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Reading Excuses / Re: Email List + Submission Dates
« on: June 29, 2010, 02:01:00 AM »
What's with all the random 'Fred's in my inbox? Are we changing systems or something? You go less active for a moment....
Max is a Shadowblade, a supernatural--and supernaturally competent--warrior bound to protect her witch Giselle. As a Shadowblade, Max doesn't age. She is better, faster, stronger than any ordinary human being. And she hates it. Giselle betrayed her trust to make Max what she is, and though she is magically compelled to protect Giselle and follow orders, Max works against her witch in every way she can. Continue reading Bitter Night
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Awwwww, you miss me!That would require one of us to leave. I haven't posted anything after Jan, so as far as me and my submits are concerned, you're all caught up.
I'm almost done with the novel I'm reading, so I'll be starting your guys' stuff this upcoming week. Then again... Maybe I'll leave it for a while. Wouldn't want Josh to lose his favourite entertainment (that is, taunting me about it)Favourite?
Hey all, I'm back and better than ever. My goal? Impress Frogpsh. These days getting Frog to even read something would be a feat in and of itself. Fallen off the horse awhile back and it is so hard to get back on. That, and I've noticed that the moment I let myself get into critic mode my ability to write my own new stuff is shot for a day or so and I really want to have something finished. If you think I am tough on your work you should see what a bloody mess I can make of my own stuff....
Ah, thank you. A little bit of good always helps me take the more negative critical aspects a bit better.Believe me I understand. I am quickly getting to the point where I can only send my WIP to people who will lie to me and tell me it is perfect just so I can get it done (through the first draft) without ripping it apart myself. It's just that the forum at large usually prefers I am brutally honest and it comes pretty natural to me (more natural then the creative process unfortunately). But if what you need most is more of a cheerleader, I can try to do that too.
I look forward to the aforementioned line edits.I thought I sent them to your email as an attachment already. Are you saying you didn't get them?
So, uh... was there anything good or that you liked?Oops, sorry. I know I pointed out a few positive things, but they didn't seem to make it from my line edits to the forum at large. It wasn't a bad start. Though I am not fond of the way you currently formatted the first chapter, it has some good potential as a scene and you did have a lot of good details about the world and magic system that if given in more moderation or shown throughout the scene would have been great.
And could you also specify what the old English you're referring to is? I don't recall, off hand, putting any in...Colour instead of color, favourite instead of favorite, crownes instead of crowns... things like that.
I think that plot isn't the whole story. With any book you write, there should be interesting characters with interesting conflicts. Character, not plot, is the soul of story. Plots are the base distillations of stories, not the stories themselves. Fantasy, in particular, needs to have awesome, differentiating speculative aspects to it as well. So while the basic plot arc may be similar, the other components of the story shouldn't be replicas of your inspiration. If you do that, then yes, you have a problem!Yeah, basically ditto from me.I don't worry too much about plot 'stealing' so long as you do your own research and insert yourself as much as possible. Let the story evolve a bit on its own rather then trying to rigidly stick to any given formula and it will be better for it. But then most people here know I'm firmly in the 'there is nothing new under the sun' camp. I actually see it as a challenge when people say 'this has never been done before' because it is usually so easy to prove them wrong.