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Post by James on May 18, 2015 19:15:17 GMT -5
July Festival Idea:
Elevator Pitches.
You literally have to pitch an idea for a story in a couple of sentences.
High Court Judge is kidnapped by the government and taken to a black site. She is then instructed to judge on various magical cases, involving faeries, vampires and witches. (Because Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is on my mind, clearly).
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Post by The Counter Cultist(Sawyer) on May 18, 2015 19:17:23 GMT -5
I like this idea. We should try it during Inklings
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Post by Kaez on May 18, 2015 22:37:37 GMT -5
I still love the idea of us telling a collective story one post at a time. Every post is limited to, say, 100 words.
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Post by The Counter Cultist(Sawyer) on May 18, 2015 23:21:19 GMT -5
Anyone got any tips for writing blind characters?
Decided to make my empathic heroine blind, but I'm drawing a blank on how to best write her. Re-watching Daredevil(both the series and, shamelessly, bits and pieces of the movie.) has given me some clues but I'm still drawing some blanks.
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Post by Croswynd on May 18, 2015 23:26:28 GMT -5
Write the smells, tastes, feeling, and hearing. Otherwise it's the same.
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Post by James on May 18, 2015 23:28:02 GMT -5
Write the smells, tastes, feeling, and hearing. Otherwise it's the same. I mostly agree with this. It's a little more nuanced in that blindness is going to affect a person's experience and worldview, but on the whole, this is very good advice to begin with. |
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on May 18, 2015 23:42:06 GMT -5
Anyone got any tips for writing blind characters? Decided to make my empathic heroine blind, but I'm drawing a blank on how to best write her. Re-watching Daredevil(both the series and, shamelessly, bits and pieces of the movie.) has given me some clues but I'm still drawing some blanks. Give them a sidekick that explains every single scene in graphically detailed dialogue before the action begins. yup. |
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Post by James on May 18, 2015 23:47:10 GMT -5
Anyone got any tips for writing blind characters? Decided to make my empathic heroine blind, but I'm drawing a blank on how to best write her. Re-watching Daredevil(both the series and, shamelessly, bits and pieces of the movie.) has given me some clues but I'm still drawing some blanks. Give them a sidekick that explains every single scene in graphically detailed dialogue before the action begins. yup. Dialogue is one of the things coming out of the competition that I want to talk about. Because that's honestly not too far from some stories. That and fucking time shifts. |
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Post by The Counter Cultist(Sawyer) on May 18, 2015 23:59:35 GMT -5
Write the smells, tastes, feeling, and hearing. Otherwise it's the same. Write the smells, tastes, feeling, and hearing. Otherwise it's the same. I mostly agree with this. It's a little more nuanced in that blindness is going to affect a person's experience and worldview, but on the whole, this is very good advice to begin with. Yeah, just about what I figured. Wasn't sure if there was anything else to it, but this helps. Thanks guys. Give them a sidekick that explains every single scene in graphically detailed dialogue before the action begins. yup. Was tempted to go this route, then decided that it was dumb.  |
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Post by James on May 23, 2015 20:15:00 GMT -5
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Post by James on May 25, 2015 2:26:11 GMT -5
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Post by The Counter Cultist(Sawyer) on May 25, 2015 2:46:25 GMT -5
That is... I don't even... I... ... |
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Post by James on May 25, 2015 3:17:13 GMT -5
Honestly, it's not so much the individual figure involved. Those are incredibly rare figures. It's more that Tor feels comfortable enough to even sign such a contract. It's a little affirmation there's some life in the industry still.
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Post by Kaez on May 25, 2015 7:24:55 GMT -5
Honestly, it's not so much the individual figure involved. Those are incredibly rare figures. It's more that Tor feels comfortable enough to even sign such a contract. It's a little affirmation there's some life in the industry still. ...well, sure, but also: Take that away and take about $2,000,000 away as well. I think this is mostly a sign of how much of a trend it's become to enjoy a movie or TV series and then go read the book it was based on. Not that that isn't also a generally good thing for the literary industry, just that book sales are currently being "propped up" by a more popular media. |
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Post by Croswynd on May 25, 2015 9:54:41 GMT -5
It's the same thing that happens with light novels/manga with anime. If things went that way more in the West, it's only a positive idea.
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