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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Copy and paste Posts for Reference.Personally, I favor screenshots. -
A. E. Lowan replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.You drop the medical term. Unless that specific term is plot important, you aren't required to use it. Like this. Battlefield surgery in...
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Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Can a (proper) mute person laugh?.The Guy that wrote all the notes (Known as Monty) for the show worked on the early seasons as writer and (sometimes) animator. The... -
Lynea replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.The more we know, the more we can know -
pmmg replied to the thread Can a (proper) mute person laugh?.See also: The Fable of the Donkey in Goldie's Words to Live by Sure, you have to look stuff up. But jumping around at offended types is... -
Naruzeldamaster posted the thread When does 'sarcasm' become 'just being an ass' ? in Writing Discussions.I love me a good sassy character, provided they're well written. For the record, for both male and female characters. (Though good...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.Dickens and Shakespeare were both fond of inventing new words, to the extent I wonder if the colloquialism "what the Dickens..."... -
Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.Hmm, I'll say it's out of character for these kinds of terms to be used in canon, but it's an earth-adjacent world, so they probably...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.Indeed. But why stop there? When existing language fails to provide, I say look further afield. "Dudetastically," "Scruffed." I have a...
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The Dark One replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.Never forget that it is part of a writer's duty (I believe) to be educative. Where else do we learn new words but in books. Unless... -
Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Can a (proper) mute person laugh?.I feel like Mad Swede got a point, but I also feel like if my intention was to offend the phrasing would have been much worse. Either...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Can a (proper) mute person laugh?.You're in a group for writers. One of the skills that makes a good writer is being able to express themselves clearly in writing... -
Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Can a (proper) mute person laugh?.I love this and I'm making it one of my rules. Interesting, I don't think my mute character will be an attempt to speak about the mute...
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pmmg replied to the thread Can a (proper) mute person laugh?.If you allow those who would be offended impede the story that needs to be told, it will never be told. Goldies quotable no 9...
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Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Can a (proper) mute person laugh?.See this is why I can't 'win' in these situations because most of the time I don't know (see some examples above) again, hindsight the...