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by wordranger
May 4th, 2011, 9:09 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Running Dialogue
Replies: 15
Views: 4650

Re: Running Dialogue

Written word conversation without a full sensory experience is sensory depravation. That's why conversation needs a gamut of sensory inputs and thoughts reacting to sensory inputs, so readers aren't sensorily deprived, so they engage intimately in a participation mystique's proxy reality instead of...
by wordranger
May 3rd, 2011, 10:36 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Running Dialogue
Replies: 15
Views: 4650

Re: Running Dialogue

Hey, guys, I think you may have dug a little deeper into this than you needed to. Did you ever think that maybe all the dialog needed was a little pause here and there? Could a character stand up? Yawn? Run their fingers through their hair? Now, I cannot say exactly what it needs without seeing the ...
by wordranger
April 22nd, 2011, 9:13 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: A cup of humility in the morning
Replies: 8
Views: 2709

Re: A cup of humility in the morning

Zies, be excited! At least you got rejected. You know someone read it!
A lot of people get nothing at all.

Was there any feedback?
by wordranger
April 22nd, 2011, 9:07 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: What have you got to lose?
Replies: 7
Views: 2111

Re: What have you got to lose?

Heh. I like to write books with bad endings. It's fun. I've never been the happy ending type. I like normal endings. Endings that make sense. Not overly cheery endings. Sierra, funny, I was so worried about my ending, because everything didn't come up all rosy. It's not horrible, but it's not exact...
by wordranger
April 22nd, 2011, 8:56 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: What Do You Write For?
Replies: 31
Views: 15058

Re: What Do You Write For?

I write to keep my sanity. It's a crazy world out there. I need my nutty princes running around trying to kill my poor innocent little Main Character. It gives me focus, and grounds me. No matter what happens in the real world, I know my MC has it worse, because someone is about to sick a giant man-...
by wordranger
April 17th, 2011, 2:30 pm
Forum: Excerpts
Topic: YA Fantasy "Hidden in Plain Sight" First Two Pages
Replies: 5
Views: 3319

Re: YA Fantasy "Hidden in Plain Sight" First Two Pages

Thanks, J.T. Yes, actually I was trying to jam a lot in there, and I was hoping that it was working, and it was still interesting, exciting, and not too weighted down with all the "politics". The politics are importnat, because they are why Magellan's father is not very polular, but beyond...
by wordranger
April 17th, 2011, 11:36 am
Forum: Excerpts
Topic: YA Fantasy "Hidden in Plain Sight" First Two Pages
Replies: 5
Views: 3319

Re: YA Fantasy "Hidden in Plain Sight" First Two Pages

Thanks for the kind words, Chavone. On your question... I only have one question and that is, who's POV is the story written form. In the opening, I gathered it was written from an Ominous 3rd person, but the last paragraph had me wondering, is it written from Megellan's or both? I'm not sure if it'...
by wordranger
April 16th, 2011, 12:50 am
Forum: Excerpts
Topic: Young adult fantasy - first page
Replies: 4
Views: 3125

Re: Young adult fantasy - first page

Catherine is awoken by the sound of thunder. Startled, she reaches across the bed for her husband, Scott, but realizes he is not lying next to her. She sighs. It’s happening again. Walking down the hallway from her bedroom, Catherine enters the kitchen. She finds Scott there, standing at the table ...
by wordranger
April 16th, 2011, 12:38 am
Forum: Excerpts
Topic: YA Horror - 600 Words *Edited*
Replies: 14
Views: 7443

Re: YA Horror - 600 Words

I like the idea of the game show. It was a little unexpected. I think this opening may have a few flaws, though. Now, to be honest, this is not my genre, so I hope that some people that read horror take a look at this for you. But right off the cuff a few things stand out for me. Number one… nothing...
by wordranger
April 16th, 2011, 12:27 am
Forum: Excerpts
Topic: YA Fantasy "Hidden in Plain Sight" First Two Pages
Replies: 5
Views: 3319

YA Fantasy "Hidden in Plain Sight" First Two Pages

Hey, guys: I'm looking for some feedback on my first two pages. I'm hoping they are enough to make you want to keep reading... Suggestions are totally welcome! Grown-ups fight a lot, Magellan thought, as he looked out over the crowd. He wasn’t really listening to the argument going on between his f...
by wordranger
April 14th, 2011, 10:31 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Chapter Word Counts
Replies: 11
Views: 3046

Re: Chapter Word Counts

I just go with the flow. I try not to be too long, because I don’t personally like long chapters. If my scene stops, I start a new chapter. That’s my rule. I make it as easy on my reader as possible. I have a few one-page chapters. No biggie. Most are five to ten pages… a nice easy read if you are r...
by wordranger
April 14th, 2011, 10:27 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: megalomania as motivation
Replies: 16
Views: 10128

Re: megalomania as motivation

The best villains are the ones who don’t realize they are villains…. The ones who think they are doing the right thing, and they end up getting more and more evil along the way. They increase the body count as they come closer and closer to taking over the world, but they still think they are doing ...
by wordranger
April 14th, 2011, 10:17 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Is "sci fi" a poisonous label?
Replies: 19
Views: 11486

Re: Is "sci fi" a poisonous label?

A giant ocean liner hits an iceberg in my trilogy too, after it's attacked by aliens. Little green aliens, not big blue ones. Which must sound very strange to anyone who hasn't read it, which is nearly everyone except me at the moment... I just wanted to let you know, that this sounds like it total...
by wordranger
April 14th, 2011, 10:10 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: another ludicrous story idea: cyberpunk parody
Replies: 4
Views: 1667

Re: another ludicrous story idea: cyberpunk parody

Wait!

The over-muscled lunatics with neon colored chainsaws are trying to steal a robotic helicopter exoskeleton to use it as a time machine to travel back to kidnap Moby Dick, but the Space Monkeys get in on the action and foil their plans! NOW THERE's a BEST SELLER!
by wordranger
April 13th, 2011, 10:58 pm
Forum: Self-Publishing
Topic: E-Publishing in general
Replies: 16
Views: 8271

Re: E-Publishing in general

Guardian:

Are you getting ready to take the plunge? Is Grace about to spread her wings?

The biggest outlets to sell your ebooks are Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.

Good Luck!