Schizophrenia.
Being in my own head is bad enough, but then switching back and forth from my characters'... Nuts, I tell ya...
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- February 4th, 2010, 6:33 am
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: What writing disorder do you suffer from?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 22161
- February 2nd, 2010, 5:52 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: All right vs. Alright
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6008
Re: All right vs. Alright
Alright We-all say, a'ight, gotcha bubba. Lol. Go dialect diversity. And over this end... Yo awright, mate? I'm orright if you're orright. As for alright V all right...? Descriptivism v Presciptivist hmmm... Depends on my characters, I suppose. There's a distinct phonetic difference between saying ...
- February 2nd, 2010, 5:36 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: writing advice from a bass player...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2275
Re: writing advice from a bass player...
Eesh, yep, that battle between writer and editor that goes on in us all. It's an evil one. Passion and logic, logic and passion. People have been sedated and wrapped up in a straight jacket for less...
- January 28th, 2010, 4:17 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Music or quiet when you write?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 31199
Re: Music or quiet when you write?
Music most definately. Classical (Bocelli, Vittorio) Heavy rock (Iron Maiden, ACDC). Anything so long as as it's on and around my ears (got to block out those kids somehow).
- January 20th, 2010, 3:59 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Me time, shme time
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3860
Re: Me time, shme time
Idiscussion about when I'm getting my @#$% face out of the @#$% computer and joining the family. Lol, loved that: I like your misses. We just got his and hers computers: his in the kitchen by the kettle, hers in the lounge over by the big comfy armchair, central heating and 'Mine's a tea' mug. I ju...
- January 20th, 2010, 3:40 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Men and Fiction
- Replies: 36
- Views: 18862
Re: Men and Fiction
You'd get on well with my hubby, nick. Are you like him: you won't touch anything of Rankin's bar Rebus? My genre is horror and sci-fi; I think we total about six book cases between us, including some WW1 satire. Reading's like a bad case of piles: it gets worse the more you scratch it. Ihate a good...
- January 17th, 2010, 4:42 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: How important is likeability?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3434
Re: How important is likeability?
To me it's a difference between a character being sympathetic and unsympathetic: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2009/02/sympathetic-vs-unsympathetic-characters.html I've just read the blog and Lord Foul's Bane comes to mind here. The MC raped a woman and spent most of the book angsting over it. So...
- January 17th, 2010, 4:11 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Keeping Boys Reading
- Replies: 46
- Views: 22635
Re: Keeping Boys Reading
Well, I have a four-year old boy and seventeen-yera old one. I can honestly say my four-year old's read more books than my teenager. The school my youngest attends, they've signed up for E.R.R., (Early Reading Research). Kids are given a library of different books and they get to 'read it' whether t...
- January 17th, 2010, 3:39 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Men and Fiction
- Replies: 36
- Views: 18862
Re: Men and Fiction
I must be going wrong somewhere; my hubby reads at every opportunity. And it's a male author. Hmm, I think we need to go have a chat...Ian Rankin's my rival.
- January 15th, 2010, 7:16 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Advice From Amateurs?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7998
Re: Advice From Amateurs?
I received a bit of flack from someone (on another community) who felt that there is nothing anyone can learn from an unpublished author. I highly disagree. . Oh, lol... I know who this is. And it highlights the dangers of writer's sites and its members going god on everyone. Just because a book is...