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These days, I often find myself with a problem that is becoming pervasive: it's become increasingly difficult to find non-AI art. It... -
JBCrowson replied to the thread Can 'pun' character names be in 'serious' narratives, and still be taken seriously?.In my WIP, I have a few. Some more obvious (Seren de Pertiss is the high priest of the god Luck) than others (Lydia Moda is leader is...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread Can 'pun' character names be in 'serious' narratives, and still be taken seriously?.One of the dumbest UK government ministers of recent times had Cleverly as his family name.
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JBCrowson replied to the thread What's your favorite 'dad' 'mom' 'tourist' clothing look?.Be assured that regardless of the flag on the bag, Americans and Canadians are usually readily separated, even before they speak. (DOI...
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JBCrowson reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread What's your favorite 'dad' 'mom' 'tourist' clothing look? with
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The one variation I've come across is Canadian flags. They're still tourists. However, in my experience, someone wearing a Canadian flag... -
JBCrowson replied to the thread What Does Good Omniscient POV look like?.Malik, thank you for your passion and for taking the time to share it with us. MUCH appreciated.
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And if you don't understand these delineations--if you don't know that there are this many First Person voices and at least as many...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread Dense Prose or Rich Prose?.Footnotes? more like foothills, en route to climbing Everest! With that annoying habit hills have of making you think you've reached the...
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You know you have too much world building if the AI cant keep up.
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Friends and family seems like a natural starting place, but unless they are fantasy readers, they probably wont really be interested. I...
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Agents and publishers will probably tell you to revise your draft if you do that because they do not associate shifting POVs with a...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread Dense Prose or Rich Prose?.Been reading Steven Norrel and Mr. Strange. It reads, at sentence level, like a nineteenth century author such as Austen, with language...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread How do you create your World?.For me there has been a back and forth between story and world: I had an original idea for a story, which necessarily included some...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread hello- Teen beginner fantasy author here.Welcome, and well done ditching the AI. If you post things in the critique requests area, people will usually read and offer thoughts...
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I thought the same things others have mentioned. All we know is what is "normal". So if you're in a purely evil world, those who live...