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 Topic: Toward and Towards. |
Dr. Schadenfreude
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 Forum: So You Wanna Be a Writer? Posted:
Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:17 pm Subject: Toward and Towards. |
| Just make sure you remain consistent. If you use 'toward,' then always use 'toward.' (in that story, at least) |
| Topic: how to be a great writer (NC17) |
Dr. Schadenfreude
Replies: 24
Views: 13361
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Forum: So You Wanna Be a Writer? Posted:
Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:19 am Subject: how to be a great writer (NC17) |
Finally. Way down there (had to go through almost all of them before I found it) - The Master Plan - http://www.artdamage.com/buk/masterplan.htm
starving in a philadelphia winter
trying to be ... |
| Topic: how to be a great writer (NC17) |
Dr. Schadenfreude
Replies: 24
Views: 13361
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Forum: So You Wanna Be a Writer? Posted:
Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:04 pm Subject: how to be a great writer (NC17) |
FL
Yeah, I've looked. I can't find it. A college teacher had photo copied the poem for me and I lost it, so I've been searching for it ever since (about a year and a half). Haven't seen it so far. |
| Topic: how to be a great writer (NC17) |
Dr. Schadenfreude
Replies: 24
Views: 13361
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Forum: So You Wanna Be a Writer? Posted:
Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:23 am Subject: how to be a great writer (NC17) |
I've been looking for a Buk poem that has lines in it that go something like:
I moved to Los Angeles to write and to drink
but I found that I couldn't do both,
So I decided to quit writing and to ... |
| Topic: Dungeons and Dragons ... research. |
Dr. Schadenfreude
Replies: 21
Views: 11967
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Forum: So You Wanna Be a Writer? Posted:
Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:19 am Subject: Dungeons and Dragons ... research. |
Another dork's explanation:
1. What does the book do? It gives the rules, and sets the game up, right?
In D&D, you have three basic books: The Player's Handbook, The Dungeon Master's Guid ... |
| Topic: This isn't a rhetorical question |
Dr. Schadenfreude
Replies: 14
Views: 7386
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Forum: So You Wanna Be a Writer? Posted:
Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:14 pm Subject: This isn't a rhetorical question |
"Hmmm," I hmmmed.
That's great. I can go with a tag like that.
But, since tags are mostly invisible, it really jars a person out of the story if they're too 'adverby' or just too awkward.
... |
| Topic: This isn't a rhetorical question |
Dr. Schadenfreude
Replies: 14
Views: 7386
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Forum: So You Wanna Be a Writer? Posted:
Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:36 pm Subject: This isn't a rhetorical question |
You can always use said, even if it's a question. I find that using asked will break the rhythm sometimes, but I couldn't tell you why, since it has the same number of syllables.
Ok. Good. I was ... |
| Topic: This isn't a rhetorical question |
Dr. Schadenfreude
Replies: 14
Views: 7386
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Forum: So You Wanna Be a Writer? Posted:
Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:56 am Subject: This isn't a rhetorical question |
| Do you say 'said' or 'asked' after a rhetorical question (from which you expect no response)? I assume that since it's a question, then it should be asked. But, since an answer isn't actually expect ... |
| Topic: Submitting novels to agents. |
Dr. Schadenfreude
Replies: 3
Views: 3308
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Forum: So You Wanna Be a Writer? Posted:
Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:02 am Subject: Submitting novels to agents. |
| Wow, thanks for those links. Absolute Write is great. Lots of good advice and just friendly chatter about writing there. |
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