Writer's Block Daily

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Sorry, couldn't resist.

edited 7th Jul '14 12:53:51 PM by Ryuhza

For the last few days I have been creating designs for fighters to take part in the contest my story's Big Bad is arranging. They vary greatly in size, shape, species, fighting style and overall tone, but all of them have one thing in common: they're all just based on jokes or puns. Not even good ones. Just something that the reader can groan to when they figure it out.

This petition found its way to my mainbox.

The Amazon vs. Hachette debacle is heating up. If you have an opinion about it, I suggest that you read up on both sides.

But in more positive news, another email arrived to my inbox: One on Reading Rainbow. It has raised almost 6.5 million dollars (including Seth Mac Farlane's one million matching donation), a good amount over its grand stretch goal. I hope that the money is used well.

edited 7th Jul '14 6:44:50 PM by chihuahua0

Someday I will learn.

But in the meantime, I'll write a two-page history for a fictional class of French superheavy cruisers during WW 2.

So Amazon made this awfully generous offer to Hachette authors.

I doubt Hachette will accept these terms, but I think it's more of a power move. Hachette will look real bad for rejecting it. (I mean 100% of ebook proceeds to Hachette authors for the duration of the negotiations? It's a giant carrot.)

Here are the full letters quoted in the article. What stood out was how informal Amazon's representative is being.

edited 9th Jul '14 8:59:48 AM by chihuahua0

So I'm just plugging along on the next couple chapters of Moonflowers, and suddenly one character is taking over the chapter and not letting go. But I know it's also really important in terms of character relationships, so I'm just going to word-vomit until we get back on track.

Sometimes writing feels like a pet instead of an action.

A whole weird little subplot was born from just spinning a scene out of whole cloth. No idea what it will turn out to mean, but I feel like stuff like that brings the story closer to the tone I wanted for it at its inception.

A man after my own heart.

I mean, seriously, I'm actually considering drawing up an ORBAT for an entirely fictional army. Even though I know precisely zilch about how to do such shenanigans.

I think the story generator just provided me with a subplot for one of my projects. So, that's cool.

Also debating creating a story through multiple Tumblr accounts. Advantages: audience feedback and interaction is possble and can provide you with filler material. Disadvantages: some nunderhead's going to think it's real.

There's no avoiding that. But I admit that a Tumblr Story sounds FANTASTIC.

Yeah, it would be cool...I'm not sure if what kind of story I should tell, though; my first thought was a more realistic one, which increases both immersion and likelihood-of-people-thinking-it's-real. And everyone knows there is no one more infuriated by small things like that than Tumblr. So.

But the format alone would be fun to work with.

I am wondering if a suicidal viewpoint character is a totally terrible idea.

It probably is...

One of my plots starts with something horrible happening to the protagonist that then makes him suicidal (and then he tries to kill himself), but he stops being suicidal some time afterwards.

I'm guessing this isn't the case with yours, Cats?

Like most things, it can probably be made to work.

Yeah, it can work. You just have to be respectful and accurate.

Having been there helps.

On a completely different note, the idea of a Tumblr-based story sounds like an excellent application of the hypernovel concept—something not too far from what I am considering, in fact.

Well, the character isn't suicidally depressed but is rather in a situation where ritual suicide is traditional but is in modern times discouraged, so the option is kind of always in the back of his head, especially when things go a little sour.

To me, that's an extremely intriguing spin on the idea.

I would read that.

As would I.

It is an interesting idea.

I hate being a newbie

So I guess I'm new here?? I'm electronic-tragedy, a writer who decides to procrastinate on tv tropes because I intended to look up some tropes but got distracted.

I like to write Science Fiction, and I'm currently working on two projects, so I'm going to be throwing around ideas here.

Expect to see me around on this forum, as I like to speak with other writers too!

I definitely sound like a newbie, but I guess there's no other way.

Hey, good to see you! Don't worry, we were all newbies once.

Wilkommen!

That sounds like the origin story of many if not most of the people in this forum. ;)