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Reading Excuses / Re: The Rules Of Reading Excuses
« on: November 21, 2008, 12:03:05 AM »
Just copy/paste that list of Utopia's yahoo! answers questions into a text file... Dummy text if I ever saw it.
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"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
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Reading Excuses / Re: Email List + Submission Dates
« on: November 21, 2008, 12:01:38 AM »
Mine's almost ready. After my trip out to Iowa, it ought to be perfectly ready. ^^
I've been thinking about ways we could be awesomer, though: what about a bit of HTML for signatures that points to a neat RE graphic that links back to the board? Spread the love!
I've been thinking about ways we could be awesomer, though: what about a bit of HTML for signatures that points to a neat RE graphic that links back to the board? Spread the love!
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Reading Excuses / Re: The Rules Of Reading Excuses
« on: November 20, 2008, 09:37:49 PM »
Once again... Don't piss off your readers and peers. This community is a thing of courtesy, and if we don't maintain the courtesy, keep up that civility, the core of the community will rot.
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Reading Excuses / Re: NaNo 2008: DONE
« on: November 20, 2008, 09:29:05 PM »
Chaos, you could do a "What is Reading Excuses? (Read first)" thread... That could be our test for joining, just make them reach the end of it. ^^
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Reading Excuses / Re: Email List + Submission Dates
« on: November 20, 2008, 09:27:11 PM »
Anyone else itching for that magic day to come around? We should all get cupcakes and candles and celebrate the Grand Opening of RE on the first...
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Reading Excuses / Re: The Rules Of Reading Excuses
« on: November 20, 2008, 09:26:23 PM »
Out of common courtesy, lets try and keep it to around 3500-4000. I wont refuse to review a peice if it's larger, but I won't be happy about it, and frankly, unhappy readers are not what we want.
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Reading Excuses / Re: Mod Voting!
« on: November 20, 2008, 06:46:44 AM »
Once again, why don't we stick with the "Ride it out and plan after we get an idea" theory? If one mod + Fellfrosh can't manage the group, then we can ask for more as we need them; I'm sure Sprig will be helpful, if only so he doesn't have to do it himself, lol.
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Reading Excuses / Re: Your Background
« on: November 20, 2008, 02:45:34 AM »
I think we should have a mandatory format for these things:
"Hello my name is _____, and I'm an aspiring writer with ADD/a social life/children/[insert other reason and/or excuse]."
Then we reply:
"Hello ____!"
"Hello my name is _____, and I'm an aspiring writer with ADD/a social life/children/[insert other reason and/or excuse]."
Then we reply:
"Hello ____!"
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Reading Excuses / Re: The Rules Of Reading Excuses
« on: November 20, 2008, 02:42:53 AM »
Yes, but are you adverse to whippings with spaghetti? For that is the unspoken penalty for not submitting.
Personally I'm all for a second list for readers. I saw it at first and thought about how it'd suck to have it distributed that far, but really, it's just like having a giant common pool of Alpha Readers.
Personally I'm all for a second list for readers. I saw it at first and thought about how it'd suck to have it distributed that far, but really, it's just like having a giant common pool of Alpha Readers.
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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Wheel v. Mist
« on: November 19, 2008, 09:26:20 PM »
Gholam are near immortal, and crazy fast/strong, but an Allo burning tin and pewter would even the field up pretty fast, toss in a duralumin pewter burn for a final punch or something, and it wouldn't be pleasant to be a gholam in Luthadel. Likewise Vin's flying metal bits of death, making sure a LOT of it was silver, would probably make for an unpleasant day.
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Rants and Stuff / Re: OMWOW!
« on: November 19, 2008, 09:15:41 PM »
The 7-11 I used to work at out here in California had them, then about two months ago they stopped carrying them. I was saddened and grief-stricken at the loss of such a beautiful species of muffin from my life...
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Reading Excuses / Re: Your Background
« on: November 19, 2008, 09:13:58 PM »
I wrote a short story where the hero was Megaman... Never did anything with Chrono Trigger, though (too busy playing the game lol)
@M: You aren't a noob amongst seasoned writers, by a long shot. I've personally written only about 120 pages as my longest bit of work (don't know what that comes out to word-wise...), every other time I get to about half that and end up scrapping it in favor of a massive revision or a new idea altogether. You are amongst peers, some of whom will have done more than you, some who have done less, but peers just the same.
@M: You aren't a noob amongst seasoned writers, by a long shot. I've personally written only about 120 pages as my longest bit of work (don't know what that comes out to word-wise...), every other time I get to about half that and end up scrapping it in favor of a massive revision or a new idea altogether. You are amongst peers, some of whom will have done more than you, some who have done less, but peers just the same.
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Reading Excuses / Re: Mod Voting!
« on: November 19, 2008, 09:02:42 PM »
Well, Fell is already the Mod over this board, the idea now is to get someone a little more diligent than him here for when it all goes up in flames Dec 1.
We might be able to get co-mods thought, that'd be awesome.
We might be able to get co-mods thought, that'd be awesome.
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Rants and Stuff / Re: OMWOW!
« on: November 19, 2008, 10:37:31 AM »
I personally LOVE muffins. Lemon ones, with cranberries in them.
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Reading Excuses / Re: Mod Voting!
« on: November 19, 2008, 08:51:28 AM »
Yes, I can add new people in, and extend the deadline.
NOTE: SE is Saint Elhers, I put it up as a joke... now reconsidering that attempt...
NOTE: SE is Saint Elhers, I put it up as a joke... now reconsidering that attempt...