The Eternal Thread - So NSG, What's Going On?

[Alexlantis]

As long as they're not doing any harm to anyone, I'd leave them be.

I think you'd do good as an adviser to someone running a country. You make sure to listen to what people are saying and to help them out. You're all around an awesome person.

I wound how I'd fair in a leadership position.

You seem like you'd have a cult of personality surrounding you.

[Kirrig]

If I knew those people were amassing in a temple, I'd let them do their thing. You want your own country? Sure. There you go. Please don't hurt me.
Probably why I shouldn't run a country.

If you give the Sikhs their own country, then every ethnic/religious group in India will. There would be no end to it. Sikhs belong in India.

Except the ones that ended up in Pakistan.

[Coffee Cakes]

So... terribly... tired...

[Alexlantis]

So, if what I've leaned from history class is correct, all we need is some big outside conflict to unite India.

Or, y'know, some charismatic leader everyone can get behind. Whichever.

Our policy actually tends to be that when people start getting angry, a politician stands up and loudly yells 'PAKISTAN!'

It seems to work.

Weren't India and Pakistan once united against England? Why'd they break apart from one another?

[Erinkita]

If I knew those people were amassing in a temple, I'd let them do their thing. You want your own country? Sure. There you go. Please don't hurt me.
Probably why I shouldn't run a country.

If you give the Sikhs their own country, then every ethnic/religious group in India will. There would be no end to it. Sikhs belong in India.

Like I said, I shouldn't be running a country.

[Nationstatelandsville]

'Ello.

I've taken a new approach to writing my novel, and I see why authors do it.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

So... terribly... tired...

[Nightkill the Emperor]

If you give the Sikhs their own country, then every ethnic/religious group in India will. There would be no end to it. Sikhs belong in India.

Except the ones that ended up in Pakistan.

Yeah, except for them. Meh.

[Alexlantis]

'Ello.

I've taken a new approach to writing my novel, and I see why authors do it.

What approach is that?

So... terribly... tired...

Why's that?

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Our policy actually tends to be that when people start getting angry, a politician stands up and loudly yells 'PAKISTAN!'

It seems to work.

Weren't India and Pakistan once united against England? Why'd they break apart from one another?

Long and complicated. Muslims and Hindus once got along fine, but then when the British came, they started dividing and conquering. When 1947 came around, Partition seemed like the only solution to the hate.

[Nationstatelandsville]

'Ello.

I've taken a new approach to writing my novel, and I see why authors do it.

What approach is that?

Writing down the scenes you envisioned first and then expanding the book from there. I usually go with a linear story-line first, and the actual writing of the book becomes something of a chore.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

If you give the Sikhs their own country, then every ethnic/religious group in India will. There would be no end to it. Sikhs belong in India.

Like I said, I shouldn't be running a country.

Nah, you'd do alright.

[Erinkita]

So, if what I've leaned from history class is correct, all we need is some big outside conflict to unite India.

Or, y'know, some charismatic leader everyone can get behind. Whichever.

Our policy actually tends to be that when people start getting angry, a politician stands up and loudly yells 'PAKISTAN!'

It seems to work.

So... terribly... tired...

*tucks Cakes into bed* Want me to read you a story?

[Nationstatelandsville]

Weren't India and Pakistan once united against England? Why'd they break apart from one another?

Long and complicated. Muslims and Hindus once got along fine, but then when the British came, they started dividing and conquering. When 1947 came around, Partition seemed like the only solution to the hate.

Surprisingly, I knew that. I must have paid a lot more attention to Gandhi than I remember.

[Zeth Rekia]

Like I said, I shouldn't be running a country.

Why's this?

[Kirrig]

Weren't India and Pakistan once united against England? Why'd they break apart from one another?

Long and complicated. Muslims and Hindus once got along fine, but then when the British came, they started dividing and conquering. When 1947 came around, Partition seemed like the only solution to the hate.

Why did Bangladesh split?

[Nationstatelandsville]

Like I said, I shouldn't be running a country.

Why's this?

Because bunnies can't read or talk. Duh.

[Alexlantis]

Weren't India and Pakistan once united against England? Why'd they break apart from one another?

Long and complicated. Muslims and Hindus once got along fine, but then when the British came, they started dividing and conquering. When 1947 came around, Partition seemed like the only solution to the hate.

Honestly, I think a lot of things would have gone a lot better if imperialism hadn't happened. At least, hadn't happened in Europe. Same can be said for fascism. And Soviet-style/Maoist "Communism".

[Tlaceceyaya]

What approach is that?

Writing down the scenes you envisioned first and then expanding the book from there. I usually go with a linear story-line first, and the actual writing of the book becomes something of a chore.

So you let the book go where it may, rather than following a set plot line? I have trouble writing more than 15 pages because it becomes a chore.

[Coffee Cakes]

So... terribly... tired...

So... terribly... tired...

Why's that?

2 days in a row without a moment's rest.

So... terribly... tired...

*tucks Cakes into bed* Want me to read you a story?

Sure.

[Zeth Rekia]

Why's this?

Because bunnies can't read or talk. Duh.

Paradox.

[Lackadaisical2]

Weren't India and Pakistan once united against England? Why'd they break apart from one another?

Long and complicated. Muslims and Hindus once got along fine, but then when the British came, they started dividing and conquering. When 1947 came around, Partition seemed like the only solution to the hate.

Lulz...

[Alexlantis]

What approach is that?

Writing down the scenes you envisioned first and then expanding the book from there. I usually go with a linear story-line first, and the actual writing of the book becomes something of a chore.

I usually just write down the first scene that pops into my head and go from there. Of course, I've never written a book before.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Long and complicated. Muslims and Hindus once got along fine, but then when the British came, they started dividing and conquering. When 1947 came around, Partition seemed like the only solution to the hate.

Why did Bangladesh split?

That happened later, in 1971. The Bengalis wanted independence instead of being 'East Pakistan', and then war happened, then India freed Bangladesh.

[Erinkita]

What approach is that?

Writing down the scenes you envisioned first and then expanding the book from there. I usually go with a linear story-line first, and the actual writing of the book becomes something of a chore.

I do that too. One of the reasons I never finish anything. (The other is that I'm not very good). Do you recommend this tactic?

Like I said, I shouldn't be running a country.

Why's this?

I'm easily intimidated, and I'd end up trying to please everyone and please none.