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MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Ahr river
#926: Nov 28th 2010 at 4:48:22 PM

This forum. The Writer's Block Forum. Or do you mean which thread?

You can make your own, or go to the Critique Club thread.

Read my stories!
ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#927: Nov 28th 2010 at 5:12:50 PM

Oh so it was this forum that I post stories in. Man no one answered me like 1051050195 pages back.

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Twitter
MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Ahr river
#928: Nov 28th 2010 at 5:14:11 PM

You can post them in yackfest if you so wish to.

Read my stories!
EldritchBlueRose The Puzzler from A Really Red Room Since: Apr, 2010
The Puzzler
#929: Nov 28th 2010 at 5:26:07 PM

You could also post on either the Writing Support Group Thread 2: Electric Boogaloo or The SERIOUS BUISNESS Critique Thread as well.  *

edited 28th Nov '10 5:27:01 PM by EldritchBlueRose

Has ADD, plays World of Tanks, thinks up crazy ideas like children making spaceships for Hitler. Occasionally writes them down.
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#930: Nov 28th 2010 at 5:59:27 PM

@KSPAM: Here's what they look like as well as a few stats..

-AMC Automag (.44 AMP)

-.475 Wildey Magnum (.475 Mag)

-Smith & Wesson model 500 (.500 Magnum)

@Anahelya: I usually decide how a certain country/culture names work, and try to stay within that. I'm fond of modifying existing names or using alternate spellings (though I stay away from simply adding Ys and apostrophes).

-Example: In my steampunk story "The Ultimatum" the main country setting, people have profession-based last names (Smith, Cooper, Cartwright, Butcher, Cutler, etc.) women are named for pretty things, seasons and virtues (Ember, Grace, Autumn, Jade, Rose, etc.)While men have good strong "English" names (Richard, John, Davis, etc.). I made lists of these, and when I have a character to name I just pair up two that sound good together, much like a parent might do.

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#932: Nov 28th 2010 at 6:03:17 PM

gah oops, had too many tabs open at once. Sorry, Sorry...

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
CyganAngel Away on the wind~ from Arcadia Since: Oct, 2010
Away on the wind~
#933: Nov 28th 2010 at 6:06:12 PM

No, he's in the right thread.

Page before this one.

There are too many toasters in my chimney!
MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#935: Nov 28th 2010 at 6:11:44 PM

Yeah I just realized that. Going to keep myself to three tabs from now on (who needs Facebook anyway?)

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
CyganAngel Away on the wind~ from Arcadia Since: Oct, 2010
Away on the wind~
#936: Nov 28th 2010 at 6:14:34 PM

I hve 19 tabs open right now

There are too many toasters in my chimney!
Morven Nemesis from Seattle, WA, USA Since: Jan, 2001
Nemesis
#937: Nov 28th 2010 at 6:33:05 PM

I have four browser windows each of which has several tabs open in. I keep a strict layout, though. One of those 4 windows is for tvtropes. The first window is for gmail and several other constantly open things. Everything is exactly in its place.

Yes, I have mild OCD tendencies.

Right now I am wondering how much I should deny my characters' desire to leap into sex at the drop of a hat. I guess 'write it and see where it goes' works; I can always cut it later, but fighting where things want to go right there and then tends to cause blockage.

A brighter future for a darker age.
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#938: Nov 28th 2010 at 6:36:00 PM

@Morven: I'd say write all possible outcomes, from "She does with extreme joy" to "she refuses utterly" and decide which you like best. I had a similar situation and wrote the scene three different ways before deciding how I wanted to do it.

One can never write too much, only too little. After all, its easy to trim.

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#939: Nov 28th 2010 at 6:42:15 PM

I have two browsers open.

Edit: what is with this thing where it makes the exclamation point not an exclamation.

edited 28th Nov '10 6:55:52 PM by ch00beh

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Twitter
Morven Nemesis from Seattle, WA, USA Since: Jan, 2001
Nemesis
#940: Nov 28th 2010 at 10:09:02 PM

@drunkscriblerian: I'm probably going to write it, but it doesn't really have to be left at much more than hints in the final product if I decide not to go there for publication.

A brighter future for a darker age.
CyganAngel Away on the wind~ from Arcadia Since: Oct, 2010
Away on the wind~
#941: Nov 29th 2010 at 8:55:12 PM

Bump again

I will not let the thread die

There are too many toasters in my chimney!
KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY
#942: Nov 29th 2010 at 8:57:21 PM

[up] But you are its life blood!

I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serial
CyganAngel Away on the wind~ from Arcadia Since: Oct, 2010
Away on the wind~
#943: Nov 29th 2010 at 8:58:59 PM

But I am sick and feverish and I keep going off on tangents when I ask questions!

I tried to type on out about your character but I somehow ended up talking about elephants! ELEPHANTS!

There are too many toasters in my chimney!
Morven Nemesis from Seattle, WA, USA Since: Jan, 2001
Nemesis
#944: Nov 29th 2010 at 10:51:56 PM

I feel like a zombie today so no critiquing. I can scarcely write my own stuff.

A brighter future for a darker age.
CyganAngel Away on the wind~ from Arcadia Since: Oct, 2010
Away on the wind~
#945: Nov 29th 2010 at 10:56:17 PM

That's okay.

I just bumped it because it wasn't on the list when I clicked on Writers Block, it had fallen too far

There are too many toasters in my chimney!
ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#946: Nov 30th 2010 at 12:37:02 AM

I just have this watchlisted. I rarely check the forums directly anymore.

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Twitter
redrosary We are as one. from Res Publica Philippinae Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Cigarettes and Valentines
We are as one.
#947: Nov 30th 2010 at 1:39:04 AM

[up] You're not the only one.

The Southpaw has no brakes!
ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#948: Nov 30th 2010 at 1:56:50 AM

But there can only be one.

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Twitter
CyganAngel Away on the wind~ from Arcadia Since: Oct, 2010
Away on the wind~
#949: Nov 30th 2010 at 2:04:38 AM

Until the sequel.

There are too many toasters in my chimney!
AirofMystery Since: Jan, 2001
#950: Nov 30th 2010 at 5:10:48 AM

Yeah, alright, I'll reanimate this thread.

Firstly, brief intro: this story is set in a fantasy version of medieval China (think Avatar: The Last Airbender, Jade Empire, that sort of thing). The equivalent of chi is called Shadow, and martial arts are divided into the five Chinese elements (Fire, Water, Metal, Earth, Tree). (They don't literally control such elements like in Avatar; they're just the basis of the martial arts.) I'll hyperlink to the places that things are the fantasy counterparts of.

Song and Chang: Bill and Ted in medieval China.

  • Song comes from Prosperous Wave in southern Jiangshan. He is from a merchant family, but keeps that quiet as merchants are not allowed to be scholars.
  • Chang is from a northern tribe living in the mountains beyond the Great Chasm, somewhat Manchu-based. Back home, he had a pet hedgehog, which he had to leave there.

Meeting as scholars, they immediately declare one another their rival, although in reality they're more Vitriolic Best Buds. When they see something they’re not meant to, they flee for their lives, meeting Mei and Rinzen in a hive of Cricket Demons. Their keenest desire is to become Gentlemen. They are Bash Brothers.

Chiu Ji (昭志) (Brilliant Determination) – Born in Fragrant Harbour. A very rich girl who left home after a marriage attempt went sour. Basically, as the eldest daughter she was to be married to a guy, but the problem is she’s missing an arm – cut off by a sinister Metal practitioner when she was twelve. Following this she trained in a variant of Water Arts developed in Ojeonnara (based on Taekwondo) mostly consisting of kicks. Her parents thus annulled that potential wedding and waited three or so years to get her arm restored, but to no avail. (It couldn’t be magically regrown, due to the Metal practicioner’s meddling with the Shadow of the arm.) Finally, they resorted to careful bribery of a matchmaker, who fell in love with the prospective groom. The matchmaker thus revealed to the groom’s family that Ji had an arm missing, and scarpered with the groom. Not wishing to shame her family further, Ji also left, although with a note explaining why.

edited 30th Nov '10 5:11:59 AM by AirofMystery


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