no plot = no conflict = no decisions = no character traits = no character = no story/novel = reader has no role in life = reader dies = apocalypse = death = KABOOM GOES EARTH
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I CHOKED ON AIR this is a masterpiece
thank you
bows
lternately: no plot = no conflict = no decisions = no character traits = no character = no story/novel = writer has o role in life = writer dies of boredom = apocalypse = death = KABOOM GOES EARTH
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THATS EVEN BETTER, thats a whole mood
it is
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ugh speaking of a dying writer how do we do the word thing? like wut r werds
i talk to myself
A LOT
baskically telling myself the story as i wold write it
and then i come to write it and i just sit there like HOW DO I DO THIS
i think i needa just record myself one of these days and write down the transcript in a doc.
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haha I record my brainstorming sessions sometimes. it doesn't help as much as i wish it did but it does a little
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I suck at character intros and slower scenes- got any tips?
hahahahaaaaaaaa
pats on back
find any help, send it my way, mkay?
NOT LAUGHING AT YOU. LAUGHING AT RELATABLE.
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ah ha big mood :P
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ooh okay what's the first thing you think of then I say Medieval port city?
my life is big mood
port? like, boat port?
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lol
yeah like a harbor city.
big boat :P
then i'd think medieval venice?
is that a thing?
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uh… maybe?
idk
I ask cause my characters stop in a port town for a little bit before boarding a ship to cross to another country. I just need something for them to do (even if it isnt much) and a way to intro the character taht offers them passage
uhhh… BUY MANGOES
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almost choked on my teaaaaaaa
also i asked the Google, apparently Venice was a thing lol
thou art welcomeeeeeee
or a durian (world's stinkiest fruit. taste good. muy stinky, even through plastic cling wrap) explodes/falls/whatever, enough to make it ~release the stink~
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oh geez lol
ew!
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hm… maybe I'll have my main character complain about the smell of fish
i see that and i be like: NO. DURIAN. NOW.
monkeys love em!
chaotic bazaar and wallet/satchel/whatever gets stolen
(i have experience with that!)
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OOH that's good! plus that gives me a way to intro that one dude! like maybe he helps them!
YUSSS
i was thinking he was the thief, but okay
uh
so
if ya need help with what a bazaar looks/feels/smells like, i have been to many
mid east and asian
so i can prolly help
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oh lol
he's too much of a cinnamon roll
oh cool! I am intrigued :)
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the cinnamon roll dude is like a sailor tho, so maybe one of his crewmates is a kleptomaniac and he's just like "really, dude"
guess what?
monkeys are better at stealing things than humans are
true fact
especially cameras that belonged to your dad
