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Snowleopard:
Madd, getting your Masters has to take center stage but you can also do stuff to prepare for your own writing.
Take notes, do research (you already are doing that for the Masters). Read - read lots of stuff in the manner that you'd like to write like. Read good stuff and bad - see what you like and don't like.
As for sounding like a history book or a narrative. Try writing from the point of view of a journalist taking notes or recording an incident. The history book/narrative style shouldl work within that framework.
Madd:
--- Quote from: Snowleopard on October 18, 2011, 06:55:11 AM ---Madd, getting your Masters has to take center stage but you can also do stuff to prepare for your own writing.
Take notes, do research (you already are doing that for the Masters). Read - read lots of stuff in the manner that you'd like to write like. Read good stuff and bad - see what you like and don't like.
As for sounding like a history book or a narrative. Try writing from the point of view of a journalist taking notes or recording an incident. The history book/narrative style shouldl work within that framework.
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Hey thanks! ;D Thats a pretty cool idea I hadn't considered yet. My intention wasn't to sound like a history book, however my writing has been purely technical since 2004 (the last time I had a creative writing class) and its obviously bleeding into my attempts at writing for fun. The journalist thing...yeah, very fun. I'll get back to you guys with what I turn up! (page wise, not story wise. The last thing I want is one of my half-assed ideas stopping JB from producing quality Dresden escapades.)
Snowleopard:
--- Quote from: Madd on October 18, 2011, 07:10:09 AM ---Hey thanks! ;D Thats a pretty cool idea I hadn't considered yet. My intention wasn't to sound like a history book, however my writing has been purely technical since 2004 (the last time I had a creative writing class) and its obviously bleeding into my attempts at writing for fun. The journalist thing...yeah, very fun. I'll get back to you guys with what I turn up! (page wise, not story wise. The last thing I want is one of my half-assed ideas stopping JB from producing quality Dresden escapades.)
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You're welcome. I have a story somewhere in my universe done from that point of view. If I didn't throw it out when I moved. (Got kinda crazed there at some points - and this was only handwritten. Oh well, can always redo it. ::) ::))
Thanks for being considerate and good luck. With the writing and the Masters.
Lanodantheon:
Seriously behind on word count as in page-by-page, as in none. :( I blame my addictive personality combined with Breaking Bad.
Hopefully a burst of energy & madness via meditation tonight will fix that.
However, I have been writing new material everyday. Designed the novel's 4 Magic systems(Well, 4 sets of 3 rules w/upsides & downsides to them) and outlined most the short story.
Going to outline write the entire Short story which is something I've never done before. Exciting and scary at the same time.
Aminar:
After a week and a half of not being able to get much done I finally hit 200 pages done, and got a good chunk of writing done. I just have to work out how to pace the storylines so they match up at the end. So far It's not looking good.
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