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In lugnet.castle, Nathan Todd writes:
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> Hi Matt,
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> In lugnet.castle, Matt Hein writes:
> Thanks!
> That, or if you really worked at it, those interested in a slow building
> tension based around thoughts more then events (eg Tolkien's black riders in
> 'The Fellowship of the ring, the book not the movie! The movie misses the
> book's main use of these characters which is seeing them at this point or
> this point and knowing they hold a strategic point here or there... Without
> having directly seen the event or means. Warning: this requires extreme
> skill and even then must be contrasted, eg the rest of LOTR, again the book).
Hmm...seems plausable enough. Oddly, though, I haven't
yet taken the liberty to read Tolkein's trilogy yet
(possibly due to the fact I don't want to subconsciously
take some of the ideas and use them.) I'll probably give
it a read, though.
> I was more meaning that you need a some new simple characters (or masses)
> whose reactions are easier to follow and who are perhaps holders of much
> less rank. It is much easier to show a character, whatever you want to show,
> by having a lot of 'understandable' people around him and then expressing
> him by the differences in his reactions and attitude towards them.
Hmm...so you're basically saying to throw in a character
of lesser rank who differs from the opinions of those
around him.
> Not as far as I would have liked (and I think I accidently started a few
> chapters in (the top of the 2 links you gave). I am very short on time right
> now (hence my absence of late) but hopefully after Christmas I can come back
> and give a more thourough opinion.
Well, any reads are good...I look forward to
your opinions.
> In the segment I read (and it was probably just that a segment) I
> couldn't quite tell where I was and without any actions except leaning out
> of the window, I found it hard to follow the conversation.
That was probably a disasterous segment. (I was trying to
show how Dash and Skye grow closer, yet differ in opinions.
Guess that was kind of pointless.)
> Since you seem to like dialouge I would suggest you take another hint
> from Tolkien and read the chaapter in the Fellowship about the council at
> Elrond's. Here over 20 characters speak or are quoted, the entire plot is
> outlined, it is the longest chapter in the early part of the book, you don't
> know half the characters, and nothing happens. Yet by accents, speech
> patterns and inteligent unexpected ordering of understanding you find it
> both interesting and perfectly clear.
Yet another incentive to join the Tolkein following...I'll take
the hint and look for it.
<<_Matt Hein_>>
Fellow lego enthusiast
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| (...) Subconsciously take some of the ideas? haha! The way we see castle worlds like Ikros is because of tolkien. Warhammer, the popular minitures game, owes alot to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. so does the Sword of Shannara and the other (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| Hi Matt, SNIP (...) I have read LOTR and the Simeraillion sp? (which I prefer). I am in less danger then yourself of stealing ideas since I, while not historicaly accurate, encompace no magic or weird creatures in my writing. LOTR is almost a must (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| Hi Matt, In lugnet.castle, Matt Hein writes: SNIP (...) Thanks! That, or if you really worked at it, those interested in a slow building tension based around thoughts more then events (eg Tolkien's black riders in 'The Fellowship of the ring, the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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