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Jagermonster posted:False. Cyberpunk is the worst. n-no!!!!
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SurreptitiousMuffin posted:+1. Your writing's a long way from perfect, but it's definitely getting somewhere. I've been enjoying watching The Ascent of Mag. i cant wait for you all to witness my grand descent from mediocrity into that part of your brain where you go: "lou? huh, whys that name familiar?"
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Oct 10, 2014 03:59
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SurreptitiousMuffin posted:I have judged you twice and given you a DM and an HM. Your name is familiar because you're "that guy whose stories vary wildly in quality". you cant use apostrophes in usernames, did they not teach you in your ten word country that spells mustache wrong?
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Oct 10, 2014 04:10
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hey all, lets all not be mean to each other and talk about grammar why do you think that books that use lots of adverbs manage to be so popular in books intended for younger audience???????????????????? thanks.
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Djeser posted:I don't know if this is more fiction advice or just life advice, but I've been having some heavy motivation issues lately, and I'm just wondering what people use to focus and get their writing done. I think last time, you guys had suggested setting aside a certain amount of time each day, which I've thought about but never managed to put into practice. Do people have anything else they've found to motivate themselves (in general, or in specific for writing)? I feel like I should note it's not that I don't like writing, it's just that it ends up being a lot lower-effort to browse forums and play Dark Souls. always x time, go into a separate PLACE (coffee shop, porch, kitchen etc) from where you do dumb stuff, remove distractions the moment you do. this forces you to write, and eventually you associate the time/place with writing. the place thing really helped me a lot. i think it just eventually sent a division in my brain that goes "its writin time"
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Oct 10, 2014 05:12
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Chairchucker posted:Every time I lost it was because those dumb domers didn't understand my genius, man. They just don't get it. I'll show them. I'll show them all. a buncha toiletsuckers, those judges are
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Oct 21, 2014 21:16
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Chairchucker posted:This anti butts bias must be stopped. personally, if you're not pro-butt, you're pro adverb after said.
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Oct 22, 2014 06:36
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Liam Emsa posted:Is anyone else doing NaNoWriMo this upcoming November? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3669355
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Oct 22, 2014 07:15
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wrong thread lol whoops sorry!
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Oct 26, 2014 04:25
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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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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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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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my nano is an epic fantasy novel (it doesnt have elves or orcs at least) my first book was cyberpunk clearly i just need to write 5 more books until im original
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Nov 12, 2014 22:07
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crabrock posted:people don't have to be a good writer though to think something sucks, just like i can hate a movie even though i'm pretty sure i'd be worse than michael bay at directing one. you're just less likely to know why it sucks is all
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Dec 1, 2014 03:35
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blue squares posted:How do I write good? g - o - o - d
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Dec 15, 2014 02:08
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dont bore or confuse people with your writing and if people say your writing is boring and confusing guess what it probably is unless they are literally a child (in which case you should maybe write a young adult novel instead)
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Dec 27, 2014 04:26
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Tyrannosaurus posted:Don't suck. keep sucking until fewer people think you suck, you will always suck, just suck less
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Dec 27, 2014 06:01
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excuse me but how else will i learn to write dialogue if i dont meticulously study dialogue wheels in bioware games??
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Dec 28, 2014 06:34
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what ever happened to mary?
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Jan 24, 2015 23:12
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while this thread is often used inappropriately to joke around, im wondering if its worthwhile to critique human nature rather than writing itt
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Jan 26, 2015 07:22
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The Saddest Rhino posted:I like reading stories where the author, through choices of brief words and execution of precise language, delivers layers of meaning without sacrificing the intent. i like pizza
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Jan 26, 2015 08:20
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i refuse to read about the epic backstory of a thing until i actually care about said thing
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Jan 30, 2015 22:53
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also you will be judged mercilessly
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Feb 13, 2015 02:03
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SurreptitiousMuffin posted:The Hemingway app is kinda poo poo though, because it can't tell the difference between passive voice and "Tom was happy." and you can read and go "well i need that". its good at identifying fat, you just need to know what to trim
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Feb 13, 2015 03:04
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get your book banned that always works
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Feb 27, 2015 18:48
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"Climate Change isn't real," said Dr. John Doctor loudly. "But it's warm out!" whispered Doofus Dorklord. im writing what i know is real and true
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Mar 16, 2015 16:50
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dont suck suck less be less sucky
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Mar 16, 2015 18:20
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angel opportunity posted:The first haiku wasn't funny, and each subsequent haiku has been ten times less funny than the one before it man this isnt even a haiku wtf are you even trying
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Mar 16, 2015 20:56
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1st draft: have an idea, just write it all down. i always have a beginning and ending when i sit down to write. 2nd draft: change order of events, delete anything useless, add anything that might need elaboration (in this order) 3rd/final draft: polish that turd, boy
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Mar 22, 2015 03:03
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thunderdome has taught me that no one will like gimmicks or get subtle twists.
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Mar 24, 2015 04:41
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if your characters are doing something idly, say it before the dialogue and if it needs to change, only then bring it up. if your characters are throwing their hands all over the place when they talk, you don't need to do that unless your character is zizek or something. in which case you can say what he does beforehand, or after the first dialogue sentence or whatever. but really, most people don't do stuff when they talk, or they do something half-assed that can be stated beforehand.
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Apr 18, 2015 19:56
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im not going to care about that dude
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Apr 19, 2015 19:00
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if you put words together sometimes you make sentences. if you put sentences together sometimes they make paragraphs. if you put paragraphs together sometimes they make chapters. if you put chapters together sometimes you have a really weird secret society hellbent on shutting down supermikhail.
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Apr 22, 2015 17:25
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im gonna crit all your crits of his crit crit of a story
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Apr 28, 2015 01:24
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Martello posted:Next time use punctuation dude, holy poo poo, and also please try to actually extrapolate something when you crit my crit of his crit of a crit instead of some loving worthless run-on sentence.
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Apr 28, 2015 02:03
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An executive chef can tell you exactly how much salt to subtract from your roast chicken. Any person can say "i can't taste the chicken, wtf, this sucks". It's up to the preparer of the meal to determine that the chicken is too salty. That's how that chef became executive.
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Apr 28, 2015 02:34
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write good not bad
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Apr 28, 2015 03:26
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i dunno if anyones ever done this but i broke a writers block (wasnt sure how to resolve an issue) by rubber ducking my story (explaining it element by element to an imaginary figure). the natural conclusion to the situation jumped to me immediately. didnt know that worked but it was p cool. try it sometime maybe? Idk.
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Apr 29, 2015 17:44
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can someone tell me the aspects of scrivener that make it appealing and the features they find most useful? thanks!
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okay i have tried using this new fangled "scrivener" and the ability to chunk pieces makes pacing a hundred million times easier since our brains like doing that thing of lumping stuff into groups and subgroups and also i wrote a lot of words today using it beacuse it removes a lot of the overwhelming nature because then you can just be like "write a scene" rather than looking at thousands of words and pissing into a pool of more piss thats a lot of words but basically i like this program
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