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The Dark One replied to the thread Most recent books you bought..I'm sure it's possible to have an interesting life but also be a lousy writer. The opposite is certainly true - plenty of decent... -
The Dark One replied to the thread Most recent books you bought..It is masterfully written but very, very far from PC. Flashman was a cad and a bully (as depicted in Tom Brown's Schooldays), but also...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Most recent books you bought..I loved the Flashman books (have reread them several times) but sincerely doubt they'd be published these days.
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The Dark One replied to the thread Starting your book.You may want the reader to know something (about the world / situation etc) which the MC doesn't know yet. Prologues or first chapters...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Too much showing?.None of those feel like over-showing to me. What you want is to immerse the reader in your story and tiny visual tags like those don't...
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The Dark One replied to the thread How and when did you decide on the title of your story?.Never force it. About two thirds of the way through the draft the title will simply appear in a flash of genius and you'll feel it was...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Choosing the right opening moment.Put yourself in King Charles' shoes. At the time his mum died he would have been sad, but a part of him must have been thinking: "At...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Choosing the right opening moment.Yes... every one of my first chapters starts with the status quo but everything has changed by the end of that chapter. I've had six...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Choosing the right opening moment.How fascinating. I've never heard of this principle, but looking back over all my published works, that's exactly what I've done. Goes...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Most recent books you bought..Enigma by Robert Harris - brilliant. Absynthe by someone whose name I couldn't be arsed remembering - less than brilliant.