StrixVaria

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I am a Computer Science graduate from Stevens Institute of Technology, current Software Engineer, and lifelong gamer. I am into creative writing, playing the piano, and watching hockey.

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Dec 16	answered	The “Rules” of Writing
Dec 15	comment	For Fantasy Stories, Should You Include a Map At the Beginning of the Book? @Ethan The Blade Itself was one of the absolute worst pieces of awful writing I've ever had the misfortune of being tricked into buying. Throughout the entire story, nothing happened. There was no plot, no antagonist, no conflict, and only one character who was even half-decent, and he was a rip-off of Tyrion Lannister from A Song of Ice and Fire. It was absolute drivel.
Dec 14	comment	How much leeway can be expected from an editor regarding my preference for nonstandard punctuation? Honestly, so long as you use these kinds of constructions well and don't inundate the reader with them, they are more powerful than they are jarring. I rather like most of your examples, and it's important for a writer to have his own voice. That being said, I'm not a publisher and also have not been published, so I don't know the answer to your question.
Dec 11	revised	What's a normal word count for a children's novel or collection? came to fix "children't", stayed to lessen subjectivity
Dec 11	awarded	Quorum
Dec 9	comment	What does active voice mean? I just noticed some fun irony in "When an action is performed" while I was re-reading :P
Dec 9	answered	What does active voice mean?
Dec 7	comment	I have written my first novel and I think it's ready. What next? +1 Just for linking me to Query Shark. I'd give you a couple more +1s if I could, but unfortunately I only get one vote.
Dec 5	revised	Is this character generator useful? added 88 characters in body
Dec 5	comment	Is this character generator useful? @Aaron Upon looking at the page again, it seems like "Dying?" might be the only one with this problem.
Dec 5	comment	Is this character generator useful? @Aaron You can still make specific open-ended questions instead of vague ones. As it stands, the vagueness of the questions makes me spend a disproportionate amount of time figuring out what to answer and not enough time thinking about the answer itself.
Dec 5	answered	Is this character generator useful?
Dec 4	accepted	What are some ways to get to know your characters?
Dec 2	awarded	Enlightened
Dec 2	awarded	Nice Answer
Dec 2	comment	Tips for expanding my vocabulary? As a side note to this, don't rely on the thesaurus to pick your word. Don't use a word from a thesaurus unless you know that word yourself. You never know what kind of connotation a random word might have, and it could end up ruining your scene if you accidentally pick the wrong one.
Dec 2	revised	Tips for expanding my vocabulary? Could also have picked thesauri but meh. Don't use apostrophes to pluralize. It's always wrong.
Dec 2	comment	What are the usual methods for getting a daily word count? @blueberryfields I don't worry too much about the minutiae of the word counting. Revising can take a lot longer than writing for a lot lower word count, so it's hardly the same scale.
Dec 1	answered	What are the usual methods for getting a daily word count?
Nov 30	awarded	Nice Answer