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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Ah, that’s the self-criticism talking, isn’t it?
FYI: My WIP is about a queen that falls from grace and goes into hiding… and does that by hiding in plain sight as a rising star in the local theatre scene and waging a propaganda war with her enemies. Ridiculous, yes, but I suppose whether it is lame or not is a matter of preference. 😛
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Ah, well. For me, I will never get anything done if I sit down to do careful planning and plotting (e.g. I have planned out quite a few things for my adventure/fantasy story and written about 7 chapters but it’ll take forever to plan out the rest because it’s quite the sweeping epic). The trouble is in getting myself to actually…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Well, maybe I’m just being too critical of myself. All part of being a writer. Once I get the scenes done, I’ll post them for review to see what you guys think.
But for now I am stuck with these problematic scenes. It is not about me having trouble resisting the urge to edit but more that I haven’t planned everything in my plot out…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Goodnight.
I think I’ve told you this before. The scenes that were cute in my head don’t seem to turn out as cute when I write them. 🙁
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Cool. I’ll check it out when I have time.
Haha. Unfortunately, I don’t think any of the heroes in my adventure/fantasy story are in a position to be inflicted with asthma (this has to do why they are immune to the magic plague as well) and/or having asthma does not fit with their characterisation (one of them is a…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Haha that does sound funny though I doubt the opera music will do it for me. I don’t suppose there’s anywhere I can watch it?
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Nope I have not.
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Haha. I am a sadistic writer in my own way. I’m all for anything that can kill the delusional power fantasy that is rampant in adventure/fantasy stories. I mean, how many stories have you read that have badass mages and warriors catching the sniffles (not dealing with romanticised injuries they got in some glorious battle)?
Ooh you…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Hi. Feels like I haven’t talked to you for ages. 😛
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Good?! Given how much you torture your characters, I would have thought that you would have liked it if I made it a gloriously depressing storyline. 😛
By the way, I read your blog post about your story for Nanowrimo! The wattle blossoms remind me of the canola flower fields in Jeju in Korea. 😀
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Oh, yes. The people I’ve talked to who are in the medical community are all very concerned about the possibility of a global flu outbreak especially given how interconnected the world is now. Great reminder of how we are only living by God’s grace, right?
Haha that storyline is actually only one of the plot threads in the story. The…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
And to think I thought I was cruel when it comes to killing my characters. 😛
From what I read about the Spanish flu, an unusual thing about it is that a young and healthy person is more likely to die from it if they get infected (something to do with the overreaction of the immune system). So I found it to be very fitting for my…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Hi! Haha are you sure you won’t use it to torture your characters someday?
One of my story ideas involve unleashing a magical equivalent of the Spanish flu in an empire so you may never know. 😛
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
@seekjustice @rochellaine @jenwriter17 @dekreel
Is there anyone around?
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Joy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
@rochellaine Yep. That’s where it’s from.
It’s pretty interesting and quite well-written, but kind of bizarre and hard to understand. I haven’t been studying it hard enough to write a good analytic essay about it. XP
Eh, long-story poems aren’t my favorite thing in the world, but they’re cool.
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Joy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
Well, I disappeared. . .
What’s the essay topic?
@rochellaine It’s a literary analysis essay on Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which I still need to study. XP
I think what was funny was at the time I found it I’d just been having a long discussion about MBTI with you, so the difference was startling.
Ha, I see. . . Yes, things have definitely chan…[Read more]
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valtmy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
No I have not heard of it.
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Joy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
@rochellaine I’m theoretically writing an essay, but I’ve been getting quite distracted. . . -_-
*squints* And do tell, what’s so funny about it? I’ve changed, that’s all, if that’s what you mean. 😛
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Joy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
@rochellaine Aye, I’m here. Barely got anything done though. 😛
Soooo, anything new with you?
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Joy replied to the topic Writers' Corner #20 in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
LOUISE!! 😀 *tackles hugs* Hi! Didn’t expect you to come by! How have you been?
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