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| bio | website | mgowen.com |
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| location | Sydney, Australia | |
| age | 33 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 6 months |
| seen | Mar 18 at 3:27 | |
| stats | profile views | 21 |
Amateur writer just starting out - interested mainly in spec fiction.
My blog is updated every Friday: http://mgowen.com
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Mar 26 |
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How deeply should I study the background of a community before writing about it? added 2 characters in body |
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Mar 8 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Feb 21 |
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Who pays for lyrics or quotes? I always chuckle at the bored lawyers who try to stop people saying Kleenex for tissue or Google for searching. Their marketing people must have permanent face-palm injuries. |
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Feb 21 |
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If you get an advance do you ever have to give it back? ...first half of the book is amazing, but the second half is a complete turkey. Ohhhh! Maybe that's why Dune was "the best book I'd ever read" a third of the way in, and just "a good book" by the end... |
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Feb 8 |
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What's Essential In A Combat Scene? @jalefkowit honestly, I like what you said. Very succinct way to put it. (Mine is just more detailed because it's longer). |
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Feb 8 |
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How should I introduce my characters? I lost track. Too many at once. |
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Feb 8 |
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Character Development - How much is too much? It sounds like you think the term character development means "focusing on or describing how the character feels about things". I don't think that's all there is to it - generally good character development comes from physical descriptions of the character, what they do, what they say, and a number of other things. |
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Feb 7 |
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What's Essential In A Combat Scene? I disagree - I love fight scenes too, but I think some are much better than others, and OP's example is a fairly poorly worded fight scene. |
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Feb 7 |
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Should you use two spaces after a period, or just a single one? Two is wrong. Why it was once OK is an interesting piece of history, nothing more. |
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Feb 7 |
answered | How does a code monkey become a novelist? |
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Feb 7 |
awarded | Critic |
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Jan 28 |
answered | What's Essential In A Combat Scene? |
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Jan 28 |
awarded | Citizen Patrol |
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Jan 17 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Jan 17 |
accepted | Podcasts useful for improving writing skills |
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Dec 24 |
answered | What are some examples of modern original plots? |
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Dec 24 |
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What helpful writing exercises do you use? A lot of my story ideas actually come from dreams. |
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Dec 24 |
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Tips for expanding my vocabulary? This is actually a good way to expand vocab in a second language, too. |
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Dec 21 |
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At what point does an author deal with an editor? deleted 24 characters in body |
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Dec 21 |
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At what point does an author deal with an editor? Thanks @Ralph, thought that was clearer, added clarification... |
