Everyone has their own ways I guess. I want to say it was Rowling, but I'm not sure about that.
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by Lady Scylla » Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:50 am
by Forsher » Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:06 am
by Corvus Metallum » Tue May 02, 2017 9:10 pm
by USS Monitor » Wed May 03, 2017 1:48 am
Corvus Metallum wrote:In an effort to improve my writing, I'm looking around at different grammar and style texts. I'm torn between the AP Stylebook and The Chicago Manual of Style, as these seem to be the two most prominent ones for American English. Do y'all have any preference for one over the other, or would you recommend something else?
by Nordengrund » Wed May 03, 2017 7:06 am
by Lady Scylla » Wed May 03, 2017 8:28 am
Corvus Metallum wrote:In an effort to improve my writing, I'm looking around at different grammar and style texts. I'm torn between the AP Stylebook and The Chicago Manual of Style, as these seem to be the two most prominent ones for American English. Do y'all have any preference for one over the other, or would you recommend something else?
by Zottistan » Wed May 17, 2017 10:33 am
by Conserative Morality » Wed May 17, 2017 11:54 am
by USS Monitor » Wed May 17, 2017 11:34 pm
by Conserative Morality » Thu May 18, 2017 3:10 pm
by USS Monitor » Thu May 18, 2017 11:39 pm
by Ameriganastan » Wed May 24, 2017 7:02 pm
Edward Richtofen wrote:Ameri's so tough that he criticized an Insane Asylum and was promptly let out
Sinovet wrote:Ameri's like Honey badger. He don't give a fuck.
Krazakistan wrote: He is a force of negativity for the sake of negativity
Onocarcass wrote:Trying to change Ameri, is like trying to drag a 2 ton block of lead with your d**k.
Immoren wrote:When Ameri says something is shit it's good and when Ameri says some thing is good it's great. *nods*
by Shaggai » Mon May 29, 2017 10:43 am
USS Monitor wrote:Conserative Morality wrote:I don't see the difference in principle, but maybe that's just me.
Scenes are written with the intention of tying into the same story, and the sentences within the scene are sequential (more or less -- you might move on here or there, but they're mostly written to fill a specific place in the scene). Just because you take something out of chapter 2 and turn it into a flashback in chapter 12 doesn't mean it was written randomly with no conception of how it was going to relate to the rest of the story. Regardless whether it goes in chapter 2 or chapter 12, it's still tailored to fit into the story, not just a random thought you had.
Unless you just write random scenes....
by USS Monitor » Tue May 30, 2017 10:46 pm
Shaggai wrote:USS Monitor wrote:
Scenes are written with the intention of tying into the same story, and the sentences within the scene are sequential (more or less -- you might move on here or there, but they're mostly written to fill a specific place in the scene). Just because you take something out of chapter 2 and turn it into a flashback in chapter 12 doesn't mean it was written randomly with no conception of how it was going to relate to the rest of the story. Regardless whether it goes in chapter 2 or chapter 12, it's still tailored to fit into the story, not just a random thought you had.
Unless you just write random scenes....
I think Conserative Morality meant moving scenes around within the plot, rather than simply within the book.
by Ameriganastan » Tue May 30, 2017 11:00 pm
Edward Richtofen wrote:Ameri's so tough that he criticized an Insane Asylum and was promptly let out
Sinovet wrote:Ameri's like Honey badger. He don't give a fuck.
Krazakistan wrote: He is a force of negativity for the sake of negativity
Onocarcass wrote:Trying to change Ameri, is like trying to drag a 2 ton block of lead with your d**k.
Immoren wrote:When Ameri says something is shit it's good and when Ameri says some thing is good it's great. *nods*
by Nordengrund » Thu Jun 01, 2017 4:36 pm
by Lady Scylla » Thu Jun 01, 2017 7:44 pm
Nordengrund wrote:Anyone here I can discuss light novels with? I'm thinking about attempting to write one, but I'm wondering if there is that whole "if you aren't Japanese, you can't get published or create real manga" thing attached to the medium?
They seem like a good middle ground for what I'm after. Novels are too long and I don't think I have the commitment for novel writing, especially for a series. I find short stories too constricting, and light novels are sometimes compared to novellas in length. I figure novella would be a good step up from a short story but probably not be as daunting as a novel.
I also want to make manga, but I'm not Japanese, and all that drawing seems exhausting, and some manga span hundreds of chapters and volumes. I really like the manga artstyle, and want to use it to tell stories.
Also, is there an average word count for light novels? What about the number of chapters per book?
by The Federation of Kendor » Fri Jun 02, 2017 2:45 am
North Korean Russia wrote:"I am God! You are powerless against me! I am so awesome that when I play basketball I always get four points per shot!" -Kim Jong-Putin.
Independant Nations and Guilds wrote:Their founder turned into an eagle and flew into the sun before being burned to death. This is what their flag really means, and any other attempt at explanation of its meaning is ignored in favor of this explanation.
by Anywhere Else But Here » Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:56 am
The Federation of Kendor wrote:Am I allowed to post a story here, so others can review my writing?
by Ameriganastan » Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:23 am
Edward Richtofen wrote:Ameri's so tough that he criticized an Insane Asylum and was promptly let out
Sinovet wrote:Ameri's like Honey badger. He don't give a fuck.
Krazakistan wrote: He is a force of negativity for the sake of negativity
Onocarcass wrote:Trying to change Ameri, is like trying to drag a 2 ton block of lead with your d**k.
Immoren wrote:When Ameri says something is shit it's good and when Ameri says some thing is good it's great. *nods*
by Would that these little stones » Fri Jun 02, 2017 8:13 am
Corvus Metallum wrote:In an effort to improve my writing, I'm looking around at different grammar and style texts. I'm torn between the AP Stylebook and The Chicago Manual of Style, as these seem to be the two most prominent ones for American English. Do y'all have any preference for one over the other, or would you recommend something else?
by Wallenburg » Sat Jun 03, 2017 1:34 pm
Would that these little stones wrote:Get yourself a copy of the most recent edition of Strunk and White's Elements of Style. It'll change your life.
by Soldati Senza Confini » Sun Jun 04, 2017 4:03 pm
Corvus Metallum wrote:In an effort to improve my writing, I'm looking around at different grammar and style texts. I'm torn between the AP Stylebook and The Chicago Manual of Style, as these seem to be the two most prominent ones for American English. Do y'all have any preference for one over the other, or would you recommend something else?
Tekania wrote:Welcome to NSG, where informed opinions get to bump-heads with ignorant ideology under the pretense of an equal footing.
by Trotskylvania » Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:53 am
Your Friendly Neighborhood Ultra - The Left Wing of the Impossible
Putting the '-sadism' in PosadismKarl Marx, Wage Labour and Capital
Anton Pannekoek, World Revolution and Communist Tactics
Amadeo Bordiga, Dialogue With Stalin
Nikolai Bukharin, The ABC of Communism
Gilles Dauvé, When Insurrections Die"The hell of capitalism is the firm, not the fact that the firm has a boss."- Bordiga
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