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  • A. E. Lowan
    One of our characters regularly goes by three different names: one true, one a slur, and one he earned. Queen's Son, Summer's Get, and...
  • Gurkhal
    Gurkhal replied to the thread Worldbuilding without a story?.
    Since I love creative projects I like world building without a clear story in mind. Sometimes one pops up or I get ideas that I can use...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread How to set the scene..
    I dont follow what you are saying here. if it is along the lines of there is no bad writing. I dont agree. There surely is.
  • RoccO
    RoccO replied to the thread How to set the scene..
    I had a story like that. It dealt with fantasy creatures and magic, but I could not find a plot besides an evil king from another land...
  • casval
    casval replied to the thread How to set the scene..
    I agree these things can be worked on in the edit, or in the second draft. Writing and finishing a work is more useful than worrying...
  • RoccO
    RoccO replied to the thread How to set the scene..
    It is about what you can get on the page. Not what you store in your mind.
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread How to set the scene..
    I did not actually say that is was bad writing. Some is some isnt. Maybe it would be more understandable to say the best way to learn...
  • RoccO
    RoccO replied to the thread How to set the scene..
    Good writing is when you can think for yourself, therefore everything is good. There are three types of writing: one about romance, one...
  • G
    Genly replied to the thread How to set the scene..
    I guess this argument would be valid if these were the only two types of writing i.e. good and bad. But there is an awful lot of "almost...
  • Karlin
    Karlin replied to the thread How to set the scene..
    I don't see the advantage in analyzing poor writing, rather than learning from good writing.
  • RoccO
    RoccO replied to the thread How to set the scene..
    I have to read books to better know characters better. How it works, how it is different. I sit sometimes and watch people, I know it is...
  • A. E. Lowan
    Yeah... ~~ Winter felt a trickle of fear for her vulnerability. Because he was right—she was simply not that kind of wizard. And she...
  • Walepages
    Walepages replied to the thread Worldbuilding without a story?.
    I don't see anything wrong with that tbh. Sometimes you just have an idea for a world that you really like, even if you haven't figured...
  • T
    I advocate for story first world second because it is better for getting writing done, but I am a big picture thinker. And the thing i...
  • TheCrystallineEntity
    Everyone is queer.
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