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Homer Potvin replied to the thread Things that annoy me . . . . And should.
You should give some matches and kindling, though I suppose a library already has enough of the former. As for myself, living in a city...
May 30, 2024 at 5:55 PM -
Cave Troll liked Rath Darkblade's post in the thread What new word did you learn today?.
Did anyone mention Latin? *cracks his knuckles* :D For a start, these two maxims are well-worth knowing... Tempora mutantur, nos et...
May 30, 2024 at 5:52 PM -
Cave Troll liked J.T. Woody's post in the thread Things that annoy me . . . . And should.
you should get him his own keyboard lol. I do that with the little children who accompany their parents to the library. the parents let...
May 30, 2024 at 5:51 PM -
Xoic liked Homer Potvin's post in the thread Is my backstory too long?.
It's fine if executed well and isn't too intrusive or divertive. Goes for just about anything in the writer's toolbox. Where writers...
May 30, 2024 at 5:51 PM -
Cave Troll liked GrahamLewis's post in the thread Things that annoy me . . . . And should.
Only a minor annoyance. My lovebird friend has developed an obsession with the smaller keys in the top row of my laptop keyboard. If...
May 30, 2024 at 5:51 PM -
Cave Troll liked Seven Crowns's post in the thread What book would you like to see made into a movie or tv show?.
They should make a series out of Uzumaki. I kind of like the live-action movie even though it is deeply flawed and sometimes (often) too...
May 30, 2024 at 5:49 PM -
Cave Troll liked Storysmith's post in the thread What book would you like to see made into a movie or tv show?.
The Conan stories. I know we've had three films, a TV series and a cartoon, but none of them remotely follow the original stories.
May 30, 2024 at 5:49 PM -
Storysmith replied to the thread What book would you like to see made into a movie or tv show?.
The Conan stories. I know we've had three films, a TV series and a cartoon, but none of them remotely follow the original stories.
May 30, 2024 at 5:41 PM -
Storysmith liked KiraAnn's post in the thread What book would you like to see made into a movie or tv show?.
My favorite version of the Three Musketeers is the 1973, with Gene Kelly's 1948 second. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072281/...
May 30, 2024 at 5:35 PM -
Storysmith liked Xoic's post in the thread What book would you like to see made into a movie or tv show?.
Mine Too. Michael York, Raquel Welch, Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, and Faye Dunaway.
May 30, 2024 at 5:34 PM -
Storysmith replied to the thread Is my backstory too long?.
I think you're asking two things here: 1) Can I provide all this back story? 2) Can I just dump it in the first couple of chapters?...
May 30, 2024 at 5:33 PM -
B.E. Nugent liked Homer Potvin's post in the thread Is my backstory too long?.
It's fine if executed well and isn't too intrusive or divertive. Goes for just about anything in the writer's toolbox. Where writers...
May 30, 2024 at 5:26 PM -
B.E. Nugent liked Native Ink's post in the thread Rejection, rejection, rejection....
64-day form rejection from Booth.
May 30, 2024 at 5:21 PM -
Homer Potvin replied to the thread Is my backstory too long?.
It's fine if executed well and isn't too intrusive or divertive. Goes for just about anything in the writer's toolbox. Where writers...
May 30, 2024 at 5:16 PM -
Homer Potvin liked Set2Stun's post in the thread Is my backstory too long?.
Yeah, cut that first chapter entirely. A childhood background chapter isn't a good way to engage readers. I do understand having those...
May 30, 2024 at 4:49 PM
