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In lugnet.castle, Kevin Wilson writes:
> 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 doing.
Is it based on the computer game genre 'Riven' by any chance?
Probably not, sounds deftly similar, though.
> Matt, I second a lot of the advice given here. You have plot, you have
> characters - you've got the creative part sussed! What you need is the
> technique, the craft of writing, and that takes learning and practice. So go
> to it! I highly recommend a dictionary for those $5 words: if you don't use
> them correctly, you lose both the people who don't understand them AND the
> people who do, leaving you with a rather small audience :-(
Thanks for the advice! How far did you read into the
story? (just evaluating. You're the test audience so I
highly value those comments.)
Got a dictionary, might need an Oxford version, as
someone took the heart to suggest earlier. I'm toning
down the five dollar words though in my next chapter.
Attaining a creative equilibrium between the spectrums
of extremity and vagueness proves difficult, though
I can say the motion of finding the solution is
always truely captivating. :)
<<_Matt Hein_>>
Fellow lego enthusiast
O s p r e y
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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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| 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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