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Re: Show, don't tell.
Sometimes telling can be used for dramtic effect. In The Book Thief there are a lot of little facts of Death commenting on the story or explaining a characters backstory ...
Oct 15, 2014 -
Re: Are Robin Hood characters essentially villains?
In real life heroes and villians don't exist. People have differing goals and views on the world. I try to reflect this in my writing. In good literature/movies/tv/any-form-of-storytelling there shoul
Oct 15, 2014 -
Re: Let's talk about pop music
I don't really regularly listen to pop or mainstream music but all music is music. All music takes skill to make and all artists whether painters, musicians, writers or any ...
Oct 15, 2014 -
Re: Raising children gender neutral
If I have kids I wouldn't specifically raise them gender neutral but I think the toys thing is a given. And they should have a choice in clothing. I'd make ...
Oct 15, 2014 -
Re: Adults and "Young Adult" fiction
We got my English teacher to read The Fault in Our Stars and she loved it. This is someone who reads classic novels and all the 'stimulating', 'professional' novels. The ...
Oct 15, 2014 -
Re: Should all conflicts in a book be resolved?
Not ending conflicts can be used for dramatic effect. Like the book mentioned in TFIOS (i forgot the name) how it stops mid sentence. Some people will get pissed and ...
Oct 9, 2014 -
Re: High Fantasy or Not
High fantasy would be set in, usually, medieval times with Dragons and stuff. Obviously it doesn't need dragons but...If something isn't high/epic fantasy I'd say it's low. I've never used ...
Oct 9, 2014 -
Re: Plot Bunny Adoption!
Okay, ideas I have that I'm not going to use 1. MC wakes up in 'afterlife', overcomes their brutal murder and rebuilds a life. Somehow people are being resurrected and ...
Oct 8, 2014 -
Re: Name Central
Obviously a name should suit the situation, setting and family background of a character. I write high-fantasy and often come up with names. Generally I base if off a real ...
Oct 7, 2014 -
Re: Legalization of prostitution
If the woman feels forced into it that is not okay...however I come from Australia where it is legal. A lot of the higher-paid prostitutes get a bad wrap. If ...
Sep 18, 2014 -
Re: The Midnight Society of Eskania
If you want to talk about titles and jobs-I write High-fantasy so I know most stuff if you are having trouble and we can work out the backstory for Eskania ...
Sep 18, 2014 -
Re: The Midnight Society of Eskania
Your home is in chaos, enemies have invaded, you've attempted to escape their clutches and so arrived here. Welcome to The Midnight Society. Here lords and ladies, commonfolk and knights-everyone-is ...
Sep 16, 2014 -
Re: Fantasy
A Song of Ice and Fire. I write high-fantasy and for anyone else who writes is that genre I recomend reading it or at least checking out Game of Thrones ...
Sep 16, 2014 -
Re: How many novels are you reading at the moment?
A Clash of Kings (the second book of A Song of Ice and Fire, the book series Game of Thrones is based off) which I highly recomend though there are ...
Sep 16, 2014 -
Re: Partnership, Collab?
That sounds interesting. If you want me to be your partner PM me later so we can talk about it. :D All the genres you write in sound pretty good ...
Sep 16, 2014
