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    How to start a novel

    I don't think I have anything of value to add, but I wanted to comment that this is by and away the most useful and dense section of writing discussion I've seen anywhere in a long time. Thank you all. For decades I assumed I was a pantser. It's only been in the last maybe month that I've...
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    Anyone want to be an "alpha" reader?

    Sure, shoot me a pm and I'll have a go at it . I'm between editing gigs right now and really craving something to sink my teeth into. That said: Warning, I'm a professional developmental and a sometimes line editor and writing coach. A nice one, but punches may feel hard regardless :)
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    Working on an RP to book series project... and stuck.

    As an rper myself who was long in this same predicament... I'd suggest focusing on the story itself and its pacing first... Get your milestones down, and then work on getting your character from one point to the next. Once you get your milestones (look up the 11 stages of plot, something like...
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    A Probably Poorly Written and Ridiculous DnD One-Shot

    Between OK's outline and your list for me to brainstorm from in moments of stuckness, I think there is enough to work with! Thank you! And yes... Never any therapists, and they are so totally needed.
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    A Probably Poorly Written and Ridiculous DnD One-Shot

    Oh my goodness, I love it! It has just enough absurdity that even as THE deadline looms, if I get stuck, I just have to continue the absurdity. Thank you!
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    A Probably Poorly Written and Ridiculous DnD One-Shot

    I seek the guidance, wisdom, brilliance, absurdity, sense of fun, and creativity in help creating my husband's Christmas gift. We've been receiving rpgcrate since it started and love it, but technically it is "mine" because I'm the dungeon master in our group, by and large, but I got the idea...
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    The problem with logic!

    To be fair...there are plenty of examples of communal insects that have "cities" without having hands ;) But in seriousness to the question at hand: Skip.Knox does give you a reasoning - humans just aren't worth being un"civilized" with. If you mean that they are, literally, peaceful and...
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    How did you discover Mythic Scribes?

    Thank you for that! It didn't cover what I was looking for, but it did give me more information about that aspect of bathing, and that's always useful!
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    World Building Based on an Unknown (to oneself) Place?

    I debated whether to put this in "research" or here. Feel free to move if it's more appropriate elsewhere :) I am thinking about basing my world on Mykonos, Greece (for the first part of the story I don't need a ton of space and can expand it later), and was wondering how you all go about...
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    Is this a good fictional organization name?

    I don't know if you ever decided on a name, but a couple other things to think about would be what esteem this bureau is held in and what approach the investigators take to solving the crime. That is, the X-Files were not a well-respected bureau and so they got a name that reflects what they...
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    What do you look for in fiction?

    Like Devor, I'm looking for something impressive. But I'm really pretty easy to please and I'm only looking for one thing that's impressive. I want to read a book and by the second chapter be thinking, "Wow, this author has an amazing handle on tagging - this is going to be a really fun read."...
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    A coffeehouse or diner sound machine...

    I absolutely love you guys. I'm trying out coffivity right now and loving it :) I'll try the others too.
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    Words I am Done With

    Glance - that's one I need to add. I'm starting to absolutely loathe all forms of this word.
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    A coffeehouse or diner sound machine...

    That's what I need. I've discovered I can't really write to music, not even classical or otherwise lacking-in-words sorts - I get too distracted by it. But I also have a hard time in silence, as many people do, and basic noises like a fan or vacuum aren't varied enough to not count as...
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    Words I am Done With

    My workplace's version is "It's fiiiiiiine." Which I admit, I love and use often. It's sometimes the only way let a build up of things go. SK - I think I used those first two just today. I don't use the first one very often, but it's the best way I've found to describe out loud to people about...
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