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Offline fishy_fiz

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Quick piece of constructive criticism,....
When writing fiction, make it interesting.
Seems a common mistake to focus on the writing and style and to put the story last.
Writers often get so hung up on the former they forget that it's not just them that are reading it. Boring is boring, regardless of how well written it might be.
I read a lot and I can tell you now that there's very few books that hold a persons interest for more than a page or two based on technical aspects.
« Last Edit: March 01, 2015, 01:35:24 PM by fishy_fiz »
Near as I can tell this is where I write something under the guise of being innocuous, but really its a pot shot at another persons/peoples choice of Amiga based systems. Unfortunately only I cant see how transparent and petty it makes me look.
 

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Not what Im saying in the slightest. How you came to that conclusion is baffling.
The world isn't black/white you know?
The point is many amateur writers are oblivious to the idea of less is more when it comes to fiction and are more focused on trying to construct "clever" sentences than the important part, which is the story and narrative flow.

Silmarillion vs. Lord Of The Rings for a random example.
The former is technically more impressive, but boring as mud.
« Last Edit: March 02, 2015, 02:39:06 AM by fishy_fiz »
Near as I can tell this is where I write something under the guise of being innocuous, but really its a pot shot at another persons/peoples choice of Amiga based systems. Unfortunately only I cant see how transparent and petty it makes me look.