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CCharlesEBrown reacted to Eldoria's post in the thread Have you ever gotten stuck on a specific writing style? with
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Why not use an adaptive POV approach? Each POV should be tailored to the needs of the story, rather than forcing it to use one. For... -
CCharlesEBrown replied to the thread Writing How tolerant are you of whether the scene elements should be showing or telling?.Depends on the author's skill. Sometimes, telling bogs down the story while showing lets things keep moving, other times it works the...
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CCharlesEBrown replied to the thread Writing Multiple POV vs. Single POV: Which fiction do you prefer to read as a reader, and which fiction do you prefer to write as an author?.Depends on the needs of the story whether reader or writer. If the story needs the multiple points of view, then they should be there...
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CCharlesEBrown reacted to Emotica's post in the thread When does a character go from flawed to unlikable? with Like.
I'd say it's about intent. Flawed characters make mistakes. Shitty characters never learn or do awful things on purpose repeatedly.
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CCharlesEBrown reacted to MFontana's post in the thread When does a character go from flawed to unlikable? with Like.
For me, it ultimately comes down to the execution. What role is the character meant to fill? Are they believable? Are they relatable...
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CIt will vary by needs. I have over 900K words written, and I never wrote a proper outline. However: While I only started with a basic...
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CCharlesEBrown replied to the thread Have you ever gotten stuck on a specific writing style?.The weirdest "person" I've encountered was in E. R. Eddings The Worm Ouroboros - it starts with a SECOND person prologue, dragging the...
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CCharlesEBrown reacted to TinaMigarlo's post in the thread Have you ever gotten stuck on a specific writing style? with Like.
^^^ this is me. like a lot of stuff in writing? i hear a split of directly opposed opinions, both delivered as if they were facts...
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CCharlesEBrown reacted to Piisfun's post in the thread My web-novel's outreach has suddenly stopped? with Like.
Adding onto what others have said: I just looked at the activity graph for your story and it looks perfectly normal. (always ignore the...
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CCharlesEBrown replied to the thread How many levels of administrative division should an interstellar nation have?.Whatever the author feels comfortable with. I kind of liked the model Christopher Stasheff built for Escape Velocity and the Warlock...
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CCharlesEBrown reacted to Humanistheart's post in the thread Any fellow genderswap authors interested in a shoutout swap? with Like.
Aw, I'm touched you thought of me / my story! :)
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CCharlesEBrown replied to the thread Do you love every story you write equally?.I don't even love all my CHARACTERS equally... And some of the ones I really like I do nasty stuff to... so, maybe it's better that way...
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CCharlesEBrown reacted to Representing_Tromba's post in the thread Do you love every story you write equally? with Like.
No. Some stories are great ideas but are horrible in practice. Many story ideas that I've rushed off to write have died after the 30th...
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CCharlesEBrown replied to the thread Have you ever gotten stuck on a specific writing style?.I keep hearing that but most of the people I know offline who do any writing beyond what was required in school started in third person...
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CCharlesEBrown reacted to MC-Stories's post in the thread Blood of The Were-Raptor- 4 STARS! with Like.
https://www.scribblehub.com/series/2237091/blood-of-the-wereraptor-hero/ Blood Of The Wererapto Hero has now reached 4 stars today, and...