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Mad Swede replied to the thread A Tribute to Tim Curry.For me Tim Curry will always be Trymon in the film/TV version of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, but for my daughter he'll... -
Mad Swede replied to the thread Where to Write.OK, first things first. The only time Google use your private documents to train AI is if you use Gemini to help you in your writing. To...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.Timing is something you have no control over in written humour, which is why written humour relies on other aspects of emotion to work...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.Comedy and humour are very complex. You can illustrate both the funny aspects of life and also the sad side of things, and it is this...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Idea Generation.I wonder if this depends on what we mean by an idea? Do we mean the idea for a story arc, a character arc or an inciting event...
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Mad Swede reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread Searching for someone to nitpick my worldbuilding with Like.
Not at all awkward. The historian who is uncomfortable being corrected on points of fact really ought to find another occupation. The...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Searching for someone to nitpick my worldbuilding.I'm not sure how to put this Kassandra, but I'll do my best. I'm writing this from my perspective as a published author with a (now)...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Searching for someone to nitpick my worldbuilding.At this point I'm going to be awkward and point out that both quotes are, in their original form, from Graf Helmuth von Moltke the...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread A couple of studies regarding AI writing.No. If you buy the standalone version of something like Office you don't get the AI capability. Admittedly Microsoft and opther software...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread 'real' names in Fantasy Settings..No, the spelling Tiffany is not modern. The earliest example I know of is French, from a marriage in Tolouse in 1555. The earliest...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread A couple of studies regarding AI writing.Amazon may permit the use of AI-assistance, but the onus is on you as the author to prove that you have only used AI-assistance. All it...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Unspoken (In the story) but 'confirmed' disorders in a story?.OK, now I'm going to be very awkward and say: Sometimes, yes. But only sometimes. We in the west tend to forget how very lucky we are...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread A couple of studies regarding AI writing.I think, Eduardo Ficaria, that we need to clarify a few points here for the benefit of everyone here on Mythic Scribes. First, even if...
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Mad Swede reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread Unspoken (In the story) but 'confirmed' disorders in a story? with Like.
For blind and deaf, Helen Keller wrote a brilliant autobiography. She gives insight into growing up in a world that preferred to hide...