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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Nov 3, 2014 22:46:55 GMT -8
indea - i meant that well, but i get ur meaning. just don't start editing. i wanna see you pouring it out like. sebastian - hey, an audience is cool. hello there.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Nov 3, 2014 23:29:53 GMT -8
Sir Milo Quartermass - Yay! Your story is up and running. The repeated mention of color reminds me of the only Japanese writer I've read much of. Dramatic.
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Post by Kristi is prescribed skeletons on Nov 4, 2014 2:55:32 GMT -8
Yay! A fellow cheerleader!
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Nov 4, 2014 4:39:49 GMT -8
Thy Dungyeon Maestyr- Great stuff in there, I had to read it twice because the first time I felt like i missed stuff. Your style is so polished, I am looking forward to more. Sir Milo Quartermass- I can tell your young friend is going to love it. It reminds me of Ghibli films.
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DKender
Only One Skeleton has the Power to Control both Life and Death, Light and Dark, Words and Blank Space, Our Humble Lives Continue Only by the Grace and Magnanimity of This Skeleton
Nay, let us walk from fire unto firey skeleton ...
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Post by DKender on Nov 4, 2014 9:46:56 GMT -8
I've had a chance to read Kelly/Dungeon Maestyr/Indea/Milo's excerpts and I'm extremely impressed. You guys make rough drafts that read like final drafts.
Can't wait to check out your links, Kristi!
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Post by Sir Milo Quartermass on Nov 4, 2014 12:43:36 GMT -8
Finally got time to sit down and have a read of the stuff that's up. I really like everything I've seen so far. Thanks for your feedback too Thy Dungyeon Maestyr - I'm really interested in your piece so far. I like that you're dealing in real-world scary. It's really easy to sympathize with the main character and the shit she's dealing with so far...which means when the spoopernatural stuff happens, it'll be even more spoopy. ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ - Oh man, way to paint a picture! What you have up so far was pretty uncomfortable to read, but in a good way. I can't wait to see where it goes. ∆§Indea§∆ - dude, that was so quirky and funny! Paying the fairies in teeth left over from bar fights...I'm dying. Very tongue-in-cheek look at the whole "hero's journey" trope. Also Indea, thanks for the Ghibli comparison. It really makes me feel great about this story AND it gave me an idea for more music to add to my writing playlist!
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DKender
Only One Skeleton has the Power to Control both Life and Death, Light and Dark, Words and Blank Space, Our Humble Lives Continue Only by the Grace and Magnanimity of This Skeleton
Nay, let us walk from fire unto firey skeleton ...
Posts: 9,204
Gender: Unknown Skeleton
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Post by DKender on Nov 4, 2014 19:19:43 GMT -8
All roight! I finished Short Story #1, now onto a longer project. I won't be posting the full text here, but I will post the first line of each story! #1 = I’m Juliet LaBelle, the bodiless shadow on your wall. It makes more sense with context
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Nov 5, 2014 0:18:24 GMT -8
Thx guys! Ahaha I tried to beat Milo for 5 minutes, let's see how long that lasts. EDIT: and I wrote a scene that made me intensely uncomfortable. Success??
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Nov 5, 2014 0:20:47 GMT -8
Cool beans DeeK, but I do hope you post a wee bit more than that as excerpts at some point.
Meanwhile, I'd like to assure people Me & K cannot keep up the rate at which we Nano'd today. He'll be comicking before long and I'll be working 36 hours in 3 days starting Thursday. We're trying to make up for the time we've lost already and will lose in the future. So don't be discouraged and do hop back up in his joint.
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Nov 5, 2014 1:12:33 GMT -8
It's coo. I'm going to try to have my own marathon tomorrow, I'm falling behind. ;-;
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Nov 7, 2014 16:46:14 GMT -8
Awfully quiet here, are those percentages moving???
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Nov 7, 2014 17:04:16 GMT -8
Ugh, I'm sucking this year.. The heat doesn't help. I'm hoping to get over the 10K hump sooner rather than later though.
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Nov 8, 2014 1:25:08 GMT -8
U can do it Indea! We'll do another sprint this weekend.
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Post by Sir Milo Quartermass on Nov 9, 2014 21:53:48 GMT -8
Just because we chatted about it a bit, I find that having reference images for characters is good inspiration. For anyone who doesn't already to it, it gives you a place to come back to if you're stuck and a nice way to remember detail on the fly. The trick is to not be slavishly devoted to the pre-existing appearance, but instead to use it as a touchstone to jump off of and make something new! For instance the facial inspiration in Erana: Glashtyn - Godfrey Gao Tattershawl - Sandra Oh Erana - Raffey Cassidy
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Nov 12, 2014 9:32:48 GMT -8
How are you guys doing? 3 days until the halfway point, feeling halfway or sort of?
I've struggled through some parts, but I'm feeling alright. I wrote a dirty sex scene, a romance scene and a couple abuse scenes, and at least several things that made me very uncomfortable!
So even if you aren't feeling stoked about your word count, have you accomplished some stuff you're proud of? Big challenges accomplished or something super genius you came up with?
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