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skip.knox replied to the thread What is your worlds stance on lgbtq folks?.My world is also alt-medieval. Because I posit the survival of the Roman Empire as well as of polytheism, there's no legal prohibition... -
skip.knox reacted to pmmg's post in the thread How do you keep dread alive when nothing scary is happening yet? with
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Since question is really about a sense of dread, I will pass on the many different kinds of tension. And...since the OP'er has already... -
skip.knox replied to the thread How do you keep dread alive when nothing scary is happening yet?.1) What do you use to build tension in slower chapters? 2) Is there a point where hints start to feel like teasing instead of tension...
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skip.knox replied to the thread What makes you read a book multiple times?.I do re-read books. What makes me do it? Wrong question. Right question: why do I choose to re-read a book? That question puts the focus...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Fantasy/fiction in modern setting.There's a whole sub-genre for this, called urban fantasy.
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skip.knox reacted to Gurkhal's post in the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day? with Like.
Maybe "realistic" wasn't the best word. Perhaps "believable" would have been better.
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skip.knox replied to the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day?.Guy Gavriel Kay wrote one called Children of Earth and Sky which takes place in Venice, aboard ships, and in the Balkans (sorry, my...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Amateur author here.Welcome! You've completed two books, which is a major accomplishment. I hereby declare you no longer need to prepend "amateur" to...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day?.This one sets my historian's teeth to itching every time. I reckon I can scratch, once in a while. Place is one; Mad Swede has...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Worldbuilding without a story?.I view this as a false dichotomy. It's not do *this* first rather than *that*. To me, story telling is iterative, and the process can...
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...and now I've thought the story through. All the way. Here comes an all-nighter. ✍️ 🌙 See you in the morning, or whatever time of day...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Writing fantasy where magic isn't super relevant to the plot..OK, so it's a fantasy setting, but ... we don't know it? Ordinary setting (for whatever time period; you didn't specify). Normally, we...
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skip.knox replied to the thread What's the oldest movie you've watched/seen?.I think the oldest full movie would be Nosferatu. I've also seen Metropolis and M. That would be 1922, 1927, and 1931. It's really...
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skip.knox reacted to Karlin's post in the thread What's the oldest movie you've watched/seen? with Like.
Fritz Lang, Metropolis
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skip.knox reacted to Insolent Lad's post in the thread What's the oldest movie you've watched/seen? with Like.
I think that might be the original 1918 silent version of Tarzan of the Apes with Elmo Lincoln in the title role.