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Reading Excuses / June 6- dark_prophecy- As a Man Does
« on: June 08, 2010, 06:52:20 AM »
Sorry this is up so late :D

I work nights, so I sleep during the day, and I was super busy before I went to bed this morning and didn't get everything done that I wanted to. Evidently posting this thread was part of that everything.  :-\

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Reading Excuses / May 31- dark_prophecy- Unseen (Short Story)
« on: May 31, 2010, 03:31:31 PM »
Enjoy guys! I'm going to be submitting this one as soon as I find the right place over at ralan.com and fix the spelling and grammar errors. I'm finally writing the amount that I always thought I could do! Yay me!


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Reading Excuses / January 18- Dark Prophecy- Deathday Magic- Chapter 1
« on: January 18, 2010, 12:39:26 PM »
So guys, please PLEASE be super nice and love me and only say good things.... just kidding. This one needs ripped apart. It's a first draft, didn't even stop to change spelling, and I have no idea where I'm going with it yet. All I've got is an idea, and a couple of characters.

I'd love to hear, in particular, about how I might liven up my little thief. I'm thinking that I'm going to make him just a little bit older than he is (he's probably 16 right now, and I'm tired of reading about 16 year old boys), so yeah.

Enjoy!

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Writing Group / How do you outline?
« on: January 04, 2010, 01:33:59 PM »
I'm not asking what an outline is, I'm asking how each of you does it when you're working on a story or novel.

For me, I break it all down, Dwight V. Swain style, into scenes and sequels. I start at the beginning of my story and make sure that I've got scenes and sequels from beginning to end. If I can have a character with a goal, a conflict, a disaster, a character's reaction to that disaster, a dilemma and a decision, then I feel confident I can write that scene and sequel, and I move on to the next. It takes some time, but it works for me.

I'm super interested in seeing how everyone else outlines their stuff though, so please reply.

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Reading Excuses / January 2nd- Dark Prophecy- Part Time Angel, Prologue and Ch. 1-4
« on: January 03, 2010, 09:30:12 AM »
As always, rip it apart gentlemen. I especially would like to know things about setting, dialogue, and showing vs. telling. You guys are fantastic, now please tear me a new one.


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Reading Excuses / December 28th- Dark Prophecy- Part Time Angel, Chapters 1 and 2
« on: December 28, 2009, 08:37:41 AM »
So, the first two chapters in what I hope will be a trilogy of books about a teenage boy who gets a summer job working for Heaven as a guardian angel. Crazy, I know, but just bear with me. As always, I invite you to destroy the text completely, only asking that you give me some explanations on just why it sucks.

-Bryce

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