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- October 4th, 2010, 6:55 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Share your opening sentence!
- Replies: 236
- Views: 86208
Re: Share your opening sentence!
I hadn’t expected to be chatting up a couple of lingerie clad sixty year old succubi this evening. This is a GREAT sentence! It makes me want to read more :-) The first sentence of one of my numerous never-to-be-finished WIPs: Sitting on the top of a half-collapsed building of the Ash City wasn't w...
- September 14th, 2010, 1:39 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Hi, my name is Regan and I’m stuck in a plot hole.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8180
Re: Hi, my name is Regan and I’m stuck in a plot hole.
There is a group of people in my book -- the main characters that the plot revolves around -- who are "special". ;) Not in a vampire way. :D I won't go into details, but they do have certain enhanced abilities. One of my issues? WHY do they have those abilities? Don't explain it. I mean, ...
- September 10th, 2010, 1:12 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: The importance (and difficulty) of gestures
- Replies: 55
- Views: 48400
Re: The importance (and difficulty) of gestures
Awesomely hilarious. +1 vote for featuring it in Nathan's Blog.maggie wrote: SUMMARY
Avery shrugged. Avery nodded. Avery shrugged. Avery nodded.
Avery thought. "Avery!" Avery screamed.
"Jack!" "Avery!" Avery nodded.
- September 9th, 2010, 7:41 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Your Writing Space
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11404
Re: Your Writing Space
Hey, no cats? Has no one mentioned that they have some cats lying around their writing space?
I don't either, but it's so common that I thought I was the exception :-)
I don't either, but it's so common that I thought I was the exception :-)
- September 9th, 2010, 7:35 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Hi, my name is Regan and I’m stuck in a plot hole.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8180
Re: Hi, my name is Regan and I’m stuck in a plot hole.
Ok, so maybe I’m exaggerating. But I do have a problem. What if you love your MS, your characters and idea, but there is a hole? Plot holes don't exist. It's just that there are some things that you don't know about your story and your characters yet. I'm somewhat on a middle of a plot hole now (a ...
- August 18th, 2010, 3:06 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Naming protagonists
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4414
Re: Naming protagonists
He could be introduced as Gaspare Donatello (his real name) but he would be referred through out the book as the godfather, boss, or Don Marcuccio as he is the Boss of the Marcuccio family in my novel. Maybe? What do you all think about that twist? I think that "Don Gaspare" would be the ...
- August 7th, 2010, 7:58 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Have you "invited" some other writers' characters?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 951
Have you "invited" some other writers' characters?
Or, so to speak, have you any "guest star" in your WIP? For example: for one of my someday-to-be-written plots, some kind of "Lord of the Rings" meets "Mike hammer", there's an elf whose name is Caleb Rimbour. He's an outlaw crafter of magical artifacts. By now, the onl...
- August 7th, 2010, 7:46 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Favorite Part of Writing
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12161
Re: Favorite Part of Writing
And even though I plot meticulously before I write, I love when my story surprises me as I write. You know, some detail or some character you hadn't anticipated popping up and fitting into the overall story perfectly. Or when you find just the right phrase, or craft a great sentence. I agree with t...
- August 7th, 2010, 7:39 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Do you keep your WIP to yourself?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8440
Re: Do you keep your WIP to yourself?
Does anyone else ever get frustrated with not being able to tell at least someone? Awfully! I've sometimes tried to tell, but either: a) I swamp my interlocutor with data about my WIP, and don't really say anything meaningful. b) I detect that they're not really interested and are asking purely out...
- August 7th, 2010, 7:25 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Do you keep your WIP to yourself?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8440
Re: Do you keep your WIP to yourself?
Well, I mostly keep my WIP to myself because I'm ashamed that other people know that I want to write. I think they'll roll their eyes and think: "yes, as if". Or they'll ask to see some of my writing and then look at me pitifully, shaking their heads. Or think I'm pretentious and tell me t...
- August 3rd, 2010, 5:15 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Are you a Crafter or an Artist?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 18992
Re: Are you a Crafter or an Artist?
When I read the title of your post, my first impression was that you meant another thing with "artist" and "crafter". For me, and so to speak, a "crafter" is a writer driven by his left hemisphere, and an "artist" is a writer driven by his right hemisphere. Th...
- July 17th, 2010, 6:43 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Whom do you write like?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 22647
Re: Whom do you write like?
Apparently, I write like Jack London. At least in english, of course. I don't think the gadget supports spanish :-)
Ironically, I've never read any Jack London. Maybe it's time I start.
Ironically, I've never read any Jack London. Maybe it's time I start.
- July 11th, 2010, 5:39 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: World Cup!!!
- Replies: 154
- Views: 56559
Re: World Cup!!!
Does anyone knows who David Arque is? Iniesta had "David Arque siempre con nosotros" and I'm wondering if it's someone famous, but I couldn't find anything on our friend the net. To be precise (and to ease Google searches), it was "Dani Jarque". He was a spanish football player ...
- July 11th, 2010, 5:34 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: World Cup!!!
- Replies: 154
- Views: 56559
World champions!!!!
YEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH BAAAAABYYYYYY!!!!!!! WORLD CHAMPIONS!!! At last. At last, after so many years. You can't (or maybe you can) imagine the din on the streets: makeshift vuvuzelas are everywhere, cars are honking, people are shouting "¡Campeones!". Men, women, children, everyone is on the s...
- July 9th, 2010, 2:15 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: World Cup!!!
- Replies: 154
- Views: 56559
Re: World Cup!!!
As a spaniard, I completely disagree and hope that it's the opposite :-)steve wrote: Holland over Spain 2-0.
(Besides, the octopus Paul said that we'll win - go Paul!)