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nicksgal:
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on February 04, 2021, 10:18:03 PM ---The timeline was basically my outline, where it told me what the boys were doing at exactly that point in that year. It was super helpful to just have to fill in and interpret what I felt happened according to the story. It worked really well and made the story seem realistic. At least for me it did.
I didn't really outline it but I knew what I wanted to accomplish and what I wanted Nick to accomplish during the story so that helped some. The ending pretty much wrote itself once I got to it. I always have a bit of a hard time with endings.
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As always, I am impressed by your ability to stick to a hard and fast timeline and find it helpful.
I think endings can be hard too, because you want to make sure the characters get there. I like that Nick's accomplishment s were part of your plan as a characters over plot person.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 04, 2021, 10:20:01 PM ---I honestly don't do anything special formatting-wise to designate a thought. Is that bad? Should I start doing that?
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You don't have to. I don't think it's a required bit of formatting. I just like how italics differentiate the thoughts from the rest of the prose, like how quotation marks are used to separate dialogue.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 04, 2021, 10:20:01 PM ---This little guy, because it's pretty and I'm an aging teeny: ~*~
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--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 04, 2021, 10:15:01 PM ---I see your shade for my buddy "~*~"
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Hehe, no shade. One ~*~ is perfectly fine! It's the excessive use of them (especially when they aren't even in equal amounts on each side of the "fLAsHbACK") that seems teenybopperesq ue.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 04, 2021, 10:27:57 PM ---You don't have to. I don't think it's a required bit of formatting. I just like how italics differentiate the thoughts from the rest of the prose, like how quotation marks are used to separate dialogue.
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That's fair. That's why I asked. I noticed the couple of times you did it and was like, "Hmmm..."
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 04, 2021, 10:27:57 PM ---Hehe, no shade. One ~*~ is perfectly fine! It's the excessive use of them (especially when they aren't even in equal amounts on each side of the "fLAsHbACK") that seems teenybopperesq ue.
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Oh yes, the unequal on each side of switch case "flashback" is not okay. They at least have to be equal. It makes the word look cuter and more sophisticated. *hair flip*
Oh! I guess when I did Beta Sigma Beta, I used the little Greek letters. I'd forgotten about that. That was a creative use of a scene break for that one. If I could add a tiny demon in PBox, I would probably do that.
nicksgal:
Anyone else trying to do some serious writing today? I think I've changed 700 words... Ugh...
FrickingKaos:
I did some research for my next chapter of If I Knew Then and wrote a bunch so it was a pretty productive writing day for me.
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