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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Elven race / elves - what do you like about them?.I think I would have to admit that my original idea of what elves are (or were or would be or something) came from Poul Anderson's The... -
MMSadiq replied to the thread Reading LotR for the First Time: Beauty and Morality.That's not what I meant, and my fault because people keep interpreting it this way. What I meant is that the choice to use fair and foul...
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Malik replied to the thread Do you have jokes/silly moments that don't make it into the final cut?.And from STONELANDS--again, this one wrote itself, based entirely off deskside briefings I've given: (Stannard: Navy SEAL Master Chief... -
Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Do you have jokes/silly moments that don't make it into the final cut?.That's great, and I kind of love it lol I think one of the jokes that will probably not make it in to my RWBY story is one me and my... -
Malik replied to the thread Do you have jokes/silly moments that don't make it into the final cut?.Being retired military, I have a gallows humor that permeates my work, including a lot of unintentionally slapstick violence. Because...
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pmmg replied to the thread Reading LotR for the First Time: Beauty and Morality.I am not sure what to answer to this. Mr. Tolkien would have to speak for himself on these types of issues. I would say, the idea that... -
pmmg replied to the thread Do you have jokes/silly moments that don't make it into the final cut?.Yeah...I would say, it amuses me that the characters are stuck in a frying pan no matter what they do, but...would a reader notice that...
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Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Do you have jokes/silly moments that don't make it into the final cut?.I wholeheartedly approve of this, gotta stick to your principals and natural Kanter (I believe that's the word) after all. I wouldn't...
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pmmg replied to the thread Do you have jokes/silly moments that don't make it into the final cut?.I dont write jokes, and in fact, there is one scene that is 'funny' that I wish I could take out. It has more of an old time RPG...
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Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Do you have jokes/silly moments that don't make it into the final cut?.yeah I keep the unintentionally funny bits. (like how a couple of my female characters react to 'romance' ) Most of the time the ones...
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Malik replied to the thread Do you have jokes/silly moments that don't make it into the final cut?.In the final edits, I can see the bits that I wrote to intentionally be funny. They're never as funny as the unintentionally funny bits...
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Naruzeldamaster posted the thread Do you have jokes/silly moments that don't make it into the final cut? in Writing Discussions.I have a few (quite a few) that made me chuckle, for a lot of my stories. Buuuuuut, thinking about them, most of them probably won't...
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RoccO replied to the thread Reading LotR for the First Time: Beauty and Morality.The most imaginative part of the Lord of the Rings, is its topography. The next, is its ecology. The third, is its Theology. To bring... -
MMSadiq replied to the thread Reading LotR for the First Time: Beauty and Morality.I know it's not. I'm just talking about my first impression upon reading the foul and fair passage and how that's not really how it is...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Reading LotR for the First Time: Beauty and Morality.I think you should read LoTR all the way to the end, as this may make you rethink some of what you wrote. It isn't quite as straight...