Oh, please do After what you told me, I already really want to read your stuff! I'll try to send over my chapter later then Also, really enjoying your bottom 10 list. I like how so many people lost it after Valkyria Chronicles They're all like "how do you hate it" when you clearly avoided using the word "worst". It all makes me wanna start a top 25 of my own someday, but I always have a hard time rating the games I like, or anything, really
I understand about not taking "advice" too seriously because sometimes "tropes are not bad". In this case though I feel it is necessary because it does make the story lose momentum and I feel like I might have a better setup. I only kept the main character opening because it has been part of the story since the beginning when I was basically writing a story with all my favorite elements of the games I was playing back then but now I feel like it does slow the story down a bit but maybe I'm wrong. I don't mind reading your chapter, I started on chapter 1 already but got sidetracked by something else. Multitasking was never my strong suit but I'll be sure to finish them and I don't mind reading your work. Maybe I'll send you the first few chapters of my own so you can tell me I need to stop blatantly ripping off 90s era JRPGs.
Well, i guess the time we both spent on TVtropes is quite enough to start breaking those rules I recently saw a compelling quote on tumblr (I forget what writer, though) that made a solid argument against trying to "show not tell" at all costs. Like, by definition, a character should never "feel joy", but "jump and smile, and flail their hands". In general, I really find the idea of "show don't tell" great, but some people have criticized me for some stupid things, like there's something fundamentally wrong with a character looking irritated. The point I'm getting at is, there are always many different mindsets about everything, and none of them are completely wrong or completely wright, so I think trying to force yourself to stick to a particular formula so as to avoid cliche at all cost, I think may actually serve to damage your writing. In the end, I want my writing to sound as natural as possible, and when it's a toss up between a cliched organic scene and an artificial scene that's "proper", I'll always go for a cliche. Anyways, if you're ever interested, I have a particular chapter of Eden I would like your feedback on, considering we have some similar influences in our writing. It's kind of an important one. Act one is written in a way that the chapters can be read in any order, but this one comes last and it actually has the most of the actual plot. It's still a draft and parts of it are rushed, so I know I need to work on it. I just want to know if it's interesting. Still, I know that you're a really busy person, so I won't get offended if you say no If you are interested, however, let me know and I'll mognet you or something, since the chapter isn't on the forum yet.
That's true, what's the old saying, "you must first know the rules before you can break them."
Still, nothing wrong with violating those sometime
Oh no, I also have a more action packed prologue which is also taboo.
Mine has a description in a mirror. Another cardinal sin
I would call that a Bible. Mine has a list of characters but only some details are filled, a timeline and a glossary of terms and places. The re-write has more to do with changing how I introduced the main character because I was reading a book on publishing and found out I had chosen one of the most cliched ways to so. Apparently I really like the Good Morning, Crono Trope.
I wouldn't say I have a "bible" or anything. I have a couple documents, like one is about the characters, one is a couple details about the world, and one is that stupid synopsis that at this point I wish I hadn't done. Still, I will probably need to work on the others a little bit, so that I have all the references in place. It helps that I've recently purchased Scrivener - hopefully that will help me work more effectively from now on! Even if you decide against posting any of your stuff on the forum, you can always mognet me. I'll be glad to give you feedback. The stuff I wrote is pretty messy and needs a thorough rewrite as well, so don't worry about it
Yeah I definitely need to get back to reading more. I have a few history books to get back to after I finish the Lovecraft collection and I still need to finish the Vampire Hunter D novels. I'll certainly check out your novel, who knows, maybe I'll finally publish some of mine but unlikely since I really want to re-write the intro a bit. Hell I should probably should re-read what I wrote fill out more of the story bible as well just so I don't get lost. Do you use a story bible or outline for yours?
