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| visits | member for | 2 years, 5 months |
| seen | Apr 15 '12 at 21:41 | |
| stats | profile views | 14 |
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Dec 17 |
answered | Fictional diary for a novel |
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Dec 17 |
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Fictional diary for a novel @John Smithers Don't forget Carrie! (Or is it too late?) |
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Dec 16 |
answered | How to overcome the fact that I can't write? |
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Dec 16 |
answered | Works of literature that are (ostensibly) about the act of writing |
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Dec 16 |
answered | How can one make technical issues more accessible to a non-technical audience? |
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Dec 16 |
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What are good reads about writing? Yeah, Story is really good. It's kind of a no-bullshit approach. You can read just the first few chapters and get a lot out of it. |
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Dec 16 |
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The “Rules” of Writing Yes, Tolkien did favor extremely long descriptive and expository passages. And of course that's a perfectly legitimate approach, especially with fantasy literature. But unless you're really brilliant at it, I think you're better off following the Elmore Leonard model. And even Tolkien is a pretty tough slog to get through in some places. |
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Dec 16 |
answered | What should I do to promote my books? |
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Dec 16 |
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What genre is my writing? Thanks, I think you're basically right. I'll say it's urban fantasy. |
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Dec 16 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Dec 16 |
accepted | What genre is my writing? |
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Dec 16 |
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What genre is my writing? I guess urban fantasy is as close as I'm going to get so I'll say it's that. |
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Dec 15 |
answered | What is Literary Fiction? |
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Dec 15 |
answered | How do you convince your publisher that your story is good? |
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Dec 15 |
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For Fantasy Stories, Should You Include a Map At the Beginning of the Book? Oh come on; lots of stuff happened. There was a ton of swearing and some sword fights. What more do you need? An alien invasion??? A plague of vampires? Anyway, you have to read the whole series, not just the first book. Then you get long journeys, quests, terrifying supernatural villians, characters undergoing transformations, several medium to large scale battle scenes, and more sword fights. Oh well. |
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Dec 14 |
answered | For Fantasy Stories, Should You Include a Map At the Beginning of the Book? |
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Dec 14 |
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For Fantasy Stories, Should You Include a Map At the Beginning of the Book? Are you kidding??? The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie fell flat?! I believe you may be confusing "fell flat" with "totally ruled." |
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Dec 14 |
awarded | Student |
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Dec 14 |
asked | What genre is my writing? |
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Dec 14 |
awarded | Teacher |
