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Re: Story crafting (was Re: Please read this!
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Tue, 24 Dec 2002 04:15:29 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.publish, Matt Hein writes:
> <lots of good back and forth>
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> I can't stay too long tonite, I got a mountain calling my name but I will
> just leave you with this one clarification
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. :)
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> _Wild Seed_ *is* a fantasy. It may not be the conventional swords and
> sorcery sort of fantasy but it definitely is one, at least to this hard SF
> reader.
Nah, conventional fantasy is *way* too repeated.
Maybe I should re-evaluate a few of my prospects.
Just a few moments ago I came up with the idea of
shards in my story, but I won't reveal that until
later. (just sounds so cool, though.)
Perchance the inclusion of several interesting
new items might draw in the reader. Like you
said earlier with the 'seed village' factor, I
think I've got a few nice ideas on hand.
<<_Matt Hein_>>
Fellow lego enthusiast
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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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| 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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