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Writing Group / Re: Writing Prompts!
« on: December 19, 2010, 10:19:56 PM »
This might not be following the guidelines, since there's three people (only two talk at a time) and it's a comic script rather than prose.


"When's dad coming home?"

"I dunno!"

"I'm bored."

"Will you play with me?"

"No."

"Will you play with me?"

"No"

"Will
you
play a game with me?"

"I want to play with dad. You just want to play kids games."

"You're only three years older than me!"

"Three and a half!"

"Oh yeah?
Well…
I am a wizard!"

"(Sigh) How many times do I have to tell yous? Fairies, elves and monsters don't exist, and wizards don't rule the world. It's generals and athletes and architects who-

"And this is my magic leaf pile!
Do you want to take a jump in the pile?"

"No!"

"Why not?"

"Dad says there's no such thing as magic."

"Why that's the most saddest thing I've ever heard, and I'm only nine!
(raised eyebrow)
Regardingless, I say that I'm a wizard.
Normally I'd charge one purply-red leaf for each trip into the pile, but since this is your first trip, I'll let you jump for free."

"(Oh yes, you sure are a shrewd businessman.)
It's just a bunch of leaves. That's not a magic pile."

"Well
maybe
you'll
never
find
out." (he crouches in the pile, out of sight)

...

"I'm bored.
(car engine vroom)
Dad's home!"

"Hi dad!"

"Hey son. Where's your brother?"

"He's playing over there.
I want to play catch!"

"That's a great idea! You could play catch with your brother. "

"What?"

"I have a lot of work to do tonight. See you at dinner!"

...

"I'm bor-
I'm cold.
Maybe I don't want to find out if it's magic!
Maybe I don't care!
(he steps in it)
Because it's not."

"You have to jump into it, Mr. Athlete!
Mr. Athletect!
Major General No-Fun!"

"You want to see a jump?
I'll show you a jump!"

(He takes a running jump into the leaf pile, falls a great distance, gets up and looks up at the sky)

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Spoilers! Realmatic Theory and You!
« on: September 02, 2010, 06:59:37 PM »
I just finished the Way of Kings. Any ideas on what the Shadesmar is, and how it's related to soulcasting?

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Webcomics & Free Stuff / Re: Webcomics suitable for young audiences?
« on: June 08, 2010, 10:26:12 PM »
Daisy Owl is a wonderful webcomic. So is Nedroid
I don't remember if Nedroid ever had swear words or stuff....I am almost certain it never did.
Calvin and Hobbes would be much easier to read in book form than online in my opinion.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Spoilers! Realmatic Theory and You!
« on: June 08, 2010, 10:18:27 PM »
Wow...that's an amazing theory! I don't know if it's true but it makes perfect sense.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Way of Kings Cover Art
« on: March 02, 2010, 07:15:48 AM »
It's growing on me too
At first I thought, what? What's the ridiculous outfit he's got on? Then I looked at the preliminary drawings and realized - wow wait a minute, that's one of those giant storms we've been hearing about! I really like the sense of scale

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This isn't a submission to the contest, but I'm not sure where else to put this.


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Wow you guys are clever. Theorylandgod, that's my favorite one so far.

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I chose something far more valuable than an iPod or Kindle. 

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu257/aviroberts/harrypotterreborn.png

Also I only have MS Paint so I'm not aiming to win.  ;)

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Alcatraz 3 *spoilers* (maybe)
« on: January 08, 2010, 02:03:10 AM »
Who Alcatraz murders? Attica makes sense. After all, Attica is supposedly trying to give everyone Smedry Talents, which Alcatraz knows from the tomb is not a good idea. My guess would be that Alcatraz tries to stop him from whatever he's doing, and in so doing accidentally kills Attica.
I think it will be Grandpa Smedry unfortunately. (I forgot his first name!) When you compare Alcatraz's relationships to his grandpa and his dad in book 3, Alcatraz is much less close to his dad. Killing Grandpa Smedry would hurt Alcatraz so much more and would certainly explain why Alcatraz has been trying to convince us he's a terrible person for the last 3 books.

Not only that, he's become an old mentor like Obi-Wan or Gandalf. :(

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The Way of Kings : pre-release
« on: December 24, 2009, 03:37:44 AM »
Very cool, thanks!

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The Way of Kings : pre-release
« on: December 23, 2009, 08:38:01 PM »
My memory's a bit rusty because this is a year ago. I don't remember any guards. I do remember he had been hired to wear white and he didn't question why, because he was an assassin. Maybe so he'd be disguised as a priest? He was slowly walking through this castle-type place, and there was a celebration? Or maybe a bonfire?

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The Way of Kings : pre-release
« on: December 23, 2009, 05:01:17 AM »
Wow, really? That's surprising in a very cool way because I'm 99% certain he said it was from a later book and wouldn't spoil anything.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The Way of Kings : pre-release
« on: December 23, 2009, 04:52:45 AM »
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but during the Hero of Ages tour Brandon read an excerpt from the middle of the series - it was a chapter about a man who 'wore white on the day he went to kill a king' or something like that. I can't remember the exact details but it was very cool.

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It really feels like one unified series, rather than separate books. The series sure has matured.

Why did they change Brandon Sanderson's book jacket photo from his own books? He looks way too serious. :P

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It would be impossible! You'd be about two or three years into the story if I remember correctly. I would definitely recommend starting with book 1 when you have time.

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