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You should write a love story about Chris-Chan and Andrew Dobson riding Leonard F Shaner Jr's big Caboose through Australatina
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You should write a love story about Chris-Chan and Andrew Dobson riding Leonard F Shaner Jr's big Caboose through Australatina
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Well the prophecies in the Silmarillion say that he will somehow escape the void for the final battle I think due to the guards falling asleep. So after his defeat in that battle, God created the realm of Hell for him and the fallen Ainur(as well as for the future wicked) but allowed them to be able to wander out of hell, so he was able to travel to the Garden of Eden and cause the fall of man.
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Sorry for the Necro, but insomnia and writer feels.
For context:
I've been working on an autistic labor of love for post-apocalyptic and folklore shit. It gets kinda old school sci-fi with the whole human-technology relationship and the question of how much is too much, despite the setting being "1980s blasted back into the early 1900s" in terms of tech and information.
-Things are pretty solid so far, but I think I'm getting too ambitious with the crossgenre: maybe a functioning super computer and a handful of robots in one part might be TOO heavily derrived from The Postman (or Fallout in general) for the setting though. On the other hand, I am such a fag for retrofitting or trashheap salvage in postapoc.
I just don't want to fuck this up.
For context:
I've been working on an autistic labor of love for post-apocalyptic and folklore shit. It gets kinda old school sci-fi with the whole human-technology relationship and the question of how much is too much, despite the setting being "1980s blasted back into the early 1900s" in terms of tech and information.
-Things are pretty solid so far, but I think I'm getting too ambitious with the crossgenre: maybe a functioning super computer and a handful of robots in one part might be TOO heavily derrived from The Postman (or Fallout in general) for the setting though. On the other hand, I am such a fag for retrofitting or trashheap salvage in postapoc.
I just don't want to fuck this up.
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ok buddies, here we go.
(sperging warning by the way.)
i have a story that im proud of in the works. i first wrote it on an alt account on tumblr, but i dumped that version.
the story is very complex, since there are so many characters. i basically dump any non-personal characters into the story. its meant to have so many characters because i want it to feel like an actual world. im thinking about having mutliple stories from this world being published at once, though that would be pretty complicated.
im most proud of the whole afterlife thing for this story. the afterlife is a heaven/hell sort of thing, on the moon. on the bight side of the moon is the equivalent of heaven, and the dark side of the moon is the equivalent of hell. on the dark side is basically just this story's version of satan, who created "shadow creatures".
theyre basically edgy clingy creatures that are mostly a pitch black, and become even clingier, edgier, and very dangerous when left alone. due to shadow creatures being so dangerous, they used to be feared by everyone, but theyre pretty much accepted in the worlds society now.
jesus christ im so edgy.
(sperging warning by the way.)
i have a story that im proud of in the works. i first wrote it on an alt account on tumblr, but i dumped that version.
the story is very complex, since there are so many characters. i basically dump any non-personal characters into the story. its meant to have so many characters because i want it to feel like an actual world. im thinking about having mutliple stories from this world being published at once, though that would be pretty complicated.
im most proud of the whole afterlife thing for this story. the afterlife is a heaven/hell sort of thing, on the moon. on the bight side of the moon is the equivalent of heaven, and the dark side of the moon is the equivalent of hell. on the dark side is basically just this story's version of satan, who created "shadow creatures".
theyre basically edgy clingy creatures that are mostly a pitch black, and become even clingier, edgier, and very dangerous when left alone. due to shadow creatures being so dangerous, they used to be feared by everyone, but theyre pretty much accepted in the worlds society now.
jesus christ im so edgy.
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Currently werking on IBS-gulag fanfic, like how would they deal with it etc., thing is, ISIS is also in the gulag with them and get better terms with the guards n shit, so our beloved IBS crew has to set aside their differences in the face of moral conundrums in order to survive.
The first chapter titled "Mujahideenian Disavowal: The trans-substantiation and consumption of flesh" and it details the arrival of our IBS-heroes, the initial difficulties of facing a starving pack of Jihadis, and finally culminates in an orgasmic event centered around the crude amputation of a gunt, and its obligatory consumption by the Gulag at large.
The first chapter titled "Mujahideenian Disavowal: The trans-substantiation and consumption of flesh" and it details the arrival of our IBS-heroes, the initial difficulties of facing a starving pack of Jihadis, and finally culminates in an orgasmic event centered around the crude amputation of a gunt, and its obligatory consumption by the Gulag at large.
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This thread appeared at my twitter feed:
It made me wonder: to which extent should an author get criticism? Are reviews really only for the readers? Should authors be open to any sort of criticism? Or should they stick with certain people?
It made me wonder: to which extent should an author get criticism? Are reviews really only for the readers? Should authors be open to any sort of criticism? Or should they stick with certain people?
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Oddly, most of the reader reviews on GoodReads are complimentary, at least WRT her first book. Which I read, but was honestly a bit meh over. Urban Fantasy with YA overtones and brave powerful young women, blah, blah, blah, etc., the sort of thing that seems to be squirted off an assembly line these days by the Big 5 publishers. Having said that, I did like the idea of three Londons with magical leaks between them, did like the magical systems, but nothing else stuck out to me.
I am curious about how she seems to be too delicate a hothouse flower to go onto GoodReads, but then WTF are you doing on Twitter? Both places can be pretty rough at times, but I've never seen anyone get eaten alive on GoodReads the way people are on Twitter.
FWIW, looks like she's shifted gears from whiny millenial to brave, powerful wamen mode...
So, whatever. Get a fucking blog and write something coherent.
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I reckon hearing at an author convention that the best thing a published author should do is not read the reviews if they want to be in the business for the long run.
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That is a very good piece of advice, especially if you have a book that gets 'brigaded' by SJW pukes.
My book (s) are shadow-banned and reviewed-locked but one-star reviews suck if it's reviewer bias.
Places like this seem decent enough for authors, on other forums you can be deleted if the mods disagree with your politics.
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Any farmer here live in Japan? Or have been to Japan? I’m working on a book and need some insight on some cities in Japan. Anyone willing to help me out ?
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I've noticed that the stories I have the easiest time writing tend to have a melancholy feeling to them.
I've got one story that's about a teenage boy coming to terms with his best friend's disappearance and then another about a young girl's life growing up dirt poor in the southwest, and then her struggles as an adult. I dunno why it's easier for me to write about stuff like this, considering I really like writing happy, fluffy stuff. My writer's block is just less prominent when it comes to The Sads™.
I've got one story that's about a teenage boy coming to terms with his best friend's disappearance and then another about a young girl's life growing up dirt poor in the southwest, and then her struggles as an adult. I dunno why it's easier for me to write about stuff like this, considering I really like writing happy, fluffy stuff. My writer's block is just less prominent when it comes to The Sads™.
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The stories I've had the easiest time writing are angsty ones. Even though I also like happy stories. My biggest writer's block problem is dialogue.
For example, I do a historical writing group story thing with people every year involving the Titanic and characters and I always get stuck on character dialogue when everyone else writes perfect background stories.
For example, I do a historical writing group story thing with people every year involving the Titanic and characters and I always get stuck on character dialogue when everyone else writes perfect background stories.
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Well, are you a depressed person? Or do you have any prominent sad memories that have molded who you are as a person? I’ve heard that our personalities naturally come out in our writing, (you know, unless of course you deliberately try to write something opposite of your own mindset)
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I was kind of afraid the first book of my story would be too long, so after updating the outline, it ended up with about 25 chapters:
For the record:
Philosopher's Stone: 17
Fellowship of the Ring: 22
A Game of Thrones: 72 (although some are very short)
Twilight: 22
Outlander: 41
Hunger Games: 21
I know I shouldn't be worrying about this and do my own, but I think a first part should be short enough to not get the reader bored, only interested and expectant for more.
For the record:
Philosopher's Stone: 17
Fellowship of the Ring: 22
A Game of Thrones: 72 (although some are very short)
Twilight: 22
Outlander: 41
Hunger Games: 21
I know I shouldn't be worrying about this and do my own, but I think a first part should be short enough to not get the reader bored, only interested and expectant for more.
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Several years ago when I was at the height of my epic ween phase, I drafted a script for a hypothetical OPL-themed stage play (which I naturally envisioned could be adapted into a musical featuring OPL-themed parodies of popular pop/rock songs). I lost the original pages, but at some point had photocopied them and just today found the first 5 pages hidden away on my computer whilst cleaning out my documents folder.
Without further ado, I present to you, for your reading displeasure... CWC Get Your Coat: There's A Hippo On Your Head.
Note: I noticed a few unintended errors in the writing, but aside from that, the dialogue was mostly written in eye dialect and was intended to be read phonetically (including omitted words as part of Chris's infamous stuttering speech pattern).
Without further ado, I present to you, for your reading displeasure... CWC Get Your Coat: There's A Hippo On Your Head.
Note: I noticed a few unintended errors in the writing, but aside from that, the dialogue was mostly written in eye dialect and was intended to be read phonetically (including omitted words as part of Chris's infamous stuttering speech pattern).
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Does anyone else have problems starting off their stories? I'm writing a historical character's backstory and that's what I always get stuck on. The opening. Is there a way to fix that problem? It's always a frustrating thing for me when it comes to writing.
(That and having to write divorce in 1911, that's tedious and complicated.)
(That and having to write divorce in 1911, that's tedious and complicated.)
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That is a very common struggle. Personally what I do, and I've heard other writers say this as well, is I skip the opening paragraph altogether and save it for last. It's actually a lot easier for me to write from the middle or the conclusion and work from there. This, of course, is only if you're writing a story or essay with a definitive ending or final destination. If I wanted my character or characters to evolve organically, I may not want to focus on the ending so early on.