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Everything Else / Re: Public School Writing Teachers
« on: January 05, 2009, 10:58:07 PM »
Sorry about that; I don't know what happened.

Haha, yeah I do, too. I agree.

Real creative writing? Or, like, the dinky little prompts that are 'You find a magical shell on the beach' or some crap like that?

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Rants and Stuff / Re: Revenge of Grumpy Bear
« on: January 05, 2009, 10:40:13 PM »
readerMom, is your picture of Arizona?

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: A Memory of Light
« on: January 05, 2009, 10:38:41 PM »
Vatdoro–As I have already said…how many 13-book series' have you read where main characters die in the beginning? None, I bet. So of course Rand, Matin, Perrin, Moiraine, etc. haven't died yet!

Analogy–a story is like a pattern. Each character is a thread, and other threads (other characters and events) split off from that thread. Cut one main thread, and an entire part of the story could be cut off.

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Everything Else / Re: Public School Writing Teachers
« on: January 05, 2009, 02:28:13 AM »
Yes, it is. Which is pretty much the point I was trying to make.

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Everything Else / Re: De-Pooping Sixteen Large Wild Shrimp From Mexican Gulf
« on: January 05, 2009, 01:33:00 AM »
Wow. I really can't believe a thread called "De-Pooping Sixteen Large Wild Shrimp From the Mexican Gulf" has actually reached two pages. Mankind truly has no boundaries.

And, by TWG standards, "De-Pooping Sixteen Large Wild Shrimp From the Mexican Gulf" is officially a hot topic.

For all shrimp lovers–go to Chile.

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Writing Group / Re: Stuck, right at the gate.
« on: January 05, 2009, 01:31:57 AM »
OK, I hear you. Everyone has their own style.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Splitting A Memory of Light...
« on: January 05, 2009, 01:30:33 AM »
Haha. And, also, if you had half a television you wouldn't be watching it.   8)

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Everything Else / Re: Public School Writing Teachers
« on: January 05, 2009, 01:29:38 AM »
Point taken. But there are some things that are useful only on a test of that subject. Example: the Reflexive Property. Do you know what that is? The Reflexive Property is that a=a. Pretty obvious.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: A Memory of Light
« on: January 05, 2009, 01:26:40 AM »
I wish Faile would die, too. All she does is go around, muttering about the art of controlling a husband, get captured by more people, act important, and then make Perrin risk his neck to go save her.

Necroben- How many thirteen-book series' have you read where major characters die halfway through?

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Writing Group / Re: How you handle WRITER'S BLOCK!
« on: January 04, 2009, 08:31:07 PM »
Yeah it doesn't matter if it's good or not–just that it starts the words flowing.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: A Memory of Light
« on: January 04, 2009, 08:21:25 PM »
But the vision where he splits from the Dragon doesn't necessarily mean he becomes separate from Lews Therin Telamon; it could be more metaphorical (aren't Min's visions often so?). For example, it could mean that he becomes separate from the responsibilities and stuff of the Dragon.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Splitting A Memory of Light...
« on: January 04, 2009, 08:12:45 PM »
Yes, but there's just something nice about sitting down and reading a complete novel, because if a story that could be compacted into one book is split into two, I find that the ending of the first one leaves me a little unsatisfied and wanting more.

Point taken, though.

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Writing Group / Re: How you handle WRITER'S BLOCK!
« on: January 04, 2009, 08:10:43 PM »
This may sound rather childish, but I have found it to be helpful when I have writer's block. Depending on what you're writing, different items will be substituted (I write mostly fantasy, with swords/armor/stuff-like-that), but this is the basics: When I have writer's block, I look at things that could be common items in my story: (for me,) swords, arrows, magical pieces?.oftentimes, my mind will start working on a story or scene just by looking at these items and thinking about them.

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Writing Group / Re: Stuck, right at the gate.
« on: January 04, 2009, 08:06:17 PM »
I agree. Also, writing a prologue or first chapter that contains a key element to the rest of the story can be helpful–the death of someone, an important object stolen, something discovered, etc. It helps set up your plot, and provides openings to introduce your characters.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Splitting A Memory of Light...
« on: January 04, 2009, 08:00:05 PM »
I agree; it wouldn't be fair to only give us half first. ß

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