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i am so excited to read the initial draft of everything thrown together in the next phase of this awesome |
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food court bailiff posted:i am so excited to read the initial draft of everything thrown together in the next phase of this awesome
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 04:45 |
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Absolute Lithops posted:HELP ME I NEED DIRECTION My advice is to just start writing. Even if you just pick stuff from the top of your head or the first word that comes to mind just roll with it and it'll come together. Even if you start over you gotta just get some words on paper ya know? |
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Absolute Lithops posted:HELP ME I NEED DIRECTION make them insanely easy task except she have to do them in a real roundabout way cause she for example has stuff coming out her mouth when she t alks
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 10:51 |
Urge...to probate...posters who haven't turned in their chapters yet...rising...
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 19:40 |
If you would like to be probated to facilitate your writing, please let me know
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 19:55 |
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well if you're handing them out for free...
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 20:49 |
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Absolute Lithops posted:HELP ME I NEED DIRECTION Well one quick tip is the chapter title is Miriam's Trial's, not Margaret's. Ideas for Trials: Miriam is tasked with unearthing an ancient relic but isn't an archaeologist. Miriam has to calculate escape velocity with only what she can find in a jail cell. Miriam's being forced to work for the enemy, and the three trials test her loyalty but she manages to see through them. Miriam's a doctor and she has to treat three difficult patients Idk, there's a lot of ideas! |
# ? Nov 1, 2016 20:56 |
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miriam has to play dota 2 but she can't get angry at her team
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 21:14 |
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Miriam needs to collect something that is hard to get, either due to scarcity or because physically difficult. see the fairy tale The White Snake for examples
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# ? Nov 1, 2016 21:52 |
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I can't do it! I just can't do it! I've been trying to write stuff for like 2 hours and it just won't work and it's bad and I hate myself. dang it.
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# ? Nov 2, 2016 18:56 |
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MrWillsauce posted:I can't do it! I just can't do it! I've been trying to write stuff for like 2 hours and it just won't work and it's bad and I hate myself. dang it. Hey man, don't be so hard on yourself. If nothing's working go take a break, do something completely unrelated and just relax. When you come back try starting over and just write a simple bullet point outline. Really broad like,
Then from there expand on each point. Why is sally going to the store? Why did she spill it? Why is she getting in trouble? You can start at any one, but lets start in the middle.
Now we have to expand on the goblin character. I put in a goblin because I like goblins and by doing so it also allows me to bring in fantasy elements. To keep it neat and tidy I really only want to bring in one more character and we can tie it up neatly by expanding this way.
So now you have a pretty solid outline for a chapter. You can easily the attack the story bullet point by bullet point. Each element has a place and logical reason for being there and the chapter neat and concise in terms of overall story. The rest is just writing to fill out your points with colorful language and dialog. At least that's my method, other people have different ones but i'm a little ADD and need a structure to keep me on task and this breaks it into little bits. Hang in there, You can do it! |
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MrWillsauce posted:I can't do it! I just can't do it! I've been trying to write stuff for like 2 hours and it just won't work and it's bad and I hate myself. dang it. we believe in you! the moon people believe in you! miriam believes in you! arkanomen has some solid advice (thanks!) another thing that works sometimes--after taking a break (which is an excellent idea), write stream of consciousness, full force, for five or ten minutes. just keep powering through, don't worry about making everything neat and tidy and grammatical, incorporate the most outrageous or stupid ideas that come into your head. what you want to do is tap into the firehose of creativity. you may find that some of the stuff that comes out is not half bad. |
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what happens to sally next |
# ? Nov 2, 2016 21:51 |
MrWillsauce posted:I can't do it! I just can't do it! I've been trying to write stuff for like 2 hours and it just won't work and it's bad and I hate myself. dang it. Dude...chill...just describe the treasures. ---------------- |
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# ? Nov 2, 2016 23:08 |
Describe moon gems. Moon swords. Moon helmets. Moon tapestries illustrating the moon stories of long ago. Moon statues of moon myths. Moon shields. Moon chests.
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# ? Nov 2, 2016 23:10 |
Use this as a starting point maybe? http://chaoticshiny.com/treasuregen.php
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# ? Nov 2, 2016 23:11 |
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just write some random words and let the editor sort it out
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social vegan posted:what happens to sally next She decides that living at home is terrible, convinces the goblin that her step mom isn't chill and they both run away to California and start a traveling bluegrass street band and work at an animal shelter rehabilitating lizards. |
# ? Nov 3, 2016 00:10 |
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Sorry, I'm still working over here. I'm having some issues with the actual argument part. It keeps coming out really stilted. I'm gonna have to drink a lot of booze and just ram through it.
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# ? Nov 3, 2016 00:51 |
Nathilus posted:I'm gonna have to drink a lot of booze and just ram through it. This worked for Hemingway. ---------------- |
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# ? Nov 3, 2016 00:55 |
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misty mountaintop posted:This worked for Hemingway. It legit works for me too. I'm a bit fussy with my own writing which results in a lot of stops and redos when I'm sober. When I get drunk though I can write without all the stopping and deleting. I just go "gently caress EEEEEEEEEET" like that dude from dusk till dawn and just drunkenly ram out a whole thing in one go, and it will still generally be at least as good as it would have been if I had tried loving with it forever, sober. I share a muse with countless other writers and creative types down through the ages.
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# ? Nov 3, 2016 01:23 |
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creative juices I believe they're called
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misty mountaintop posted:Describe moon gems. Moon swords. Moon helmets. Moon tapestries illustrating the moon stories of long ago. Moon statues of moon myths. Moon shields. Moon chests. legit salivating imagining all these moon treasures |
# ? Nov 3, 2016 10:30 |
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moon shirts depicting moon mash ups of the super mario bros and popular sitcoms at the time |
# ? Nov 3, 2016 12:13 |
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i am cheering on everybody who is still writing! you can do it! |
# ? Nov 3, 2016 18:29 |
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misty mountaintop posted:Urge...to probate...posters who haven't turned in their chapters yet...rising... so you're saying that by telling you stories we can avoid your wrath? weird food court bailiff posted:i am cheering on everybody who is still writing! you can do it! |
# ? Nov 4, 2016 04:19 |
Manifisto posted:so you're saying that by telling you stories we can avoid your wrath? weird At the end of every night I will ban you, unless I am so interested in how the story will end that I have to not ban you until it's over. ---------------- |
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# ? Nov 4, 2016 10:57 |
I'm gonna give until the 8th for people to get their writing in, in whatever form they have it At that point we'll see what we've got, what we need, and whether/in what form this project can move forward. If you haven't yet turned something in, here are some simple rules: 1. Don't erase! Never ever! If you don't like what you're writing, just start a new page and write, but keep the old stuff because: 2. Even if all send me is a complete jumble of words with no organization, coherence, or basic sanity, that is still ok and a Valid Contribution 3. Believe in yourself! I do. 4. Please write something. ---------------- |
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# ? Nov 4, 2016 11:01 |
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what happens to them if they don't deliver before the 8th
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# ? Nov 4, 2016 11:26 |
Ahundredbux posted:what happens to them if they don't deliver before the 8th Trump becomes president. ---------------- |
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# ? Nov 4, 2016 12:12 |
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the byob project rips off its mask, revealing it was a clinton campaign stunt all along. a tear in my eye. she finally connected with the vital weed idiot demographic |
# ? Nov 4, 2016 12:51 |
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please do ur best to submit to misty asap, I can't sit much longer on my script movie adaptation of Chapter 7 - Edith, the Girl Who Was Born With Her Heart in Her Hand, I'm already pitching it to the directors of Crank as a 3rd instalment in the trilogy |
# ? Nov 4, 2016 13:21 |
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so how are you guys depicting the devil? the devil is a voice in a radio in my chapter telling frog how to do things in my chapter. |
# ? Nov 4, 2016 19:57 |
are there chapters posted in this 9 page thread. how can i help. :wizard:
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joke_explainer posted:so how are you guys depicting the devil? the devil is a voice in a radio in my chapter telling frog how to do things in my chapter. My devil is a pretty lady frog in disguise that usurps his throne. |
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El diablo takes many forms.
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# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:52 |
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my devil is capable of reading the text of the book, like the reader can |
# ? Nov 4, 2016 21:53 |
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my uncle glen who always gives me burnt copies of the same Cream cds every year is the devil, he doesn't appear in my chapter |
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Android Blues posted:my devil is capable of reading the text of the book, like the reader can my devil is the op of this thread |
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