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Previous comments are right. 2nd one holds more weight to it. But first one does provides more context. Try combining both? Try to give... -
I would go with description 2. It is tighter, more character-driven and gives a stronger sense. D1 also good with worldbuilding but 2...
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Matt Devitt replied to the thread Feedback wanted.Thanks, everyone! I liked the second one, but felt like it was missing what the story was about, while the first one doesn't hit as hard...
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Hi everyone, I'm the author of Conquest, and I would greatly appreciate some feedback on my book. What I'm working on now is my...
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My creativity. There are so many stories that haven't been told and it seems that I'm the only one who knows them and thus can tell them.
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For me, it was Narnia and the hobbit. Those early adventures made storytelling feel magical.
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As a child, I had a few issues. A therapist asked me to write down what was going on in my head. 50 years on and I'm still doing it...
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I was not inspired by a particular book. I read many books, was always a reader. One day, during a bout of unemployment, I said to my...
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The Song of Hiawatha, almost as soon as I could read. It gave me a lifelong love for both poetic language and myth.
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Yes, I think I'd use the word "driven" to describe that sense of compulsion I now have. I'm not sure I could have expressed it that way...
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I think maybe it's closer to 'driven' than 'inspired?' I know that holds true for me, most of the time.
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Nothing inspired me to write. I write because I have to, it's a deeply personal thing. What I write about is based on things I've seen...
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For me, genetics had a lot to do with it. I come from a long line of Irish writers on my mom's side so I can dazzle with literary...
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Actually, I was not inspired by any book to write. I was inspired by my friends and things I saw in the culture and world around me...
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My first, and biggest, tip is: make a world that is inspiring, not real. We all have seen Earth and the beauty that inhabits it. So...
