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PPenpilot replied to the thread Is this success?.This is a bit tangential, but hopefully there's something useful to be gleaned from it. I grew up playing various sports. In terms of...
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Josh2Write replied to the thread Collaboration.What kinds of genres are you interested in? -
Adam Scribentis replied to the thread Audiobooks vs Reading.I've never listened to a solo-narrator audio recording of an entire novel. I listened to some poems in a recorded anthology, but didn't... -
pmmg replied to the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general).A little romance isn't bad... -
Adam Scribentis replied to the thread English names in a fantasy novel.In my (pre-Trojan War) fantasy, there are no last names, unless you count the aristocratic Greek warrior who has a patronymic. In my...
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Adam Scribentis replied to the thread How do y'all make up "fantasy names?".I used mostly English-based names, some newly coined. Objections from nitpicking readers are anticipated and disarmed in the foreword...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general).As I wrote earlier in the thread, this is partly why I use a fade to black. It's the events around which develop the characters and... -
Mad Swede replied to the thread Is this success?.I wish it were that simple. I hadn't quite appreciated that I'd develop a sense of loyalty to my readers, by which I mean that the...
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pmmg replied to the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general).I probably wrote earlier in the thread. I fade to black. Hint heavily at what going to happen, and then end the scene. For me, its just...
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pmmg replied to the thread Is this success?.Stop writing to publish.
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Is this success?.I wish it was that simple, but it isn't. I can't not write. I'm compelled to write. So it isn't a question of walking away. I guess what...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Is this success?.No, that is not what I wrote. I write for deeply personal reasons, which isn't the same thing. Inevitably I, like most authors (or so...
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pmmg replied to the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general).Wait? What even is this thing called Sex? I'm gonna need some proof that is fun... I thought it was just to get me to click on stuff...
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Josh2Write replied to the thread Writing characters that are awkward about sex (or romance in general).Exactly! And the better a person gets at writing the better they are at conveying it. Which when done right creates scenes and stories...
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Josh2Write replied to the thread Collaboration.You all parrot each other, but none of you ever post anything of real story value for criticism, on here or otherwise. Why? Because...