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  1. Story_Marc

    First Chapter Analysis

    Did Charisma stuff more in private since it was a different type of thing and required more back and forth, so from the looks of it... I'm all caught up! I'M FREED!
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    Writing Dialogue Tags

    Who says I haven't? ;) I've just made my stance on the topic clear in a video already. Well, also have a dialogue one to make, I just haven't yet because I just haven't felt like it yet.
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    What Are Topics You'd Like To Know More About With Storytelling?

    Damn it, you edited stuff in. :LOL: Anyway, I can't say I'm all that fond of your approach personally, though that's just me. Like, I wouldn't find it helpful. If others think I should stop doing it the way I have and instead do it like how melchi would have things done (and think that way is...
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    What Are Topics You'd Like To Know More About With Storytelling?

    I'm not asking you to be a critic. I'm asking you to be a creator. Show me how you'd teach this type of lesson from the ground up while addressing every single question I asked.
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    What Are Topics You'd Like To Know More About With Storytelling?

    I wrote an episode on the art of dick jokes and how to do them well because nobody was talking about it. :LOL: So yeah, I'll consider seemingly silly concepts if they'll genuinely help people. That said when it comes to helping people... This comment gave me pause today. See, I sometimes...
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    What Are Topics You'd Like To Know More About With Storytelling?

    Hmm... Well, I can see an immediate way to do 2 out of 4 of those. Well, 3, but I'm not sure if there would be much interest in one of those 3. I can't really do one on "why love is the weakest emotion" while it just being geared towards writers yet. Okay, almost all of these are easy for me to...
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    What Are Topics You'd Like To Know More About With Storytelling?

    Oh, you mean character beats? Or just getting the visual down for something? Gotcha, rhetoric devices! Plus I'll be touching on stuff like that a bit this week with cadence.
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    What Are Topics You'd Like To Know More About With Storytelling?

    Easy enough. I actually have tackled this a small bit, though I can go more into detail on how to achieve it. Could you link me to your writing or examples where you feel this? I might be able to better diagnosis this then and see if I already made something that could help you.
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    What Are Topics You'd Like To Know More About With Storytelling?

    At this point, most of you know I run a YouTube channel where I share my expertise to help people better tackle various things. Due to how I am, I have this rich storehouse of information, examples, and so forth. In truth, I own over two thousand books due to how I am. This means I have a lot I...
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    Have you ever veered off from your initial idea so hard that you need new outline?

    Yep. This is stuff that happened often when trying to create what ultimately became The Confessions of Cassidy Cain. I did it to myself multiple times with the plot due to how much thought I put into things. I'm pretty certain I can avoid it now, but it is what it is.
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    First experience

    This honestly isn't bad. Raw in some respects, but it isn't bad. To get started, focusing on prose alone immediately, work on your continuity and flow between things. I gave you the continuity video already, so see if that helps out at all. Also, feel free to ask any questions about it. I'd...
  12. Story_Marc

    Take it till you make it. :s_wink:

    Take it till you make it. :s_wink:
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    First experience

    What in particular do you wish to improve as a writer? What do you consider yourself bad at in specific? I can toss out suggestions, but I want to tailor the suggestions to you and your issues as opposed to just throwing out suggestions. I can even point out specific things if you like.
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    Banish Wordiness (Part 4 in Prose Series)

    Same scene at different parts of the conversation. The precise moment doesn't matter. Both contain the word "just" in them, but one case I decided to keep while the other I decided to remove. Hence why it fits the context of don't blindly apply this, but it helps to know.
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    Banish Wordiness (Part 4 in Prose Series)

    In the spirit of the topic, this video is the shortest since it's concise. I'm finally almost done with this series of videos on prose. I'm so tired of this, to be honest. I need to do something different... Something that can maybe drive numbers even, as I feel this will be most useful when...
  16. Story_Marc

    First Chapter Analysis

    Tell me if it does help. I've been curious if it will help those who don't have it as a first language since I've been simplifying it to the core things I often want to go over but can't. As for whether or not to drop it, why not do what you can to wrap the story up and then do something new...
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    I want to know my errors

    Well, your first error is not putting this in the feedback forum, where this is better suited. The second is not giving a link to your work.
  18. Story_Marc

    First Chapter Analysis

    For me, this reads like a teenager having fun with their earliest work. Why? 1) The onomatopoeia is childish. 2) There are inconsistent tenses. "Walks" is present tense, while "changed" is past tense. A consistent tense would be... Another example... A better way would be... With...
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    Strange writing tips

    Hmm... I could give some legitimate "unorthodox" things I've done... Though it all makes sense to me. For instance, I use the color pie from Magic the Gathering to help figure out my character's approaches and philosophies to things, what they'd best align with, and why. For instance, I...
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    First Chapter Analysis

    For the MC, it's difficult for me to form much an opinion because of my hatred of LitRPG. When it comes to garnering interest, concept/genre is the first thing that pulls someone in. If that doesn't work for a person, it's hard for them to form an emotional engagement to things like the...
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