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| visits | member for | 2 years, 6 months |
| seen | Apr 15 '12 at 21:41 | |
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Feb 20 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Dec 13 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Dec 13 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Oct 17 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Sep 22 |
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What genre is my writing? "Tupperpunk." That's hilarious! And the ladies could have "tupperpunk parties." It's wrong on so many levels. |
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Sep 4 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jan 4 |
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The “Rules” of Writing Here's an article in The Guardian where they asked a bunch of writers to list their own sets of rules a la Elmore Leonard. |
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Dec 20 |
accepted | How much swearing is TOO much? (And how much is not enough?) |
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Dec 19 |
awarded | Quorum |
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Dec 19 |
asked | How much swearing is TOO much? (And how much is not enough?) |
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Dec 19 |
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How to overcome the fact that I can't write? I don't know about you guys but there are at least three people in my head. |
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Dec 19 |
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How to overcome the fact that I can't write? Writing is just like any other field as far as talent goes. "Writers frequently get better and better as they mature" They do? Who says? How do you measure "better?" And what does that have to do with innate talent? "There are no child prodigies in writing..." that you know about. Actually, there are many. "Many excellent writers began as adults." True. But how does it follow logically that writing doesn't require natural talent? |
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Dec 19 |
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How to overcome the fact that I can't write? Some things can not be improved through practice. No amount of practice can make a person more imaginative. There's no way to practice having ideas. You can improve your craft, but writing stories people actually want to read requires a lot more than craft, and not everybody possesses that "a lot more." All the wishful thinking in the world won't change that. Most successful writers are known to have "practiced" a lot (so to speak -- actually they just called it "writing.") But it does NOT logically follow that if you practice you will be successful. You also have to have talent. |
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Dec 18 |
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Give me a complete list of fiction genres Read the whole question. As I clearly said, I'm not looking for every ramification of the genre tree. Just the major, commonly agreed upon genres. Yes, there is some subjectivity involved. Nonetheless, there does exist a hard set of major genres that everyone, outside of a few odd cranks, agrees on. Those are the ones I'm asking about. For example, I think it's safe to say that The Big Sleep is a detective story. |
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Dec 18 |
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Give me a complete list of fiction genres added 199 characters in body |
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Dec 18 |
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Give me a complete list of fiction genres Thanks Mr. Burt. Great answer. I forgot about cyberpunk! However, I think dieselpunk, clockpunk, and transistorpunk, while they may be actual genres, are too specialized and obscure for my purpose here which is just to list out the major genres that everyone knows about. |
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Dec 18 |
answered | What are good places to post your work where it will be read by others? |
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Dec 18 |
asked | Give me a complete list of fiction genres |
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Dec 17 |
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Resources for character development @juskt "What aids could be used?" There are none. You have your memories and your imagination. That's it. But here's a fun exercise anyway: grab a notebook, and go to a bar. Just sit there watching the other patrons for a while. Try to empty your mind of all thoughts, biases, and preconceived opinions about the bar or the sort of people who drink in it. When you feel ready, flip open your notebook and start writing down the backstory of every person in the bar. |
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Dec 17 |
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Works of literature that are (ostensibly) about the act of writing added 2 characters in body |
