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:o
Is this what's getting published?
Nah, this is one I started up a few weeks ago - just after I was notified of SF&F's interest in publishing my story. They've gotten me in touch with an agent, though - so I'll have a much easier time getting in touch with otherwise untouchable publishers
=)
Sorry about the slightly delayed response;
do you have trouble getting the story flowing, does it end up being too short in general (I had that problem for a while), or what are you have issues with specifically?
And generally, even for me, a good outline of beginning (point A) and ending(point B) is pretty beneficial - knowing where they journey between the two will start and end is likely to help you out.
It's less that it ends up being too short (I tend to go seriously overboard with filler stuff, combined with two different character perspectives for a good portion of the story means that it won't be super tiny), it's more that while I have a general idea of what happens (Intro-this town-this thing-this next place-those people meet up-they have a conversation-final section-final battle-epilogue) I have issues keeping things lively between the gaps.
Like I'll have two scenes that happen in sequence, but they happen some time after each other, and it's filling in between that without doing too much skipping around that's my problem. (Mostly because I get irritated when books timeskip around like hooligans when it's not warranted >:/)
Also, a very interesting introduction there. Do you write mainly in first person then, or is that just for the sake of intro?
Ah, the story isn't as interesting between the major points? I had (and partly still have) the same problem for a while. A good thing to do is write in (I'd call it clues, but I don't think you're writing a detective novel) small parts of the plot and details that advances the story without any "real" event taking place. A comment that reveals something of someones past, a pained look when seeing someone touching, et cetera.
Those litte things can really make things interesting and leave the reader wondering about it, making him/her turn pages.
Of course, I would expect you already know this, but it's all I can really think of at the moment
:/
I usually write in third person, but I decided I wanted to try first person for this novel. And so far, I'm really liking it; suits me better than third person, I think.
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Monday
I got lost in the empty city...
<3
Well as far as I can tell there are two secret achievements - Slayer of Boredom and I Found Her (I only got the first one, no clue on the second one). So, unless Da Crew is holding out something, I doubt that.
*cough*300days*cough*
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Patty
Even though I can hardly call myself a "successful" writer of any sort, what might be a good way of keeping interest during the sort of interludes between major plot points would be more focus on character interaction; clashes, maybe a stoic opening up a little, hints of romance (if it's present)... things like that.
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Yeu join RP noa, hya!
Nopey dopey.
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Monday
Yeu join RP noa, hya!
Nopey dopey.
Curses, foiled again.
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Monday
Wheres Alex?
Uh, I think he's just hanging around somewhere.
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Sure. Posting.
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Adamsm
The key to the heart necklace he's had for a while heh....well, if I remember that right.
Edit: Apparently not.
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Monday
An armor...choker...thing. With speakers on it. Because Joxans convinced him that he needed protection for this neck.
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Well, he has the coat, with the speakers on the shoulders, two near the bottom in the hem, and two on each palm next to an electrical coil that shoots lightning.
Then he had two hitched onto the choker, and then I was like: !@#$, I hate that. So it's gone now. He doesn't need neck protection, he's a caster. If he has to worry about someone chopping his neck, they're already to close and he's screwed anyways.
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