I think every writing teacher cringes at my "Nooooooooo!" with an exclamation point at the end. 😅
But I don't care. It shows in one overly-long word and one punctuation mark EXACTLY the feeling I wanted to convey.
Ah yes, literary writers. Where every nuance has to be over-described so that a simple "Hi, George. How are you?" takes twelve pages to convey.
Watched the Cavs-Raps game yesterday.
I was impressed by the skill of Donovan Mitchell, who makes buckets out of nowhere.
But I still can't stand the way James Harden goes out of his way to draw fouls--and the refs seem to have special rules just for him.
I wonder if your professor ever wrote any action scenes.
The quick dialog of a combat scene would look boring without them.
"Incoming."
"Jimmy's down."
"Medic."
Good idea!
(And do you see how much more positive and supportive my statement sounds with an exclamation point? I don't know why all these exclamation point police want to limit them.)
I am also a regular user of exclamation points, which are apparently another faux pas according to the self-proclaimed masters of writing.
"I've won." Just doesn't have the same feeling without an exclamation point.
Yeah . . . I didn't want to go there with my post, but I was definitely thinking it.
#TimeTravelAuthors D19
Lots of authorities in my books. My MCs travel to times when kings ruled and, if there were no kings around, the people with the largest band of followers or the most skill at weapons were the authorities.
My critique group is incredibly helpful. There's only three of us now, but we're brutally honest to each other, while still being respectful. They've really helped me grow as a writer.
My editors don't change my story structure at all--my critique group and my own gut feelings do that.
I miss the Discworld books. The earlier ones were incredibly funny. They kind of lost some of their humour in the later ones, but they were still good.
#TimeTravelAuthors D17
My favourite stories all follow the Hero's Journey structure, so I unconciously end up writing in that structure. But I'm not a person who sits there and says "Oh no! I'm missing part 6 of the journey, I have to add it." I just write what feels right.
That is a damn good question from Clara!
A friend of mine put together this terrific benefit auction in support of the Alzheimer's Association. Plenty of books and swag for both readers and writers, especially of the mystery kind. Bidding ends in just a few hours, so hop to it!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
I read the Wheel of Time and I felt it could have used a good editor. I remember skipping tons of paragraphs because it was just sentences of over description. And I wasn't really thrilled with the ending either.
Other than The Time Machine by HG Wells, I can't think of any big name time-travel book that I've read.
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“Noooooooooooooo!” I sank to my knees, staring at the spot where Sam had just stood.
She was gone. The one person in the world who I trusted with my life had just left me when I needed her most.
I was trapped and alone.
And it was all my fault.
I had fun writing that part of the story. I could just imagine what a 14-ish Mongol boy, who thinks he's tough, would think of Sam. And then I started adding all the comments from his older brothers.
I saw The Hunt for Red October in the theatres.
I never saw Handmaid's Tale. Until your post, I didn't even realize that there had been a movie version. (The current TV version seems to be the famous one.)
Not my genre.
And here's something about the internet. You don't have to post anything. You can choose not to post a gif from a movie of the year you were born.
So why are you so upset about my post?
Yes, the world is full of people like him. And in the rest of the world they usually seize power and then maintain it with the complicity of like-minded generals and officials. But in the US people voted him in--twice!!!
It would make great entertainment if it weren't for the fact that so many of his off-the-cuff, not-even-remotely-thought-out "decisions" affect the world so greatly.
I'm an author. I already have a bunch of personal information out there on the internet.
Who cares if someone knows my birth year?
If someone were to have written a novel about a president like this, people would have tossed it aside and commented that the story was full of one-dimensional characters that spoke ridiculous dialog and that no one would ever believe the events of the story could truly happen.
Post your favourite file from the year you turned 18.
This was a great year for movies, but one was a clear favourite.
These are all amazing.
Three things I wish I had the time to learn more about:
1. All the settings on my digitial camera
2. How to use Photoshop/Gimp better
3. Languages
Was he wearing one of those silly wigs when he suggested it?
#TimeTravelAuthors D13
Silliest character
This would be Khasar, a young teen Mongol who is always trying to impress his older brothers by boasting of his prowess and showing off. He even hits on Sam, and tries to convince her he'd make good marriage material. (Mongols married young.)
How does a book get nominated to be considered for a Willow Award?
#TimeTravelAuthors D9
Dan didn't know time-travel was a real thing, and he accidentaly sent himself back in time to Anglo-Saxon England. So he screws up reguarly, and he'll be the first to admit that he's wrong.
And, in case he doesn't, Sam is always there to remind him. 😀