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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 18:02:33 GMT -5
Hey, I have to ask. What do you do when a chapter doesn't seem to have much point?
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"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Sept 2, 2016 19:29:15 GMT -5
Mother Dark you mentioned that you were going to be seeing Captain America, and I'm a huge fan of Captain America. That is so awesome!! Do you mean that you are meeting Chris Evans?!
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Post by Captain Americat on Sept 2, 2016 19:32:12 GMT -5
Lore: I'd say if the chapter doesn't seem to have much of a point, I'd reread it and try to figure out what I can add to give it some sort of point if you think it might be necessary enough to keep in the story. If it really has like absolutely no point whatsoever, like not even as some sort of filler or transition, I'd say get rid of it. But if you still like parts of it, rewrite it in a way that it fits better or makes more sense to be in the story. If you are stuck on that chapter and still can't figure out what to do, perhaps you could highlight it or star it or something and go back to it later. Hopefully that kind of helps?
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Post by Mother Dark on Sept 2, 2016 19:36:47 GMT -5
Mother Dark you mentioned that you were going to be seeing Captain America, and I'm a huge fan of Captain America. That is so awesome!! Do you mean that you are meeting Chris Evans?! No he was a college student that dresses up as cap. He came to a football game because our band is doing music of marvel this year
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 19:37:53 GMT -5
Lore: I'd say if the chapter doesn't seem to have much of a point, I'd reread it and try to figure out what I can add to give it some sort of point if you think it might be necessary enough to keep in the story. If it really has like absolutely no point whatsoever, like not even as some sort of filler or transition, I'd say get rid of it. But if you still like parts of it, rewrite it in a way that it fits better or makes more sense to be in the story. If you are stuck on that chapter and still can't figure out what to do, perhaps you could highlight it or star it or something and go back to it later. Hopefully that kind of helps? Thank you for the advice. Originally, I intended for it to show that Krystal's at least making some attempt to warn of the oncoming war, or at least to show her fear of centaurs more, but even that might be hammering the point home too much. It's just a chapter that doesn't make sense. Maybe I'll just cut all but the opening and have her wander someone else instead. Well, I just broke some of my canon.
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Sept 2, 2016 19:38:01 GMT -5
Oh, I got excited there, haha. But that's still great, regardless! I bet it was awesome (: And that is even more awesome, that your band is doing music of marvel!
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Sept 2, 2016 19:41:35 GMT -5
Lore; well, maybe, if you still want to get that across (her fear of centaurs and the warning) maybe you could just rewrite it differently and maybe even just make it short or something? Like maybe it could be some sort of flashback or something... But that stinks. Hopefully you'll be able to figure it out (: Sometimes I have those problems where I don't know what to do at a certain part or said part doesn't seem to fit in much with the story... but eventually I figure something out XD
you broke you canon? I'm probably a mouse, but what does that mean? xD
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 19:47:10 GMT -5
Lore; well, maybe, if you still want to get that across (her fear of centaurs and the warning) maybe you could just rewrite it differently and maybe even just make it short or something? Like maybe it could be some sort of flashback or something... But that stinks. Hopefully you'll be able to figure it out (: Sometimes I have those problems where I don't know what to do at a certain part or said part doesn't seem to fit in much with the story... but eventually I figure something out XD you broke you canon? I'm probably a mouse, but what does that mean? xD I've used the flashback before, so I reckon I might save the real meat of it for another chapter. Maybe give the centaur thing a rest for now; she's been harping on about it for a few chapters now. Maybe I'll have the meeting with Luke be a quick one, and have him mention that her companions informed him of what was happening. Well, I had a bit of an idea, right, finally set outside of the islands and in a desert continent, which I'm just calling the Outlands for now. But the main character of that idea is another MC's mother- who, of course, is an Outlander, making it so that the MC is question is mixed race (that's the term, right?) when I previously wrote him as the same ethnicity as the others. So, in short- huge retcon required.
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Sept 2, 2016 19:54:32 GMT -5
Alright (: Luke is one of my favorite names! I have a Luke in my story, as well! (: Oh, darn. That sounds a bit tricky. Maybe he could be adopted? (; That would make for something interesting!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 19:57:59 GMT -5
Alright (: Luke is one of my favorite names! I have a Luke in my story, as well! (: Oh, darn. That sounds a bit tricky. Maybe he could be adopted? (; That would make for something interesting! It's one of mine, too! Ironically, though, mine's not a werewolf. His nephew is. He's not. (Though to be fair, said nephew is a reference to my favourite Animal Crossing villager, so that makes it a little more excuseable.) I can't see that happening, unfortunately. I think the only real issue here is working out Outlander genetics to see if he and his sister would work as they are.
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Sept 2, 2016 20:02:01 GMT -5
Awesome! (: It's kind of funny because my character isn't a werewolf either, but I tend to think of werewolves when I hear the name Luke, probably because of the Mortal Instruments XD Was he bit, or was it genetic? (lol, nice XD)
Ah, well, hopefully that works for you! (: It's hard to rework some characters once they're already instilled in your mind a certain way XD
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 20:07:02 GMT -5
Awesome! (: It's kind of funny because my character isn't a werewolf either, but I tend to think of werewolves when I hear the name Luke, probably because of the Mortal Instruments XD Was he bit, or was it genetic? (lol, nice XD) Ah, well, hopefully that works for you! (: It's hard to rework some characters once they're already instilled in your mind a certain way XD It's a possibility. I mostly think of it because of the Greek for wolf, though. I think for him, he would have been bitten, considering his family is a long line of selkies? He grew up among them, so he could have gotten into a bit of a tussle, and, well... (If you're curious, it's a smug wolf villager introduced in New Leaf called Kyle. He was in my last town, and I'd love to get him in Mayscore again.) It is, but honestly, imagining him with some Outlander traits doesn't feel wrong.
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Post by sed ♡ on Sept 2, 2016 20:07:04 GMT -5
Aloha, again, fellow Guildlings
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 20:07:29 GMT -5
Hi, Sed! How's it going?
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Post by sed ♡ on Sept 2, 2016 20:30:31 GMT -5
I'm good, how are you?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 20:37:55 GMT -5
hey guys
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 4:50:54 GMT -5
Sorry for poofing there. I'm back!
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Post by max adeline on Sept 3, 2016 5:34:48 GMT -5
Hey guys, happy late 100 pages. cx How's it going?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 5:39:32 GMT -5
Hi, Suri! Not badly, thank you. How about for you?
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Post by max adeline on Sept 3, 2016 5:43:56 GMT -5
That's good, I'm glad. What have you been up to lately? Get any writing done? Pretty good recently, thanks! :3
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 5:55:34 GMT -5
That's good, I'm glad. What have you been up to lately? Get any writing done? Pretty good recently, thanks! :3 Thanks. Haven't really been up to much. I've tried to work on that chapter, bit it's doing nothing, so I'm cutting it out for later. I did have a new idea, though, which I might work on later. You? Great to hear!
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Sept 3, 2016 6:22:18 GMT -5
Lore; Oh, that, too, lol. Selkies are mermaid type hybrids, right? I'm not very up to speed on all of my creatures, hehe. That's pretty cool, though. I love how you've got everything figured out like that (: Backstory type of things are fun to read or even just figure out, even if it's not included in the actual story writing. (hmm, I don't think I've heard of him, but I have a wolf in my head from one of my villages, although I don't remember it's name.)
Well, that's good at least (: makes your job a little bit easier!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 6:33:59 GMT -5
Lore; Oh, that, too, lol. Selkies are mermaid type hybrids, right? I'm not very up to speed on all of my creatures, hehe. That's pretty cool, though. I love how you've got everything figured out like that (: Backstory type of things are fun to read or even just figure out, even if it's not included in the actual story writing. (hmm, I don't think I've heard of him, but I have a wolf in my head from one of my villages, although I don't remember it's name.) Well, that's good at least (: makes your job a little bit easier! In mythos, they were basically seals that would leave their skin by water to become human. Thanks! They are, though to be honest, it's a little bit of a pain when it changes on a whim like that. (Do you remember what they look like?)
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Post by Maplestone360 on Sept 3, 2016 10:17:13 GMT -5
Oh darn. I've come to a point where I need to write a good conversation in one of my stories, but unfortunately I don't have much experience with them myself, so I have no idea where to start! xc
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 10:44:10 GMT -5
Oh darn. I've come to a point where I need to write a good conversation in one of my stories, but unfortunately I don't have much experience with them myself, so I have no idea where to start! xc I'd help, but I'm not good at them either. Sorry.
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Post by ☾--тнє σяαcℓє on Sept 3, 2016 14:24:15 GMT -5
Hey guys
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 14:35:46 GMT -5
Hi, Ore! How're you?
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Post by ☾--тнє σяαcℓє on Sept 3, 2016 14:37:15 GMT -5
Pretty good, thanks for asking.How are things with you?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 14:43:56 GMT -5
Good! Not too bad, thank you.
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Post by ☾--тнє σяαcℓє on Sept 3, 2016 14:48:36 GMT -5
That's good to hear. So how's your story coming along?
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