Posts by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
(DIR) Post #AZlZv63jxqzYwul8Gu by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
2023-09-14T18:36:10+00:00
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I would! Images and illustrations, despite unilateral appropriation to children's fare, add to the mood and atmosphere of a good book. While most of our imagery comes when visually interpretting the text in the course of engagement, the illustrations, whether sparse or rife, can embellish our experience as readers.I most certainly would add my fair share!
(DIR) Post #AZro0YaBT4loLBrJ1E by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
2023-09-17T17:49:23+00:00
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All the time....and as I'm writing this.
(DIR) Post #AZs22QmKqvwO4gKXb6 by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
2023-09-17T19:27:03+00:00
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The ellipse is a dead giveaway.
(DIR) Post #AZtyKzirewZYACDtCa by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
2023-09-18T18:46:12+00:00
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Since I'm greener than a greenback, I'm looking for the simplest and most effective route, however, I try to find ways to bring a little bit more "soul" into what I write (an attempt at least) and avoid the fatal trappings of contemporary plenum. Once I make that hurdle, I'll vie for pushing the prose closer to the classical feel.
(DIR) Post #Aa8oo1f9ic08VzumbQ by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
2023-09-25T16:06:58+00:00
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Right now my biggest hurdle is pacing. We tend to get lost in the course of the larger manuscripts, especially at the novice level.
(DIR) Post #AaMd37VlmEmBlFOWpM by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
2023-10-02T15:35:17+00:00
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I'm in one now. I'll tell you when I'm out of it.
(DIR) Post #AaT4MYJMmipQ9OhWAC by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
2023-10-05T16:22:36+00:00
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I guess I'll soon find out! I think I tend to flatline the tone of my stories, so I try to find pick up the action. Keeping tension is a problem for me.
(DIR) Post #AbAbRivs11J9hbCrWS by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
2023-10-26T17:54:46+00:00
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I'm still in the process of learning this vital attribute. Right now, my characterizations are weak, and closer to cardboard cutouts than believable living individuals. It's a novice problem where I was putting too much emphasis on how astounding or eerie the world-building and circumstances happening within the story were. However, elaborating on the aforementioned helps build and shape our characters through the course of the story and far beyond their root personas. For myself, getting there is the modus operandi.
(DIR) Post #AbGoQLo8KxfEQrZNqK by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
2023-10-29T17:10:31+00:00
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I wish I was both proficient and prolific in order to pull something like that off. If it was a short story, I'd certainly consider.
(DIR) Post #AbP3TPVp8sWiCHPu1Q by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
2023-11-02T17:30:38+00:00
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Every time I write something I'm excited about, it ends up on the scrap heap. Its all part of learning, but sometimes it weighs heavily on your soul to constantly go back and redo everything.
(DIR) Post #AbuEhQpHQsBPMGcQFc by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
2023-11-15T19:25:41+00:00
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It depends. If they know whats coming at the climax, the best element of surprise would be how everything unfolds, how the characters are affected and how the story ends, whether its tragic or relieving.
(DIR) Post #AcNBAc9fcrhgewebKq by scribbles_n_bits@www.minds.com
2023-12-01T17:10:30+00:00
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Trial and tribulation. The rest is cast to the wind.