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| bio | website | jasonlefkowitz.net |
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| location | Alexandria, VA | |
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| visits | member for | 2 years, 3 months |
| seen | Apr 30 '12 at 20:08 | |
| stats | profile views | 18 |
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Aug 22 |
awarded | Necromancer |
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Feb 4 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Nov 28 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Aug 30 |
awarded | Critic |
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Apr 14 |
comment |
Organizing your Universe? WikidPad (wikidpad.sourceforge.net) is an open source, cross platform wiki that runs as a desktop app. It stores its data in flat files, so you can back everything up easily. |
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Apr 14 |
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What tools are available for world building? @Craig: Creativity is great! But (assuming that your end goal is to have told a story) you're applying it to the wrong end of the problem. Focus that "why" instinct on your characters. Why do the do the things they do? Why do they want the things they want? Stories aren't about worlds, they're about people. |
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Apr 14 |
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What tools are available for world building? @Craig: Perhaps, but placing your characters doesn't require the depth of thought that "world-building" implies. Say you want to tell a story about characters who live on a world where it's always winter. All you need to know to place your characters is that it's always winter. You don't need to figure out WHY until you reach a point in telling the story where the WHY affects the plot. |
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Apr 13 |
answered | How to write a polite reminder email? |
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Apr 13 |
answered | What tools are available for world building? |
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Feb 8 |
revised |
How do I better handle my nameless main character when trying to retain mystery? added 39 characters in body |
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Feb 8 |
awarded | Editor |
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Feb 8 |
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How do I better handle my nameless main character when trying to retain mystery? Adding concrete example to illustrate point.; added 25 characters in body |
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Feb 8 |
answered | How do I better handle my nameless main character when trying to retain mystery? |
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Feb 5 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Feb 4 |
answered | Magazines/Websites Similar To The New Yorker? |
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Feb 4 |
answered | How to overcome the fact that I can't write? |
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Feb 4 |
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Is touch typing skill important for being a good writer? It does add substance to the discussion, in that it reminds the OP that writing is about the story, not about the mechanics of how you created it. |
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Feb 4 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Feb 4 |
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What's Essential In A Combat Scene? I was going to say that the key to good fight scenes is that they are less about how to fight and more about what it feels like to fight. But you said it better! |
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Feb 4 |
answered | Fan Fiction: a crutch or a good start? |
