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Martello posted:Stop playing video games. I stopped playing video games, and joined thunderdome a week later. best decision i ever made.
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I joined Thunderdome, became unemployed, and now I have enough time to write AND play video games.
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Nov 5, 2014 00:22
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maybe if you quit video games you'd have enough time to write something good
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Nov 5, 2014 00:23
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crabrock posted:maybe if you quit video games you'd have enough time to write something good  I'm just going to say what everybody's thinking: video game fan fics. edit: v-- Shipping my script for "Half-Life 3: Full-Life" to Clarkesword as we speak. Grizzled Patriarch fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Nov 5, 2014 00:36
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I published a video game fan fic in a respected magazine, the dream is real
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Nov 5, 2014 00:46
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Doesn't count unless Commander Shepherd is in it.
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Nov 5, 2014 01:01
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crabrock posted:maybe if you quit video games you'd have enough time to write something good This made me laugh out loud in public
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Nov 5, 2014 01:27
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SurreptitiousMuffin posted:Doesn't count unless Commander Shepherd is in it. I don't do erotica.
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Nov 5, 2014 02:04
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Lovingly, Shepard ran a finger down the blade of Garrus' jawline. "Heard there was a big gun in here. Thought I might see if I could squeeze off a few rounds." Vakarian's eyes glinted, mischievously. "Might need a little calibration first." He whispered, placing a hand on Shepard's chest. "I was thinking you and I could break out the 'tools,' what'd you s-" Suddenly Kai Leng came in and hosed everyone because he is the BEST by drew karpyshyn (age 4)
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Nov 5, 2014 02:43
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Cpt. Mahatma Gandhi posted:Y'all need to set a daily time aside just to write and nothing else, preferably a time when you almost never have anything else going on and nothing to distract you. Hahaha oh poo poo I remember when I was single and didn't have kids. Those were good times. All kidding aside, I pinched off 3K after I posted that lollerygag question. I just need another 7K to get back on track for nano. edit: AND I DID IT. I didn't need another 7K to get back on track. I just needed to get TO 7K. So there. Tonights chapter: freeform rambling about what it all means. Leading up to some revenge haunting tomorrow. magnificent7 fucked around with this message at 04:27 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Nov 5, 2014 03:05
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magnificent7 posted:Hey how do I stop not writing. I need to know asap thanks. Saying this as someone who just finished a book in roughly 9 months (that seems pretty long, actually...  )I did a few things: 1) Minimum wordcount goal. I'd set it pretty low, something achievable, and then once I hit it I'd go "Well, why not another 100?" Some days I'd get a few thousand in, others just the minimum (300 for me. Can be anything though) 2) Never finish writing having finished something. What I mean is, end a writing session in the middle of a paragraph, sentence, or even a wo It will make you want to get back to writing. 3) If you're writing on a computer, make that poo poo as visually pleasing as possible. My background windows are a light gray, rather than white. It's much easier on the eyes. I also use the program flux https://justgetflux.com/ which tints your computer screen to put far less strain on your head. This means I can write in somewhat dim and ambient light levels, which is super comfy  Also, justify your text. Trust me, it looks so much better. Your first draft should be entirely for you so make it look as neat and pleasing as possible.4) My personal mantra was: always forwards, never back. Even if I utterly despised a section, I'd make a note and keep going, rather than backing up to edit. Always keep that forward momentum. Hope these help. 
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Nov 5, 2014 12:39
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Getting back to writing (Thanks to being freakishly ill a few weeks ago) has brought me to the wonderful world of editing a story. So far, I've found the story I've written to have a terrible flow and some parts of the story being absolutely lovely parts to write (Oh god why do I write so bad?). It's given me two choices; should I rewrite it into something slightly not terrible or do I trash it and write something new?
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Nov 5, 2014 15:50
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Superb Owls posted:Getting back to writing (Thanks to being freakishly ill a few weeks ago) has brought me to the wonderful world of editing a story. So far, I've found the story I've written to have a terrible flow and some parts of the story being absolutely lovely parts to write (Oh god why do I write so bad?). It's given me two choices; should I rewrite it into something slightly not terrible or do I trash it and write something new? Go at it with a hacksaw. Take every sentence, every paragraph and try to cut out 50%. Start your story on your second chapter, end your story without your last chapter. You'll be surprised at what it can improve.
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Nov 5, 2014 16:10
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magnificent7 posted:Hahaha oh poo poo I remember when I was single and didn't have kids. I can't speak for being a parent yet, but I'm actually far more productive now as a married man than I ever was as a single one And poo poo, 7k words in one evening? That's impressive and also a little crazy, but thus is the nature of nano I suppose.
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Nov 5, 2014 16:29
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Superb Owls posted:Getting back to writing (Thanks to being freakishly ill a few weeks ago) has brought me to the wonderful world of editing a story. So far, I've found the story I've written to have a terrible flow and some parts of the story being absolutely lovely parts to write (Oh god why do I write so bad?). It's given me two choices; should I rewrite it into something slightly not terrible or do I trash it and write something new? Depends on how attached you are to the story, and how salvageable it is. And it's always good not to get too attached. If we're thinking of the same story...I wouldn't say trash it, but I'd only come back to it later, after having written some newer stuff.
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Nov 5, 2014 16:49
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Whenever I edit a story, I usually take any long passage longer than a paragraph that I don't like, and rewrite it by hand. I tend to be more confident in handwritten work, and it helps me avoid some of the second-guessing and spur-of-the-moment editing that would come from rewriting within the document. Plus, while I'm trying to figure out what should happen, I avoid leaving an ugly blank spot in the middle of the story. Instead, I can just mark that passage, scribble a new one, and plug it in.
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Nov 5, 2014 16:52
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I'm about to do something which has presented itself as a natural course of action, but which I am concerned might be bad practice or lead to bad habits. I'll spare the thread the explanation of how I got to this point. I'm about to write an entire second draft (blank-page rewrite, 120k words target) in first-person, and then go back and edit the whole thing into third person, in order to achieve ... well, 'voice'. Is this crazy? Am I going the long way around? Do veteran writers suggest just trying to get the protagonist voice directly into third person?
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Nov 5, 2014 18:53
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I got rejected from Apex where I was shortlisted.   I just wanted to share my news of crushing defeat. Now to send this poo poo somewhere else.
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Nov 5, 2014 18:54
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Hungry posted:I'm about to do something which has presented itself as a natural course of action, but which I am concerned might be bad practice or lead to bad habits. I'll spare the thread the explanation of how I got to this point. I'd just write it in third. Your idea sounds really long winded and is going to be a really painful process because a lot of it will get thrown out anyway. I think you need to decide how important the voice is and how vital/unique/worthwhile it is to the text: if it is that important, maybe just do it in first person; if not, go straight to third limited and tinker afterwards rather than going crazy.
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Nov 5, 2014 22:17
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Yeah, it sounds pointlessly excessive. Try writing some journal entries in your character's POV, but you don't need an entire novel's worth. You can journal about general life and then even some key scenes.
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Nov 5, 2014 22:25
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You can get narrative voice across pretty easily in third-person close perspective. And you can get the character's voice across pretty easily in this other thing called dialogue.
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Nov 6, 2014 20:21
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Martello posted:You can get narrative voice across pretty easily in third-person close perspective. And you can get the character's voice across pretty easily in this other thing called dialogue. when I read dialogue it is almost like I am reading the 'character's' 'voice'.
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Nov 6, 2014 22:46
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you sir have shifted my entire paradigm
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Nov 6, 2014 23:04
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i read every character's dialogue in my own voice because the smartest, most interesting person i know. i mostly read romance
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Nov 7, 2014 00:00
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crabrock posted:i read every character's dialogue in my own voice because the smartest, most interesting person i know. please dont make out with yourself
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Nov 7, 2014 00:50
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Crabrock slash fic please.
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Nov 7, 2014 02:05
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What's a good place to seek crit if I don't wanna do Thunderdome.
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Nov 7, 2014 18:27
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chthonic bell posted:What's a good place to seek crit if I don't wanna do Thunderdome. If it's less than 1000 words, this thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3527097 Otherwise make a thread for it.
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Nov 7, 2014 18:59
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Lovingly, Shepard ran a finger down the blade of Garrus' jawline. "Heard there was a big gun in here. Thought I might see if I could squeeze off a few rounds." lol i missed this, lmao
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Nov 7, 2014 19:17
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LOU BEGAS MUSTACHE posted:lol i missed this, lmao
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Nov 8, 2014 01:43
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I dunno where else to put this, but what's the general attitude towards telling a story in present tense? I seem to have an easier time writing in the present tense, but I've not seen a great many works (esp. speculative fiction works) that do it.
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Nov 9, 2014 18:53
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chthonic bell posted:I dunno where else to put this, but what's the general attitude towards telling a story in present tense? I seem to have an easier time writing in the present tense, but I've not seen a great many works (esp. speculative fiction works) that do it. Some editors hate it, but it's not that uncommon.
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Nov 9, 2014 19:00
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chthonic bell posted:I dunno where else to put this, but what's the general attitude towards telling a story in present tense? I seem to have an easier time writing in the present tense, but I've not seen a great many works (esp. speculative fiction works) that do it. I don't mind it if the story is done well AND there's a reason for the narrator to have a voice in present tense. I particularly enjoyed Scott Turrow's use of it in Presumed Innocent.
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Nov 9, 2014 19:01
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present tense works really good for present or near future-y stuff imo
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Nov 9, 2014 20:04
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Not so much fantasy, I take it?
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Nov 9, 2014 20:31
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Some people like it, some people don't. I don't use it often, and I'm not sure I've ever used it well, but sometimes I just want that sense of immediacy it brings. I don't know that I've ever thought of it as a genre-specific thing, though.
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Nov 9, 2014 21:06
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People are really afraid of writing in the present tense or are cautious about recommending it because it can be really weird when done badly, but I think it can work. Just read more of it and get proficient at it. It took me ages to realise that the Luisa Rey portions of Cloud Atlas were in present tense, but it gives it a certain effect.
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Nov 9, 2014 21:07
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Second person and present tense  Piss everyone's sensibilities off.
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Nov 9, 2014 21:15
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To be fair, some of the best fantasy stories are written in second-person present. "You see a knight. If you attack the knight, turn to page 256. If you run away, turn to page 128."
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Nov 9, 2014 21:22
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Present tense is fine in fantasy and science fiction, and it's especially common in short form.
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