Mark Kamibaya

Now??? @winter-rose. Send your email address to @spradlin and she’ll forward it onto me (please Sarah) and then I’ll send through the story to you. Does that suit?

@Daeus Oh cool! An audio of your own book…that’d be exciting.

I know what you’re saying about a person reading the whole book as opposed to an actor representing the specific character, but I don’t think the issue of the person reading the book for the audio is the only problem. I thought it might be bad if the word was said out loud at all,…[Read more]

@winter-rose I’m done editing. It was good to get that out of the way, although I’m at a bit of a sticky spot as I’m unsure what to do with it now. If you care to read it I could always use new beta readers… 🙂

Thanks @nataliemarie it has just been published on KP if you want to see it in its proper shape. 🙂

@winter-rose I’ve got some editing to do, so I can join you. 🙂

This is a great topic. <3 -hops over to add my two cents-

In what I’m working on right now, I’m writing from the perspective of a certain guy who’s… actually quite foul mouthed. But the thing is that it’s not the total sum of his thoughts a lot and it works just fine to go “I swore under my breath as I checked my watch” and still keep it within…[Read more]

@daeus I didn’t think that yours would have that problem either! I’ve just seen a lot of similes used to make fun of Scripture and it’s not good.

@rolena-hatfield Ah, yes. I don’t think any of my smilies have that problem, but it’s a good point.

If it’s not too confusing to jump back to the topic of similes… 🙂

I think the important factor for me is that when using similes (or analogies for that matter) that they are clearly not mocking God or the Bible.
Similes have a very dramatic pull to them when used and I think are very effective is done properly, with respect for God and His…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper

I totally agree with you. I wasn’t trying to defend swearing, just trying to find a way to help Daeus with this. 🙂

@daeus

I understand what you mean by:

“My point isn’t to say that swearing is necessary (it isn’t) but that including it in a book is not the same as doing it yourself.”

However, from the reader’s per…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper Good point. Some of those other sins are really necessary to a plot, while swearings isn’t so much. I don’t think I’d say that swearing can never advance the plot though. My point isn’t to say that swearing is necessary (it isn’t) but that including it in a book is not the same as doing it yourself. So, let’s take the example of…[Read more]

@draggon-snapper Good point. Some of those other sins are really necessary to a plot, while swearings isn’t so much. I don’t think I’d say that swearing can never advance the plot though. My point isn’t to say that swearing is necessary (it isn’t) but that including it in a book is not the same as doing it yourself. So, let’s take the example of…[Read more]

@Daeus I would never read a curse word from a script, whether play or book. Something you could consider (though it’s kinda minor) about whether or not to put the words in your writing is, what if someone were to make an audiobook or movie out of your story (pretend for a minute that’s likely to happen. 😛 Ya never know!), they’d have to say the…[Read more]

@warrioroftherealm

“”2. What words are you using? The D-word, or something worse? I would say that the D-word is the one word that is the least bad of all the cuss words that exist (not saying that it’s right, but that it is not as terrible as saying the S-word or something). “”

No, it’s not right, and it’s not as harsh as other words, but r…[Read more]

@warrioroftherealm

2. What words are you using? The D-word, or something worse? I would say that the D-word is the one word that is the least bad of all the cuss words that exist (not saying that it’s right, but that it is not as terrible as saying the S-word or something).

No, it’s not right, and it’s not as harsh as other words, b…

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@warrioroftherealm

2. What words are you using? The D-word, or something worse? I would say that the D-word is the one word that is the least bad of all the cuss words that exist (not saying that it’s right, but that it is not as terrible as saying the S-word or something).

No, it’s not right, and it’s not as harsh as other words, but r…

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@warrioroftherealm

2. What words are you using? The D-word, or something worse? I would say that the D-word is the one word that is the least bad of all the cuss words that exist (not saying that it’s right, but that it is not as terrible as saying the S-word or something).

No, it’s not right, and it’s not as harsh as other words, but r…

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Ehh… yeah. I’d say so 😛

@warrioroftherealm

Ok, so for the first one, basically I’m setting up the difference between my MC and this other character (I’ll call him character A). It’s very important that this group of other characters come view my MC as representing their interests and character A as being against them. The impression needs to be very strong so the…[Read more]