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Prince of Spires replied to the thread How do you keep writing when the motivation fades?.I'm with the others that waiting for inspiration is pointless. Writing a novel takes something like 200 hours, editing takes something... -
Prince of Spires replied to the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing!.Some good advice in the thread here alread. I'll take a different stab at it. First, realize this is perfectly normal. Writing is an...
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Prince of Spires reacted to Malik's post in the thread Is it true that your first book getting published should be a standalone and not part of a series? with
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Every book in your series should stand alone as well as working in a series. A reader should be able to jump into the story at any... -
Prince of Spires reacted to Demesnedenoir's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with Like.
Quite a few years ago, pretty much every agent was seeking "own voice." The nomenclature changes, but monolithic is the right word. The...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Is it true that your first book getting published should be a standalone and not part of a series?.I think part of this also was that computers and email weren't a thing. Simply getting a full manuscript printed out and sending it via...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread How would I write a power to influence people's feelings without making it evil?.You can read Mistborn, by Sanderson, where some of the characters have this kind of power. It's a decent example. It comes down to how...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread It's 1900's Japan, you're stuck in a horror story, would you trust a random priest wearing a fox mask?.If a guy saves my life (assuming that's what saves the protagonist means here), then I'd probably trust him. At least I'd likely give...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Basing fantasy culture on real life cultures?.I think some parts of it are unavoidable. The environment partially shapes the culture. So the moment you take a real earth environment...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.I'm not sure I understand the question. Are you asking, did I use "he" for writers in the sentence "A writer should write characters he...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Mercury as armor.There is of course more to armour than just tensile strength, but I'm too lazy to actually look up solid mercury's other properties...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.Here we run into one of the differences between traditional publishing and indie publishing. If you indie publish, then you can aim at a...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread Could (animal) Blood be used as paint?.Blood can be, and allegedly has been used, as paint. The Anguished man (The Anguished Man - Wikipedia ) is one such painting. The main...
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I don't know if this is the right place to post this but anyway I'm slacking off on actual worldbuilding and making a language for one...
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Prince of Spires replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.I agreed with the whole post except this part. A writer should write characters he wants to write. And if he just wants to have a...
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Prince of Spires reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with Like.
I was intending to stay out of this discussion, but given that I'm so severely dyslexic that I qualify as disabled I'm going to shove my...