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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
Personally, I have no issue with the barcode thing because now I don’t think anyone can say with 100% certainty what exactly is and is not the Mark of the Beast that is being referred to in Revelation. I think there are two ways you can get around this issue:
#1: The Mark is supposed to be, if I remember correctly, either on the…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
I see. 😀
Reposting because my first post strangely disappeared…
I looked at @rochellaine‘s comments and just have a couple of things to add:
#1: I agree that you have to decide what names Jean/Chessy use when they think of themselves and each other and change the names accordingly when writing in their POVs but I think you are…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
Hi. Are you working on SFI again today? 🙂
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
Oh no I missed you 🙁
You around? Don’t think there’ll be anyone else who might be…
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
Haha thanks. Unfortunately, if I do pursue editing as a career, I would not be able to pick and choose what projects I want to read as freely as I do now (since editing work will become a matter of putting food on the table) and I don’t think I can do that since I am so easily bored and frustrated by many types of stories and…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
Haha should I consider a career change as an editor? 😛
You’ve been helping me with QOD as well (even if I don’t think there’s been much to discuss so far thanks to how tediously slow my writing is) so I’m glad to return the favour whenever I can.
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
That sounds like a good idea.
I think you can have it such that this prologue depicts the second visit Jean makes to the store. So he first visits the store to check if there are available identities for him and Chessy to use and ‘reserves’ those identities (has to be a similar age, appearance has to be similar, father-daughter…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
One solution I can suggest is that instead of a completely new identity, Jean buys an existing identity for himself and Chessy so there’s an existing record already in the system. Maybe there is a real John and Charlotte Whitehall or something but they are dead and their deaths were not reported so the government is not aware of it…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
#4: I think my issue is that it’ll actually be really, really easy to find the new identity Jean is using unless literally every single government database storing identity information is compromised. Caderousse knows that Jean came here to get a new identity so she knows that a record change has been made. To identify the false…[Read more]
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Joy started the topic Just A General Critique in the forum Novel Critique Requests 5 years, 10 months ago
Hey, Kapeefers! I figure it’s about time I ask for a writing critique, so I’m going to go ahead and do that! I’ll give you a sample of a roleplay I’m doing for another community. There shouldn’t be too many confusing inside jokes and references and stuff so don’t worry. But please let me know if you’re confused anyway! It’s just over two pages…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
Yay, I think I like this prologue much better. It introduces the central conflict and immediately sillhows what the story will be a modern, futuristic retelling of Les Mis, which I think will be what a reader that picks up your book will be expecting.
A few points:
#1: Since the POV is meant to be omnescient, the shift in focus is…[Read more]
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Joy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
@seekjustice Which one?
Oh, and sorry I never came back to beta-reading SFI. I lost the notes page you emailed me and then life happened annnnd. . . yeah. So sorry. 😛 🙁
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Joy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
@valtmy Sounds tedious. 😛
I’m doing more fan stuff. As usual.
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
There isn’t a link?
Hello. I’m working on my WIP. Got stuck for a while before I realised that it does not make sense for the scene I am writing to go the way I had planned so I am doing backtracking.
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Joy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
@rochellaine @valtmy @seekjustice @alia @ariel-ashira @jenwriter17 @anyone
I think I’ll try to hack away this plot hole a bit. How are y’all doing? 🙂
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
Haha your book is not even published yet and you are already pandering to the fanbase? 😛
Yes, Kendall really, really needs to be developed more. If removing all romantic hints is needed for that, I’ll say go for it. You are already in a dilemma regarding the genre of SFI, right? 😛 (Whether or not it should be a dystopian or not).…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
Hi. Yes, I’m still around. Unfortunately, I’ve been sick 🙁 (But I promise I am still working on Part 3 of QOD, @seekjustice so do not worry!)
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
Sure, I’d love to take a look. 🙂
As for your character pairings… Apart from Chessy’s silly crush, I honestly don’t have much of an opinion on that matter actually since I don’t really think of SFI as a romance so I did not read it as such.
Usually for romances what I like to see is two people coming together, supporting each…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #22 in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 10 months ago
Hi, it’s been SO long since I talked to you guys on this forum. 😀
Ooh the third draft of SFI? Yes, I do believe that the thing about the prologue was one point that I raised for my review.
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