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newtinmpls:
Oh, guilty as charged:
You know you are in trouble when your narrative requires you to talk about guns or horses. Because of all subjects, guns and horses are the ones where it is least possible ever to do enough research that an expert specialist will not find some technical error to argue with you over.
Yes, I use a Glock, and some writer of fantasy had a character mention that "the safety was on" on MC's Glock. For god's sakes the only safety a Glock has is the built in one in the trigger. You can't "turn it on" or off for that matter. I spent an enjoyable 10 min of mockery over that. Lost a lot of respect for the author.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: newtinmpls on August 17, 2011, 08:21:54 PM ---Oh, guilty as charged:
You know you are in trouble when your narrative requires you to talk about guns or horses. Because of all subjects, guns and horses are the ones where it is least possible ever to do enough research that an expert specialist will not find some technical error to argue with you over.
Yes, I use a Glock, and some writer of fantasy had a character mention that "the safety was on" on MC's Glock. For god's sakes the only safety a Glock has is the built in one in the trigger. You can't "turn it on" or off for that matter. I spent an enjoyable 10 min of mockery over that. Lost a lot of respect for the author.
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fwiw in 2003 they added an optional manually activated safety lock in the grip, if you want to interpret it that way. But even that option doesnt really work for the typical "oops the safety" trope, as it intentionally has a protrusion on the grip when activated so that you can feel that it is engaged.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Quantus on August 18, 2011, 11:51:30 AM ---fwiw in 2003 they added an optional manually activated safety lock in the grip, if you want to interpret it that way. But even that option doesnt really work for the typical "oops the safety" trope, as it intentionally has a protrusion on the grip when activated so that you can feel that it is engaged.
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It's very cheering to watch my point being proved before my very eyes.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on August 18, 2011, 12:55:27 PM ---It's very cheering to watch my point being proved before my very eyes.
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I try ;D
Compass Rose:
Two from my own experience: 1) Finished story, off to beta readers. They all want me to write one particular scene - which I am finding very difficult to write. Could be worse, if I had no interest in writing said scene - meeting of two main characters, which at the moment happens off-page...). 2) when you're writing a scene, or worse yet, whole story, and realizing YOU are getting bored...time for a major re-write!
As Kathrine Rusch writes in one of her recent blogs, writers need to be storytellers first. If your story is boring, no one will read it beyond a few pages, no matter how finely crafted the words on the paper are... (admittedly, I stop reading even interesting stories if the spelling, grammar, etc. Is really very bad, but if the technical aspect of the writing is average, I'll put up with a certain amount of errors if the story keeps me interested.)
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