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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread What inspired you to write? with
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I think maybe it's closer to 'driven' than 'inspired?' I know that holds true for me, most of the time. -
Said the man with four monitors before it was even a thing. ;) I will use them, but I'm super selective as to where and how. Usually it...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread Shameless Self-Appreciation Thread with Like.
Today I got some quality words in! Got into Canva and made them all pretty. Now to just figure out what's going on, here.
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Malik's post in the thread How do you keep writing when the motivation fades? with Like.
One of my favorite First Draft quotes is, "I need to remind myself that the first draft is just me shoveling sand into a pile so I can...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Miles Lacey's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with Like.
I have non-white characters because my WIP is set on a tropical island and I happen to find creating cultures based on those of...
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TheCrystallineEntity replied to the thread Your first writings?.Technically the first story I ever wrote was when I was 4 or 5. Just a bunch of scribblings in a small notebook. It featured a magic...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with Like.
This is where it gets interesting. Fantasy books appeal to a wide range of potential readers and can sell very well, especially if...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with Like.
I read a fair amount of older fiction, pre-Internet. That is to say, fiction that was written when writing for a market was the...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Karlin's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with Like.
Well, the director would make a good politician. I like the careful wording. Still, I wonder. When marketing something, anything, one...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with Like.
I asked my publishers managing director about this, as I happened to meet him today and we had a chat over coffee and cake. His reply...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to rubstar's post in the thread A Hello Full of Mixed Emotions with Like.
And finally - after months of contemplation, she gathered all her courage and signed up for one of the writing forums she had read so...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with Like.
Yes, you could leave some of many of the details to the readers, let them do some of the work, as skip.knox suggests. For me, that leads...
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TheCrystallineEntity replied to the thread Intro.Ooh, that's a different take. I like it. Why go home when there's a magical world to explore.
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TheCrystallineEntity replied to the thread Intro.Ah, a classic portal fantasy setup. Will your characters have difficulty living on Earth again after all of their experiences, or is the...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Queshire's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with Like.
Hmmm.... Of course a world should be well designed, but as authors we should look for areas where the readers can do some of the work...