozen short stories...
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Love this lady. She has great thinks and presents the information clearly and accurately.
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skip.knox replied to the thread Theme vs Preaching.>There's such a long tradition of only considering fiction to be 'legitimate' if there is a lot of navel gazing involved. Pundits and...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Theme vs Preaching.So, here's another example where the point being made has this underlying assumption that everyone will have the same understanding of...
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I am going to say, I am not sure I accept that the dichotomy is truly theme vs being preachy. That does not feel like a vs thing to me...
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skip.knox replied to the thread NaNoWriMo.....>The reason I am debating if Nano is even possible to do is because I tried and failed a similar challenge (only it was for making a...
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skip.knox replied to the thread NaNoWriMo.....I did read it and still did not see what a game engine has to do with writing fiction.
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I know that I should not have done this, but I did it anyway. I got "How to be a Victorian" by Ruth Goodman and the manuals of manners...
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I'll just do it. The thing that's causing me to delay isn't any of the technical aspects of writing, as much as I have chosen such a big...
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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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skip.knox reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Old Movies that you wish you had seen... (In their Prime) with
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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...