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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Wrensul's post in the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett... with
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Coming back like the gremlin I am. I think the quote can apply to any side of an argument. We are all beholden to our own... -
TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread How do you handle near-analogues in your world building? with Like.
The easiest way to frame this for myself is to view the author as a translator / interpreter. You get told this story by one of the...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Naruzeldamaster's post in the thread I have some exciting news to share! with Like.
So, after I finish this chapter that I'm working on, and the following chapter, I will officially be done with "act 1" of my Sinbad...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett... with Like.
Or worse still, bitch about books they haven't read and don't intend to read because they think they're a "middlebrow cult of the...
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TheCrystallineEntity replied to the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett....One of my favourite quotes of his. 😄
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Karlin's post in the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett... with Like.
Ook!
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett... with Love.
"Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one." Discuss!
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I have tried other ways, but when it comes to stories and short stories I've succeeded at finishing, the dynamic between plot and world...
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In another thread skip.knox wrote the following: The thread here reiterates for me the dialectic between discovery and planning. Plot...
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TheCrystallineEntity replied to the thread Goose Warning.These are all very good questions that I've been trying to answer for years. One bit of advice I can give for especially tense action...
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Hello, fellows. I’m Wren. On the big quest to make my writing publish-worthy. All experiments and practice for now. I am absolutely...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Romy's post in the thread 'real' names in Fantasy Settings. with Like.
With Dodger you are not far off... (but not his best) And for game inspired novels, you might get to know him with Johnny Maxwell...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread 'real' names in Fantasy Settings. with Like.
There's the Tiffany problem to consider. Which is that some names you think of as modern are actually somewhere between pretty old and...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Wrensul's post in the thread 'real' names in Fantasy Settings. with Like.
It's intention and surroundings, right? And audience. I agree with CupofJoe that Terry Prachett expected people not to get every little...
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TheCrystallineEntity reacted to Penpilot's post in the thread 'real' names in Fantasy Settings. with Like.
Looking at this, I think there's a trip up. If we look at our own world, what's unusual vs. what's normal is all relative. If you look...