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does anyone in here write anything other than genre fiction?
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Aug 29, 2017 20:47
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im only asking cuz ive got an idea for a novel i want to write but when i think about the premise of it and how i want to write it, it sounds very much like a kind of book that some other authors ive read would have written. authors with very distinctive styles. how do you avoid the trap of mimicry or pastiche? i know this is ultimately a dumb question cuz i haven't actually written anything yet and i won't get a chance to start writing anything for a while due to life and not even owning a computer but wondering if anyone else struggles with anything similar?
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Aug 29, 2017 23:09
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CantDecideOnAName posted:What does that have to do with non-genre fiction writing? most of the topics discussed in this thread seem to be about character development or plot progression. my question was about style, which is generally not very important to genre fiction
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Aug 29, 2017 23:21
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thank you for the advice. i agree i am probably overthinking things especially as i haven't yet put pen to paper and once i start to get some words down hopefully things will flow more organically i didn't mean to start a whole debate about genre fiction its just to me most genre fiction is written in a generic style though i don't mean this in a derogatory manner (a lot of literary fiction is written this way too). i was hoping to use style as a means of complementing and reinforcing the themes discussed in my novel in such a way that maybe a painter would use a certain style of brushwork to create their work. i think writing a genre novel in a dense or abstract style would be a bad choice if your primary aim to to tell a story
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Aug 30, 2017 07:05
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ketchup vs catsup posted:Yes, please describe in detail the generic style that straddles mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, and any other genres included in genre fiction. literary fiction is a genre just like all those other genres you listed. in fact none of them are really genres at all, they're more like marketing terms
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Aug 30, 2017 18:53
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when i say generic style i mean in the usual descriptive narrative sense. sentences and paragraphs are used to describe the action, what things look like, character motivations and emotions. the text creates a space for the action to take place and then describes it. but the emotional response of the reader is always drawn from what the text is describing. i was hoping to write the text in such a way that the text itself could help illicit that emotional response to give an example: krasznahorkai's the melancholy of resistance deals with an apocalyptic scenario that puts the novels characters in dangerous situations beyond their control. the build up is slow but unrelenting and krasznahorkai's prose is written in a similarly brutal and unrelenting stream of consciousness style. like the events in the novel, the text has a continuous momentum with sentences that run for pages and paragraphs for entire chapters helping to instill a sense of panic and paranoia as the reader is not given any chance to stop or slow down or even pause for breath being dragged along by text and left just as helpless and vulnerable to malicious forces as the characters themselves it's not my intention to write something so obviously dense and obtuse, but i at least wanted to attempt to recreate the effect somewhat
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Aug 30, 2017 19:31
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thanks for the replies. i am eager to get writing its just difficult now cuz i don't even own a computer atm, we're in the middle of moving house and everything got completely hosed up and im stuck at my aunts place with my things all packed away in boxes for god knows how long. its frustrating 😤
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Aug 30, 2017 20:23
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okay i started scribbling things in a notebook. this is fun
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Aug 30, 2017 22:43
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the old ceremony posted:what do i do when my characters come to life and start walking around talking to people in the real world and convincing them that things from the book universe are real historical events? i feel responsible because i breathed life into these people but i have no control over them anymore, they don't answer my calls congratulations you just wrote At Swim-Two-Birds
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Sep 14, 2017 14:28
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whats a good resource for culturally ambiguous names for characters? the story im writing doesn't take place anywhere specific and i don't want my readers to think it does but i definitely don't want a bunch of dumb white people names
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Sep 14, 2017 19:15
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CantDecideOnAName posted:I like http://www.behindthename.com for looking up names. They even have a random name generator if you don't want to go poking through a big list. okay this is cool i like the random name generator the best thing about this site i think is that it warns you if a particular name belongs to a harry potter or fire emblem or whatever character lol
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Sep 14, 2017 20:51
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you know what? writing is weird and kinda sucks. im writing a scene where a guy comes across two foxes loving in the woods and now i guess i have to watch a bunch of videos of foxes loving so i can describe it accurately???? 😰
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Sep 15, 2017 11:42
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maybe i should write it inaccurately on purpose just to piss off the fox loving experts cuz seriously gently caress those guys, am i right?
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Sep 15, 2017 13:49
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did i mention that one of the foxes is also stuck in a trap?
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Sep 15, 2017 15:38
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this but instead the kids are shouting "thats not how foxes gently caress!!" 
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Sep 15, 2017 17:44
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the old ceremony posted:you know what? writing is weird and kinda sucks. im writing a scene where a woman of size fucks a polar bear and now i guess i have to watch a bunch of videos of women of size loving polar bears so i can describe it accurately???? 😰 wow my post has been turned into a substitution meme. im flattered really. this must be what being published feels like #blessed
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Sep 21, 2017 18:37
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Hi! I've decided I'm going to start writing. But I don't have a computer! I'm wondering if there are any considerations to take into account when looking for a computer that will be used primarily for writing. Is this the right thread for this or is there a better thread to ask? I would be looking at PCs, not interested in Macs. Are there any particular features that you feel are beneficial for writing? Back-lit keyboard? Screen size? Battery life? Let me know what has worked for you and what hasn't! Haven't had a computer for over 10 years so I'm way out of the loop as far as specs are concerned. Might do a little gaming on the side... not AAA stuff, but idk the odd Civ6 or other 4x game perhaps... 🤔
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Apr 30, 2024 16:29
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Arist posted:I would recommend something, above all, that you're not going to be tempted to use for anything else. Surfing the web is fine, you'll always need to do research, but that's basically it. I mean it's never gonna be my main gaming device, I have the ps5 for that. Just thought if I'm gonna shell out some dosh for the thing it might as well be at least somewhat capable 🙃 🤷 🙂
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Apr 30, 2024 16:45
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cumpantry posted:if corn has a couch next to an outlet they will be unstoppable Hmmm, yes as a matter of fact I do..!
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Apr 30, 2024 17:19
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Admiralty Flag posted:I'd be very careful about overbuying for a hobby you haven't even started. Can you concentrate in coffee shops? If not, and you don't anticipate moving around, then get a desktop. Can't work at home? Laptop it is. I don't have any space for a desktop set up so it was always going to be a laptop. I'm not worried about the actual writing part I'm fine with that! I just haven't had a computer in a decade and would need to buy one. I like the talk about the lenovo keyboards, think I'll try a few out in a shop and see but it's a great place to start. Thanks writing advice thread!
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Apr 30, 2024 19:03
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My Name is Red is another title that comes to mind for great POV shifts
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May 2, 2024 14:18
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Leng posted:Three things to consider that haven’t been mentioned so far: Good stuff to consider. Thanks!
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