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Looking for your experiences! Did you ever write the classic scene in which the heros sit down together to come up with "the Plan"? The... -
Zilver replied to the thread Asking on system?.If you do, I'd advise you to research the real-world source of the word and the concept in Chinese folklore. So you know what you're...
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Zilver replied to the thread Introduction – Deaf Fantasy Author Exploring Internal Arcs.Hey Bags, Welcome! How did it come about that your book was re-published? Made me curious... Cheers, Silver
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Bags is what you may call me. People know me as Alex Hawkins, yet my Indian name is Talk with Hands. I’m a Deaf fantasy author. My book... -
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Welcome, welcome - I just joined yesterday; we can be newbies together.
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I'm getting into Arabic literature for this purpose. Also, history is much more unbelievable than actual fantasy, and much of Arabic...
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That's what I feel about Save the Cat in retrospect, and really any methods that gives you very specific set things to put in. E.g...
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Zilver replied to the thread Thoughts on Beat Sheets for a Beginner.My take: They are not methods. They're descriptive 'rules'. Good stories often follow similar patterns. When analysed in retrospect, you...
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I'm going to be a bit controversial here and tell you to ignore the supposed formalised methods and the use of beat sheets. If I were...
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I think readers care more about momentum than strict timestamps. If shifting timelines keeps tension up and brings key characters in...
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Zilver replied to the thread Timeline Issues.I feel I still haven't quite understood your point of unease. As I read this, your story focusses for about 8-9 chapters on a select set...
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Zilver replied to the thread To capitalize or not capitalize? (Race Names).Oh why thank you for your helpful advice, I was desparately looking for that. Or I mean like... whut's this reply? ^.^
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Zilver replied to the thread To capitalize or not capitalize? (Race Names).I never get where those capitals ever came from or why they're there, so... I use capitals in fantasy as I use them in our own life: for...
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If I were to write an animal fantasy, I would not have Mice and Elephants and Dogs. All would be lower case. That's my logic for writing...
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Zilver reacted to pmmg's post in the thread What things to tackle first when I finish the rough draft? with Like.
For me, Editing is a process of coarse adjustment moving towards fine adjustment. The first pass issues are ones of adding or changing...