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Ah...but something can always be improved. Its a bottomless pit if you dont stop earlier than that. -
skip.knox replied to the thread my fantasy planet is trillions of years old, so where is the tech? (explanation).Also, any world older than the parameters of the story can be any age at all. It simply won't matter because no one will ever see it or...
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skip.knox reacted to pmmg's post in the thread how to create your BBEG in your fantasy story with
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When i see terms like BBEG, or tropes, or anything else of this nature my feeling is always the same, you should respect your creations... -
skip.knox replied to the thread I want to know your opinion on orcs in my fantasy novel and how they came to be.I agree with pmmg here. This is author background, not reader background. Tell me a story, please.
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skip.knox replied to the thread A Knight of the Realm.Purchased. It's gotta get in line, but it says it knows a guy up towards the front, so maybe ....
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skip.knox replied to the thread how to create your BBEG in your fantasy story.As long as you are speaking of your story in the future tense, there is no practical way to answer this question. With nothing written...
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skip.knox replied to the thread my fantasy planet is trillions of years old, so where is the tech? (explanation).Yes, exactly, onegury. So an explanation isn't really needed, any more than one needs to explain the ecological balance of a world with...
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skip.knox replied to the thread my fantasy planet is trillions of years old, so where is the tech? (explanation).Well, if you're going to postulate a planet that exists for hundreds of trillions of years, you're already way beyond anything that...
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skip.knox replied to the thread What's the best writing advice you ever received?.I've received very little direct advice, and most of that was in grad school (history). Perhaps the most valuable advice was not advice...
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skip.knox reacted to pmmg's post in the thread What's the best writing advice you ever received? with Like.
I dont know that it was advice. More like a comment. I wrote a sentence like 'It was late in the day when Eldin caught up with the two...
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skip.knox replied to the thread How do you write your story in terms on timeline?.I second the Prince. I have never started a story in the "right" place. Every novel and short story I've written has started in the end...
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skip.knox reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread How do you write your story in terms on timeline? with Like.
Just write in whichever way gets the complete story down on paper. Once you've finished, check where things stand and see if you began...