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Aug 4 |
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Learning storywriting for videogames - where to start? Can you find a link to the Ringworld scene in Halo? I can't find it anywhere and frankly know so little about the game to know what to look for. |
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Jul 28 |
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Should I be using commas to suggest/enforce cadence? added 131 characters in body |
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Jul 28 |
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Should I be using commas to suggest/enforce cadence? added 465 characters in body |
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Jul 27 |
answered | Should I be using commas to suggest/enforce cadence? |
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Jul 5 |
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Should cliffhangers be used in every chapter? It's a sad truth. Shows like 'Glee' and 'The Vampire Diaries' get renewals on-demand while others like 'Fringe' sacrifice a limb for each new season. The general public (read: the current young/main demographic generation) hate endings, for everything. So a show about someone meeting someone then leaving, etc... every single episode gets 10 seasons (SmallVille/Gossip Girl) while others that need you to identify with a character's goal get 5 at best (Fringe/V). |
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Jul 4 |
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Should cliffhangers be used in every chapter? OK, then you have a contradiction. Do you or don't you recommend per-chapter cliffhangers? -I do know how it works (on me as a reader) and I can remember several stories (books and films) that did it very well. So my question was "Is the edit incorrect to you?" because of the apparent contradiction. |
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Jul 4 |
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How far into a speculative novel should one go before introducing the central conflict? @HNL, Also note "How do you define (conflict)?". I'd recommend 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' as a well done example of your situation (the notorious, unknown villain). Delete the scenes in the dark lord's POV and take out the psychic link between him and Harry. Then you have an effective, hidden villain that's still moving the plot and indeed causing more panic than if he were to be seen. Even from the view of non-main characters (like Neville), knowing that the villain exists and experiencing what's believed to be his actions is enough to drive the plot. |
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Jul 4 |
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Should cliffhangers be used in every chapter? Does the edit say anything incorrectly? |
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Jul 4 |
suggested | suggested edit on Should cliffhangers be used in every chapter? |
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Jul 3 |
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Should my story's main obstacle be secret or common knowledge to the society? @Standback, hey, that was my idea! How else could someone write a book about writing without doing any writing? Seriously though, by the rate you're going, I can safely say that you're well rigged for thought experiments even if no one sees your writing... |
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Jul 3 |
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Publishers favoring, or temporary initiatives tailored for, young authors Alas; not international :/ |
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Jul 2 |
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Publishers favoring, or temporary initiatives tailored for, young authors Updated as per edits. |
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Jul 2 |
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Publishers favoring, or temporary initiatives tailored for, young authors @Standback, OK, guides for the general gist of all of this should be easily found on the internet. So, if you have to name 3-10 things that a young author should master from guides and published success stories before he/she approaches publishers, do so and I'll post an answer with the links I find that address them. |
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Jul 2 |
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Publishers favoring, or temporary initiatives tailored for, young authors OK, I know this's getting boring but really, I'm asking for the simplest incarnation; something more robust than figment.com and less demanding than Scholastic. Also, @JohnS, I meant money in self publishing as I always thought it required. Because, seriously, unless the company is really big or reputable enough, my works won't stink if they hibernate a little although I will lose the young-author title that's driving the thing now. |
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Jul 2 |
suggested | suggested edit on Publishers favoring, or temporary initiatives tailored for, young authors |
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Jul 2 |
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Publishers favoring, or temporary initiatives tailored for, young authors Can you recommend any more thorough guides? Particularly ones that focus a bit more on the terminology and common legal practices used in publishing with publishing companies? |
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Jul 2 |
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Publishers favoring, or temporary initiatives tailored for, young authors Corrections. |
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Jul 1 |
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Should my story's main obstacle be secret or common knowledge to the society? If you do keep it secret (from the characters and the reader), then you'll have a mystery-element card to play. So long as you do it right and keep the reader wondering what it is, then it's a good plot device. Beware, though, that the reader has to get hints about it if it's the central plot piece or else the story will be only about discovering the secret; not very interesting. |
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Jun 30 |
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Publishers favoring, or temporary initiatives tailored for, young authors I'll stay away now in case someone does have a suggestion, otherwise, I'm done with contextual and personal references as I tried to make the question both concise and open. |
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Jun 30 |
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Publishers favoring, or temporary initiatives tailored for, young authors @Standback, yeah, well, it was just an example and I can't say I liked it. But I can't compare it to my writings either because of natural bias to my works. The example still holds albeit without the 'hell-inside-out-promotion' because there's no way I'm doing this; first off, I can't financially, and second, I hate it when people do it with a mediocre work so I won't do it. If, at this early stage, I couldn't fit in in any way, then I'll just hibernate the works for a bit. |
