Michael Stum

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bio	website	Stum.de
	location	Irvine, CA
	age	30
visits	member for	2 years, 6 months
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Hobbyist Writer, love to write short stories.

I have a blog at http://dimefiction.com/ that contains my fiction.

	811 reputation	bio	website	Stum.de	visits	member for	2 years, 6 months
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Mar 22	awarded	Nice Question
Dec 10	revised	Out of this world… Giving it time? added 9 characters in body
Dec 9	asked	Do Novels follow a 3 Act/2 Plot Point structure like most Movie Scripts?
Nov 29	awarded	Beta
Nov 24	awarded	Scholar
Nov 24	accepted	Is there a standardized size for Books?
Nov 24	comment	*When should one not* present events in chronological order?** @Axonn Well, "rejected" would have been the proper word, but I guess the idea is clear :P
Nov 23	awarded	Commentator
Nov 23	comment	How much planning should go on before beginning writing? @slashmais Yes, but it's a very technical approach. There are people that can just start writing without knowing where they are going and are just surprised themselves when they see where the story ends.
Nov 23	revised	Out of this world… Giving it time? added 2 characters in body
Nov 23	comment	Out of this world… Giving it time? @John I thought this is a site for Writers :D Can't help it, once I start the first sentence the next 5 paragraphs just flow naturally.
Nov 23	answered	*When should one not* present events in chronological order?**
Nov 23	comment	Out of this world… Giving it time? If that works for you, do that. But don't be afraid to later change the numbers to make them "feel" better or because you want to give the year or whatever. Unless the reader knows the absolute year, it's just a number that can be changed.
Nov 23	answered	For Fantasy Stories, Should You Include a Map At the Beginning of the Book?
Nov 23	comment	Out of this world… Giving it time? Meh, typing on an iPad is still hard, sorry for the typos, will try to correct them tomorrow.
Nov 23	answered	Out of this world… Giving it time?
Nov 22	comment	How do you track random thoughts and ideas? +1 As well. I'm a tech geek that owns 3 PDAs and 2 Phones, an iPad and 3 Laptops, yet I always carry a paper notebook and a small pen with me because you just can't beat the bootup time and fidelity you gain from it. Moleskine is great because of the hard back and the rubber string that keeps it closed
Nov 22	awarded	Teacher
Nov 22	answered	Character Development - How much is too much?
Nov 22	comment	Organizing your Universe? This actually looks fantastic: Mac and Windows and it keeps everything in simple RTFD files, so writing a Version Control/Publishing system for it is simple enough.