Writing Discussion

[Yoite]

I never liked those scenarios, it doesn't seem practical that every nation would fall or that a disease would destroy the entire world, etc.

Unfortunately, I find it all too likely.

TL;DR

Without reading your rebuttal it would be hypocritical of me to continue to question the validity of the scenario, but I will continue not finding it entertaining regardless.

[The New World Oceania]

Unfortunately, I find it all too likely.

TL;DR

Without reading your rebuttal it would be hypocritical of me to continue to question the validity of the scenario, but I will continue not finding it entertaining regardless.

Bubonic plague.

[-Ebola-]

Check the terms of service for those sites.



Not if you use your own name.

Ebola, care to confirm whether any of your relatives are airborne?

Yes, Ebola Reston is airborne.

[The High Lords]

Thanks for all your inputs on the copyright issue - I'll decide in the near future if I'll put it up somewhere.

In other news, NaNo's Day Two goal is met! I hope I can keep this up

[-Ebola-]

TL;DR

Without reading your rebuttal it would be hypocritical of me to continue to question the validity of the scenario, but I will continue not finding it entertaining regardless.

Bubonic plague.

Didn't wipe out human civilization and was only able to kill so many people because of poor sanitation and the lack of antibiotics.

[Lunas Legion]

Thanks for all your inputs on the copyright issue - I'll decide in the near future if I'll put it up somewhere.

In other news, NaNo's Day Two goal is met! I hope I can keep this up

I haven't even started yet. However, tomorrow I shall pump out enough words so that it won't matter (if I don't procrastinate of course).

[The High Lords]

Thanks for all your inputs on the copyright issue - I'll decide in the near future if I'll put it up somewhere.

In other news, NaNo's Day Two goal is met! I hope I can keep this up

I haven't even started yet. However, tomorrow I shall pump out enough words so that it won't matter (if I don't procrastinate of course).

I've noticed that each day gives me a good chapter... So I think there IS benefit to not procrastinating

[Zeinbrad]

Out of sheer boredom I did Nicholas sense of humor.

And for the hell of it and may give me ideas-His sense of humor.
Training Officer-Cadet Drake why did you join the Division?

Nicholas-Free porn.

Training Officer-Cadet Drake why did you join the Division?

Nicholas-Something tells me President Cain has more than just one wife and daughter.

Bloke-Bitch, I ain’t no snitch.

Nicholas-Nor an English professor.

Hag-What’s wrong with me?

Nicholas-Well……

Supertanned snookie-Am I hot?

Nicholas-Not in the way you think.

Rebel-My people are dying!

Nicholas-I wonder why.

Kid-Sir, how are babies made?

Nicholas-One of life's toughest questions.

Teen-YOLO!


Nicholas-Want to test that theorem?

Emo-Pain gets me on.

Nicholas-Get a job.

“Nigerian Prince like scam”

Nicholas-Dear Prince Douchebag.
I am sad to break it to you.
Nigeria is a Republic.
Get out of the basement once an awhile and maybe you would know that.
Sincerely, Bloke on Seventh Street.

White kid with two loving parents-No one cares about me.

Nicholas-How’s the family?


White Kid-Good.
Kid-No one in the school loves me.
Nicholas-Well, there’s other more….different measures.

[Respubliko de Libereco]

Out of sheer boredom I did Nicholas sense of humor.

And for the hell of it and may give me ideas-His sense of humor.
Training Officer-Cadet Drake why did you join the Division?

Nicholas-Free porn.

Training Officer-Cadet Drake why did you join the Division?

Nicholas-Something tells me President Cain has more than just one wife and daughter.

Bloke-Bitch, I ain’t no snitch.

Nicholas-Nor an English professor.

Hag-What’s wrong with me?

Nicholas-Well……

Supertanned snookie-Am I hot?

Nicholas-Not in the way you think.

Rebel-My people are dying!

Nicholas-I wonder why.

Kid-Sir, how are babies made?

Nicholas-One of life's toughest questions.

Teen-YOLO!


Nicholas-Want to test that theorem?

Emo-Pain gets me on.

Nicholas-Get a job.

“Nigerian Prince like scam”

Nicholas-Dear Prince Douchebag.
I am sad to break it to you.
Nigeria is a Republic.
Get out of the basement once an awhile and maybe you would know that.
Sincerely, Bloke on Seventh Street.

White kid with two loving parents-No one cares about me.

Nicholas-How’s the family?


White Kid-Good.
Kid-No one in the school loves me.
Nicholas-Well, there’s other more….different measures.

I prefer sheer boredom, personally.
(Sorry, but you seemed to be asking for it.)

Seriously, though, witty responses in literature need to be held to a higher standard than witty responses in real life, partly because the short time restriction usually associated with such remarks is absent, and partly because you can alter the instigating situation/comment to fit the response, which makes things a lot easier. Some of these might get a laugh in real life, but when written out here they seem, for the most part, contrived and/or unoriginal.

Same goes for puns, really.

[Bontavation]

Training Officer-Cadet Drake why did you join the Division?

Nicholas-Free porn.

Not funny

Training Officer-Cadet Drake why did you join the Division?

Nicholas-Something tells me President Cain has more than just one wife and daughter.

Doesn't make sense

Bloke-Bitch, I ain’t no snitch.

Nicholas-Nor an English professor.

Not funny

Hag-What’s wrong with me?

Nicholas-Well……

Not even a joke

Supertanned snookie-Am I hot?

Nicholas-Not in the way you think.

Not funny

Rebel-My people are dying!

Nicholas-I wonder why.

Not even a joke

Kid-Sir, how are babies made?

Nicholas-One of life's toughest questions.

Not even a joke

Teen-YOLO!

Nicholas-Want to test that theorem?

Not even a joke

Emo-Pain gets me on.

Nicholas-Get a job.

Weird

“Nigerian Prince like scam”

Nicholas-Dear Prince Douchebag.
I am sad to break it to you.
Nigeria is a Republic.
Get out of the basement once an awhile and maybe you would know that.
Sincerely, Bloke on Seventh Street.

Correcting the errors in spam is the opposite of funny

White kid with two loving parents-No one cares about me.

Nicholas-How’s the family?


White Kid-Good.
Kid-No one in the school loves me.
Nicholas-Well, there’s other more….different measures.

Still waiting for the "joke"

[Nazi Flower Power]

Out of sheer boredom I did Nicholas sense of humor.

And for the hell of it and may give me ideas-His sense of humor.
Training Officer-Cadet Drake why did you join the Division?

Nicholas-Free porn.

Training Officer-Cadet Drake why did you join the Division?

Nicholas-Something tells me President Cain has more than just one wife and daughter.

Bloke-Bitch, I ain’t no snitch.

Nicholas-Nor an English professor.

Hag-What’s wrong with me?

Nicholas-Well……

Supertanned snookie-Am I hot?

Nicholas-Not in the way you think.

Rebel-My people are dying!

Nicholas-I wonder why.

Kid-Sir, how are babies made?

Nicholas-One of life's toughest questions.

Teen-YOLO!


Nicholas-Want to test that theorem?

Emo-Pain gets me on.

Nicholas-Get a job.

“Nigerian Prince like scam”

Nicholas-Dear Prince Douchebag.
I am sad to break it to you.
Nigeria is a Republic.
Get out of the basement once an awhile and maybe you would know that.
Sincerely, Bloke on Seventh Street.

White kid with two loving parents-No one cares about me.

Nicholas-How’s the family?


White Kid-Good.
Kid-No one in the school loves me.
Nicholas-Well, there’s other more….different measures.

These might work in the context of a story, but reading them in isolation, I have to agree with Respubliko that they fall flat.

[Laerod]

“Nigerian Prince like scam”

Nicholas-Dear Prince Douchebag.
I am sad to break it to you.
Nigeria is a Republic.
Get out of the basement once an awhile and maybe you would know that.
Sincerely, Bloke on Seventh Street.

Correcting the errors in spam is the opposite of funny

Nigeria still has regional rulers whose titles can be transcribed into "prince", so it's not actually a "correction" to begin with.

[Respubliko de Libereco]

Nigeria still has regional rulers whose titles can be transcribed into "prince", so it's not actually a "correction" to begin with.

Not to mention that the scammer is probably making "mistakes" like this on purpose, in order to make sure that only suckers respond, so if you're correcting him you've been outsmarted, in a way.

[Nazi Flower Power]

I'm wondering why Nigeria exists in Gaiaverse, given that Gaia is not Earth...

[The Huskar Social Union]

I'm wondering why Nigeria exists in Gaiaverse, given that Gaia is not Earth...

No verse can escape the wrath of the scammers...

[The New World Oceania]

I'm wondering why Nigeria exists in Gaiaverse, given that Gaia is not Earth...

No verse can escape the wrath of the scammers...

Relevant.

[Zeinbrad]

I'm wondering why Nigeria exists in Gaiaverse, given that Gaia is not Earth...

It doesn't. I just thought it would make more sense.

[The Huskar Social Union]

No verse can escape the wrath of the scammers...

Relevant.

Video is broken, not working for me it just directs to another.

[Nazi Flower Power]

I'm wondering why Nigeria exists in Gaiaverse, given that Gaia is not Earth...

It doesn't. I just thought it would make more sense.

Even if you have a fictional world that was partly inspired by RL, your world needs to stand on its own.

[Zeinbrad]

It doesn't. I just thought it would make more sense.

Even if you have a fictional world that was partly inspired by RL, your world needs to stand on its own.

The jokes won't appear in the story, I put Nigeria because I thought people would get the joke faster.

[Nazi Flower Power]

Even if you have a fictional world that was partly inspired by RL, your world needs to stand on its own.

The jokes won't appear in the story, I put Nigeria because I thought people would get the joke faster.

What's the point if it's something that doesn't even make sense in-universe?

You know, I could write about what would happen if some of my characters that are from fictional worlds got dumped into our world, but they'd be outsiders. They wouldn't know what was going on. For example, I have a character named Guderian Zang who is the mayor of a 26th century city. She has all kinds of connections to political dissidents and organized crime, and she always knows what's going on, usually better than people who outrank her and work in intelligence. If she turned up on present day Earth, she would still be totally confused because all her connections and knowledge and her methods of making connections and finding out what's going on are specific to the society that she lives in. Knowing how to eavesdrop on people using 26th century technology is only useful in the 26th century.

In other words, you need to figure out how things work in the Gaiaverse and how Nicholas interacts with people in that context. Building a coherent world and developing a character who belongs in that world is more important than us getting the joke.

[The Rich Port]

I've been assuming surrealism would be my forte, but I can't remember my dreams if I wanted to, and peyote is very hard to find.

Recommendations?

[Conserative Morality]

I've been assuming surrealism would be my forte, but I can't remember my dreams if I wanted to, and peyote is very hard to find.

Recommendations?

Deprive yourself of sleep for two or three days, on the third day take some asprin and caffeine, wander out into the cold, and get lost.

It does wonders.

[The Rich Port]

I've been assuming surrealism would be my forte, but I can't remember my dreams if I wanted to, and peyote is very hard to find.

Recommendations?

Deprive yourself of sleep for two or three days, on the third day take some asprin and caffeine, wander out into the cold, and get lost.

It does wonders.

I know for a fact sleep deprivation is nowhere near as fun as I thought it was.

I would rather take my chances with unripe mulberries or a Sarpa Salpa's head. Shit, I'd take my chances with moldy rye bread... OK, maybe not that chance.

[Conserative Morality]

I know for a fact sleep deprivation is nowhere near as fun as I thought it was.

I would rather take my chances with unripe mulberries or a Sarpa Salpa's head. Shit, I'd take my chances with moldy rye bread... OK, maybe not that chance.

After a while it starts to go in cycles. Tired, wide awake, tired, wide awake, tired, wide awake.