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  • Fyri
    Fyri updated their status.
    There's no way the last time I made a status update was 2 years ago when I was on draft 8. How have I made 4 new drafts since then??
  • Incanus
    For me, learning and applying structure helped quite a lot. I don’t think I could have completed my rough draft (what I call a...
  • Esraa_Saeed
    Esraa_Saeed replied to the thread Creation of Arda.
    Ki is not human, but will itself cannot remain idle. Creation was not mercy — it was inevitability...
  • Esraa_Saeed
    Esraa_Saeed replied to the thread Creation of Arda.
    continuation: She did not hunt to survive. She devoured to erase. Serima mimicked the forms of other creatures, luring them into...
  • A. E. Lowan
    A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Theme vs Preaching.
    I'm not highlighting because I agree with all of this. There's such a long tradition of only considering fiction to be 'legitimate' if...
  • M
    I'm getting into Arabic literature for this purpose. Also, history is much more unbelievable than actual fantasy, and much of Arabic...
  • A. E. Lowan
    A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Too Many files!.
    We keep everything in Word and OneNote, and I strongly prefer to draft with one chapter per Word file, one folder per draft. That way...
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  • Mad Swede
    Mad Swede replied to the thread Theme vs Preaching.
    I guess the real message she is trying to convey is that to convey the theme (or themes) in a work they need to be developed and all...
  • M
    This sums up my thoughts on the matter after thinking about it. I'll just keep them in mind while analyzing what I read, and then apply...
  • pmmg
    Just thinking back, but I would not mind having my first Fellowship of the Ring, or Avatar experience again. Once seen, you cannot...
  • Fyri
    Fyri replied to the thread Query Managers.
    Most agents are migrating to QueryManager, which is just an organization system for them to manage queries in one place, all put into...
  • Karlin
    the original 1960's Little Shop of Horrors!
  • Fyri
    Fyri replied to the thread Creation of Arda.
    How dare you tempt me with a discussion about the Silmarillion and the creation of Arda and not give me the song that the Valar sang to...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Creation of Arda.
    A suitable origin story. But this is background noise to the story that will go on in this world. Does it matter to those in the story...
  • Mad Swede
    Well, I just (?) write my stories the way I was told stories by my mother and grandmother. Effectively I write my stories using a...
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