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I think a large part of this is having no experience with children, or experience only with twerps. I have nephews/nieces from two... -
Eldoria reacted to KidBuu699's post in the thread Writing How tolerant are you of whether the scene elements should be showing or telling? with
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Balance and the simple question of "does this place have meaning." Is this place a random inn or the future headquarters of the... -
Eldoria reacted to c37's post in the thread Writing How tolerant are you of whether the scene elements should be showing or telling? with Haha.
If people want to know their tolerance levels regarding this, they can read my initial chapters and find out. :sweat_smile:
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Eldoria reacted to bulmabriefs144's post in the thread Writing Multiple POV vs. Single POV: Which fiction do you prefer to read as a reader, and which fiction do you prefer to write as an author? with Like.
I tend to do multiple POV. And I tend to like clean dividers for it. I really despise third person POV. It feels unnatural.
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Eldoria reacted to Corty's post in the thread Writing How tolerant are you of whether the scene elements should be showing or telling? with Wow.
I have two problems: Show, don't tell is more for movies than for books. And today's readers cry about reading 3-4-line paragraphs...
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Eldoria reacted to bulmabriefs144's post in the thread Writing How tolerant are you of whether the scene elements should be showing or telling? with Like.
I largely do not abide by the "show don't tell" mantra. There are things that I limit the telling of. Character locations during fight...
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Eldoria reacted to CharlesEBrown's post in the thread Have you ever gotten stuck on a specific writing style? with Like.
I found calculus easier to read than The Worm Ouroboros...
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Eldoria reacted to Jerynboe's post in the thread Writing How tolerant are you of whether the scene elements should be showing or telling? with Like.
Like a lot of rules of thumb it breaks down on contact with reality despite being broadly true. Like charlesebrown said, skill issue...
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Eldoria reacted to TinaMigarlo's post in the thread Have you ever gotten stuck on a specific writing style? with Like.
@CharlesEBrown @Eldoria referencing the two posts above this one... This is a first for me. Eldoria's post made perfect easy sense to...
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That is so true. Though, the last story I read was about a literal 20-year-old that was treated like a toddler, so I think that's kind...
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Eldoria reacted to CharlesEBrown's post in the thread As a reader, what is your attention span tolerance for the minimum and maximum number of sentences in a paragraph? with Wow.
Honestly it depends on the nature of the story and skill of the storyteller. I've seen some great descriptive sections that were two or...
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Eldoria reacted to CharlesEBrown's post in the thread Writing How tolerant are you of whether the scene elements should be showing or telling? with Love.
Depends on the author's skill. Sometimes, telling bogs down the story while showing lets things keep moving, other times it works the...
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Eldoria reacted to CharlesEBrown's post in the thread Writing Multiple POV vs. Single POV: Which fiction do you prefer to read as a reader, and which fiction do you prefer to write as an author? with Love.
Depends on the needs of the story whether reader or writer. If the story needs the multiple points of view, then they should be there...
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Eldoria replied to the thread Have you ever gotten stuck on a specific writing style?.Why not use an adaptive POV approach? Each POV should be tailored to the needs of the story, rather than forcing it to use one. For...
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Eldoria reacted to Sylver's post in the thread Have you ever gotten stuck on a specific writing style? with Like.
No :blob_hmm_two: I use to write in first person, but my story ideas involve multiple perspectives so only my first ever story stuck...