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Questions to ponder part 11
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Sakabelle on July 29, 2014, 08:09:54 AM ---That is great advice, Julie! I definitely try my best to steer away from the adverbs especially in dialogue tags. Actually every time I use "said" I try to change it. One of my high school English teachers had a poster on her wall that was titled "Said is Dead" (LOL) and it listed out a whole bunch of other verbs to use in its place. I think back to that poster often, haha.
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That's awesome! I have a poster like that in my room too that my kids love. This past year, we made a graveyard of overused words around Halloween. They worked in groups to make tombstones ("Said is Dead" was my example) for each overused words and wrote "juicier" synonyms underneath it.
RokofAges75:
I'm gonna go ahead and post Reb's questions from the other thread in here:
What was your guys' favorite "old school fanfic" method/plot to read? Do you guys think there were more of those kind of plots back then versus now; if so, why do you think that is?
Carter:
Here is another question...and i am only asking cause i am sittig here thinking about it. Have you ever found a scene that is just hard to write? Like no matter how much you try it just doesnt seem right?
Carter:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 29, 2014, 04:37:49 PM ---I'm gonna go ahead and post Reb's questions from the other thread in here:
What was your guys' favorite "old school fanfic" method/plot to read? Do you guys think there were more of those kind of plots back then versus now; if so, why do you think that is?
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I didnt read a whole lot of old school to be honest. But i know there were a ton or romance...now i think there is a lot but a lot of people are writing more suspence. There is only so much happy ever after stuff people can take.
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 29, 2014, 04:37:49 PM ---I'm gonna go ahead and post Reb's questions from the other thread in here:
What was your guys' favorite "old school fanfic" method/plot to read? Do you guys think there were more of those kind of plots back then versus now; if so, why do you think that is?
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My favorite old school plot was the kidnapping one. One or more of the guys get kidnapped and have to figure out a way out! I prefer them all to be in deep doo-doo as opposed to just one. LOL It was always more fun seeing them try to figure a way out of their jam together.
There are way less of these nowadays, like I said in the other thread, because now real life gets in the way. Now that they all are married and have kids, it makes it tough to give realistic reasons as to why they would constantly be sans those people.
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