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| | | Nathan Todd wrote in message ... (...) it (...) create (...) David Eddings goes into quite a lot of detail as to how he creates worlds (for his series the Belgariad and the Tamuli) in his book "The Rivan Codex". Worth a look if that's what you're (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Please read this! —Matt Hein
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| | | | (...) Is it based on the computer game genre 'Riven' by any chance? Probably not, sounds deftly similar, though. (...) Thanks for the advice! How far did you read into the story? (just evaluating. You're the test audience so I highly value those (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Please read this! —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | Matt Hein wrote in message ... (...) Nope, nothing to do with Riven. DE wrote two series of 6 books (double trilogies), the first 6 being "The Belgrariad": the central character was Belgarion, King of Riva. Hence the Rivan Codex - there's a lot of (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Please read this! —Matt Hein
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| | | | (...) Hmm...I'll probably take a look at it...so many fantasy novels out there, though. (that's why I'm trying to incorporate some sci-fi elements into it. The beginning sections anyway.) (...) Tells you something...did you get bored easily while (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Please read this! —Leonard Hoffman
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| | | | | (...) This is precisely why writing is an artform and not a science. There is no real way to measure exactly when something is too detailed or not enough, and there is always variation in your readers. My advice is to provide only what detail is (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Please read this! —Matt Hein
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| | | | | | | (...) Ah, finally more interesting discussion in this thread. :) (...) Yes, I was wondering when someone would eventually state something to that extent...right now I'm looking for rather metaphorical ideas for detail. (something which seems rather (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Please read this! —Anders Isaksson
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| | | | | | | "leonard hoffman" <glencaer@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H7JKnC.2o9@lugnet.com... (...) is, (...) plot. (...) a (...) rather (...) I don't agree. Any story giving only the relevant details will feel 'thin'. Some details become relevant just (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Please read this! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | In lugnet.castle, Leonard Hoffman writes: Great post! (snipped it, but it's worth rereading...) I know some people don't like Orson Scott Card, and some do. But this book of his _How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy_ is chock full of good advice. (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Please read this! —Matt Hein
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| | | | | | (...) Well, I've got quite a nice list of books to peruse for christmas vacation. (not a bad collection, as that :) However, what if you were trying to fuse story types? For example, let's say you're writing the book in a historic stance, yet it's (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) What is the desired focus? That something is set in a particular time period does not in and of itself make it milleau... if the characters are what drive the story, it's still character. It's not a forcing per se I don't feel, but a way to (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) Ursula Le Guin has identified the "multiple foci" perspective as the hardest to execute effectively. I'm not sure I agree 100%, but it's definitely tricky to write character sufficiently distinct from one another to allow the reader to believe (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —Matt Hein
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| | | | | | (...) The desired focus by far would probably be event driven. (with a small amount of character thrown in as well.) (...) Okay, I haven't really gone into explanation of those, (technology) although there would be some minor inclusions when it (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) True, but we are talking about storycraft, not castle construction. On reflection, publish is the right place I think. (and not o-t.geek either) (...) Yes I have. I have not read all of it but I think much of what others said applies. I found (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —Matt Hein
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| | | | | | | (...) Very well. (...) Okay, I'm working on that and a small index. (...) Hmm...you've got a point there. Perhaps I was trying to convey that he was rather evasive (?) Evasive to reveal his opinion? (...) Hmm...okay, the clouds were almost shaped (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Great. Now, a note... The samples I picked were just that, samples. I chose a few to illustrate a point, not that if you fix these you're all set. They're characteristic of much of the work that I read. (...) You're often better off not (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —Matt Hein
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I'm going to fix the dialogue first, then work on the rest of the specifics. (...) Avoid it all costs so the reader can figure it out, then. Noted. (...) Ah, this sounds pretty fun, actually. Why make an enemy obvious when in fact, they would (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.publish, Matt Hein writes: <lots of good back and forth> I can't stay too long tonite, I got a mountain calling my name but I will just leave you with this one clarification _Wild Seed_ *is* a fantasy. It may not be the conventional swords (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —Matt Hein
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) My apologies with the rather tenuous response. My family gave me a little ten minute ultimatum on the computer, so I was pressed to write the reply rather hastily. :) (...) Nah, conventional fantasy is *way* too repeated. Maybe I should (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —Wayne McCaul
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Hi Matt, Just delurking to adding my two-cents. Of all the books on writing that I've read, Kit Reed's "Story First: The Writer As Insider" is, by far, the easiest to digest. She writes in a pretty straightforward, conversational tone. It's not (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —William R. Ward
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) It can, but Tom Swifties can be even more irritating to read. Often you can just skip the whole thing altogether, and just have the quotes, if it's two people speaking... Bob walked up to Mary and whispered in her ear. "I think we should go (...) (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —William R. Ward
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| | | | | | | | (...) If you're writing science fiction/fantasy, take a look at the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.sf.composition. There are some really great people there and a lot of good advice. You can find it via Google Groups if you don't have Usenet access... (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this! —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) Boy, you and Sanburn are really zany for posting-group purity! 8^) I moved my part of the thread to ot.geek because I shifted into a particular discussion of authors, rather than the niceties of writing. But if you think it's better steered to (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | Re: Please read this! —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | (...) No, I didn't get bored, to be honest I got really really irritated with all the big words thrown in without apparently knowing what they mean. It gets in the way of the communication. I just went back and took another look, and I see you've (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Please read this! —Matt Hein
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| | | | (...) I can honestly say I knew what they meant, just improperly used some of them in the dialogue. (Several of the uses were largely inappropriate as pointed out earlier. I'm still reviewing for phrases to edit out.) My apologies if this served as (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Please read this! —Mark Jordan
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| | | | Matt, Your mis-use of long words is too frequent to catalogue. If you honestly knew what they meant, why mis-use them? If you plan to use long words, I suggest you check each and every one with a dictionary - preferably one that has quotations from (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Please read this! —Matt Hein
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| | | | (...) Nice question. Let's get down to the specifics. 1. I wrote the original manuscript for this story over two years ago. Have you taken a second look at the writing yet? (you'll notice I really toned down a lot of the words in part three.) 2. I (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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