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- May 12th, 2018, 6:50 am
- Forum: Synopses and Plot Outlines
- Topic: Synopsis for "Walking in a Killer's wonderland"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8352
Re: Synopsis for "Walking in a Killer's wonderland"
Just a few thoughts occur to me at the moment, Brian. Capitalize the 'W' in 'Wonderland'. “Each crime scene is different from the last and there is always a gift box left for Atoms at almost every crime scene.” I would omit the word 'always' as it conflicts with the phrase 'almost every' and isn't n...
- May 12th, 2018, 6:14 am
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: Need Cirtique on some of my manuscript
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8926
Re: Need Cirtique on some of my manuscript
A good question! Looking back through the 'EXCERPTS' section I could not find a similar example. Back at the start in 2010, Nathan's Guidelines suggested: “Also, if you revise your excerpt, please continue to post it in the original thread you started rather than starting an entirely new thread.” Th...
- May 12th, 2018, 6:11 am
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: Should I post a new thread for each chapter?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8805
Re: Should I post a new thread for each chapter?
A good question! Looking back through the 'EXCERPTS' section I could not find a similar example. Back at the start in 2010, Nathan's Guidelines suggested: “Also, if you revise your excerpt, please continue to post it in the original thread you started rather than starting an entirely new thread.” Th...
- May 12th, 2018, 5:52 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Writing a scene with both the protagonist and antagonist in the same area.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9162
Re: Writing a scene with both the protagonist and antagonist in the same area.
Depends on the Point of View, I'd say. Are you telling the scene from the POV of one of the characters or both or a more general God-like POV?
- May 11th, 2018, 4:06 am
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: Need Cirtique on some of my manuscript
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8926
Re: Need Cirtique on some of my manuscript
Interesting, Brian. Just a few thoughts:- I've bolded and italicised words I've added or moved, and struck-through those I think could be omitted. You don't say what it is Rebecca tries to fight out of. The Point of View change is unusual and might irritate some readers, but not me. I don't understa...
- December 31st, 2017, 3:09 pm
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Happy New Year to all on the Bransforums!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5370
Happy New Year to all on the Bransforums!
Happy New Year to all on the Bransforums!
- November 17th, 2017, 4:15 pm
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: I am a very old dog .....
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9499
Re: I am a very old dog .....
Nathan is right. Helen Hoover Santmyer's huge novel “...AND THE LADIES OF THE CLUB” was published when she was 87 and sold over 2 million copies in paperback alone. There is no real flavor of the moment, since each moment has many flavors, which will change before any novel begun now is published. B...
- November 4th, 2017, 12:39 am
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: Feedback needed on poem - 'Remember'
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8583
Re: Feedback needed on poem - 'Remember'
Hello and welcome, Marie Beth. I claim no particular expertise regarding poetry, but none is required to enjoy a poem, and I enjoyed yours, its images and rhythm and strong simple message. Modesty is fine, but I wouldn't apologize for your writing.
- October 21st, 2017, 8:41 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: ? on literary style
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6824
Re: ? on literary style
I don't know the subject of your workbook, but it sounds like you're addressing your future readers well as it stands. Even if in a technical manual, you can still use a personal style. Changing to the third person would distance you from your reader and sound artificial too.
- October 16th, 2017, 8:39 pm
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Newcomer greetings to all
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6042
Re: Newcomer greetings to all
Welcome, Joe! These Bransforums, as I call them, and Nathan's blog are mines of information about writing, publishing, and monkeys. Well worth study, though you'll have to go back a few years for the monkeys.
Re: Waiting
DO yell multiple obscenities into the abyss! Then write a scene where your protagonist yells multiple obscenities into the abyss. Then we'll all join you both in yelling multiple obscenities into the abyss. Maybe the abyss will yell back, to paraphrase Nietzsche.
- September 20th, 2017, 9:54 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Thoughts on a male protagonist written by female
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13932
Re: Thoughts on a male protagonist written by female
Agatha Christie is the highest-selling author of all time. Her 80 novels have topped 2 billion sales and are still going strong. I've never heard of anybody criticizing her writing of her most famous protagonist, Hercule Poirot. Likewise J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter. And Rowling more recently manage...
- July 15th, 2017, 12:52 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Monsters - A Survey
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9498
Re: Monsters - A Survey
I agree with Nathan. Minimalist monsters work better in movies and on TV than on the page.
- July 9th, 2017, 11:09 pm
- Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Topic: Query Critique 7/11/17
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8469
Re: Query Critique 7/11/17
Interesting. A few thoughts occur to me:- I would round up the word count to 84,000 words. Unfortunately, this novel may not really be very 'speculative'. Many drugs and psychiatric procedures like ECT are already implicated in destroying creativity, among other ill effects, particularly on teens. S...
- June 27th, 2017, 10:06 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: How have politics impacted your writing?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15417
Re: How have politics impacted your writing?
In my WIP a billionaire buffoon attains high political office. I wrote the scenes years ago and worried a little that readers might find them improbable. Not anymore!