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I'm not going to argue either way, because the question wasn't asked properly. Maybe he's an idiot. Who cares. You're going about this the wrong way. You've realized the problem. You know what's right. So what if your teacher acknowledges it or not? I used to go through the same pains until I realized it was better to just keep the right answer to myself. Like you're obviously doing, the point of learning is not just to learn mindlessly, but to analyze every bit of information you're fed. No-one is perfect. There are a lot of idiots out there. It doesn't matter. What do you care if twenty brainless nitwits just swallow whatever horse shit is being taught these days without analyzing it for themselves? I wouldn't. It just means twenty less competitors for that scholarship to 'insert name of school here'. Yeah, that's a selfish way of looking at things but hey...you can't win 'em all. Just remember that catching teachers in logical fallacies is not as important as the actual information you learn from the fallacy itself. Don't get upset. Just smile and pretend like you agree with him. The power balance in schools is unfair to begin with. When you're managing that multimillion dollar corporation and he's still teaching horse shit, you can go back and laugh at him all you want. hugz, db
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No, I don't think you do. Someone hand this man a medal. Now! You know, there are just as many gay guys out there I'm sure that wouldn't mind seeing some quality female characterization. I'm one of them. Characters talk in my head all the time. When something feels awkward, I write it anyways and show it to someone straight, and ask them if I just vomited on the page, or if I've made an ounce of sense. Don't worry, I mean, I'm sure you're not alone. *pats Dom's head* While I'm not one of them, I get the impression that if a gay author starts writing about straight relationships, they're breaking some form of contract. Whatever. I'm sueing to change my name from gay author, to just author--so this won't hinder any future works. -db-
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I printed it out. Was that considered cheating? I've personally never read any of the Pern books, however, one of my writing buddies is a HUGE fan, so I have some semblance of knowledge of the world second hand. Thankfully, being a non-Pern person, I still found the story very engaging! I'm looking forward to you posting this Dan! db
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To write a beginning, you need to know what your story is about. The first pages of any story are your romance period with readers. You have to show them what your story is about, how you're going to tell it, and why the hell they should care. It's a contract. If you procede to violate that contract in your story, you end up with readers who feel they've wasted their time. If you yourself don't care about your ideas, I doubt you'll be able to fake it enough to make readers care. My introductions always revolve around some sort of hook. It can be a particular character quirk, an interesting and important plot event that will dictate the rest of the story, or a concept or situation that does the equivalent. Really, to write any of these into an introduction, you need to know at least some form of basic outline about the shape your story will take. The best advice anyone can ever give you is just write. Even if your introduction is crap, keep writing. Your characters will start developing life, and future events may lead to a sudden revelations about how to better write your introduction. I know you're looking for that easy formula to solve all your problems, but the truth is, it doesn't exist. Work hard, revise, spread out your idea net to your surroundings, and be patient. I'm sure something will come around eventually. hugz! -db-
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Writing stuff that touches me on a personal level has never bothered me that much. That said, I have never had the desire to share such personal stories with others.
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Happy B-day buddy
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The spirit of my comment was to allude that novels which rely on pictures for description are usually kids books. I am well aware of the existence of comics and manga, as I read a lot of the latter second hand from my roommate. I apologize if I stepped on anyone's toes there. I have nothing against stories developed and executed in a graphical manner. I find them incredible actually, and I'm more often than not completely drawn into the artist/author's world in a much different way than a novel. What bothers me is when either an author gets lazy in description and uses pictures as a cheat, or when the author has used description previously, then also posts a character picture--thereby usually ruining my mental one, and generally turning me off the story. Now I sound like a broken record. cheers! -db-
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Hmmm...I prefer smaller condensed fonts. My eyes get tired reading big arse letters, especially when they're thin. Verdana. arial, and TNR are all good at size ten, although twelve works for me too. When colors get too bad I just use the 'no style' feature in FF. I think someone here pointed that feature out for me >_>
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I personally feel that many pictures don't always agree with the images imagination can create. I suppose it depends how they're used though. I didn't mind the pictures in DK's Do over, but I get annoyed when I'm reading a story and have a clear mental picture of a character, and suddenly the author puts in a photo that doesn't agree with my mental picture. The believability of the story gets put into doubt. If you want pictures, go read kids books. They're there for a reason.
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HOW DARE YOU! This author is obviously in the middle of an identity crisis. Today he's god! Tommorrow he could be a carrot peeler. No one likes being flamed. It happens though. I once had a man yell at me for fifteen minutes because I ran across a corner of his lawn on my morning jog. Apparently I'm a trouble-making hooligan. I run across that corner every day now. Okay, I'm not sure how he's working...but... Sometimes authors finish their stories on one website...and then submit them to another on the condition that the 'new' website releases chapters once every week, even though it has been released in its entirety somewhere else. It's a fairly common practice. Still, regarding your e-mail and how you approached him...its tough to judge when we're only getting one side of the story and no e-mails. He may have misunderstood your wording. Then again, he might be a self-serving pig headed goon. Takes all kinds. He might be getting harried by many e-mails on the subject, and you just got the short end of the stick (and perhaps the other end is up his...ahem). The way you've described it he simply overreacted. Hey, authors don't need to have social skills to write good fiction. My advice: shrug you shoulders, mutter 'ass****' and don't let it get to you. I'm sure he was that 1 out of 100 exception you thought you'd never have to talk to! I'm sure the 99 other authors would have been tickled by any interest in their story. hugz db
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Neato! They did something similar in the cartoon Gundam Seed, where the writers referred to mods as coordinators and normal humans as naturals. This also has shades of Gattica written on it...one of my favorite movies I'd like to suggest that you not think of this in terms of the language of what 'nice' people will say and what a bigot might say. A nice person wouldn't even make reference to such an obvious point of conflict in the first place. A human is a human is a human...right? Having only one impolite nickname makes it all that much more powerful. Certainly, make a distinction between a clinical term say, and a taunt, but draw the line somewhere. Maybe the mods call themselves something flattering, while the unmodded something else. Food for thought. A company that changes the human genome would most likely be filled with scientists, so go with scientific nomenclature...like gene splicers, as an example. You could color that by having them called baby muxers, baby blenders...etc. by the all loving religious (and co.) right. As for the punishment for illegal genes...I guess that would depend on location. Since you've mentioned the core worlds are crowded, maybe they have a find and terminate policy. Maybe that is one of the few governmental jobs a mod can hold--hunting down illegal mods. It's a deliciously cruel and manipulative use of undesirables. Anyways, I'll be looking forward to your finished product! Hit me up on msn if you ever want to chat about it -db-
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Right. So in the future we will not force you to read such horrors. You're absolutely correct. Let's ban all fantasy and science fiction writers. Yup. Sorry Myr, you're banned. Oh, DK? Yup, you've gotta go buddy. Crap, I'm done too folks. I'm glad you felt the need to let us know. And now that I have your attention...stop making me read all sorts of sap-filled angsty coming out stories that are a dime a dozen. Let's ban them too. Romance? Pff. Excuse me while I go dig out my teeny tiny violin. Dio (who is wearing an equally sarcastic grin that should have been used to preface this post)
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I've registered them all and now you must pay me one hundred million dollars if you want one back. bwahahahahahaha Errr....not really. But that would be funny if someone did.
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Congrats Camy and Lugh! You guys rock my socks. I have to admit I do NaNo mostly so I can attend the TGIO party after >_> Fun fun. I always seem to come out of November having learned something new. This year I've managed to write a decent first draft of almost an entire novel--a first for me. I managed to meet a whole bunch of aspiring authors, and I've discovered a couple of really interesting writing groups from other local colleges I'm thinking of dropping by and visiting after the holidays. This was definitely a worthwhile venture, and lots and lots of fun! db p.s. congrats to Kat as well, who lurks without posting >_> She made the 50K deadline with 3minutes to spare. I know...because I was watching over her shoulder as she tried frantically to upload the damn thing before time expired.
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Don't forget it's exam season...
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I am in awe of arabian00glow copy paste, and find>>replace skills used in the making of that story. lol...
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Someone should write a story with all the characters being named after common household items. "Phone...pickup the goddamn phone." Phone sauntered over and grabbed the phone from it's hook. "What?" "Hey phone, it's Blender. Me and fork wanted to go meet Dryer and Scrap Paper over at the arcade. Wanna come?" "Nah...I gotta babysit Paperclip. Little sisters suck." I'm not sure how relevant this thought is to this thread. But, that's what was on my mind so...there you go. -db-
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That's all pretty good advice I guess. But the one thing that all new snow drivers need to experience is 'Fun with fresh snow in an abandoned parking lot with your handbrake.' Er...make sure you do it with someone who knows how though
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[TheZot] You meet your soulmate in the strangest places
Dio replied to Matthew's topic in Promoted Author Discussion Forum
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Canadians are TOTALLY on my list too. Some people just don't get it until they've experienced it first hand... I dislike smokers also. yucky smells It sounds like you're enjoying houston! I'm happy for ya! -db-
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I write so that others may read. We may delude ourselves into thinking that not having anyone read our stories would be just as well, but in our hearts we all yearn for someone to acknowledge our ideas and our effort. Er...on the second part I used to (when I first started psoting) take ideas and suggestions people had to heart and give them a serious thinking over...but I realized I was just deluding myself. There comes a point where too many people start wanting something and I just ended up saying 'to hell with you all, I'll write it my way'. On another note, and I don't want to ruffle any feathers here... but I personally get upset when authors start writing a story and posting it online, then stop and demand people send them feedback before any other chapters get posted. I believe it is not only selfish, but petty and egotistical. If a piece of writing is interesting enough, people will naturally feel inclined to let you know. Demanding that they send you feedback might already be a strong indication that readers haven't been enamoured with your work in the first place. This is just a comment I have in general after seeing many mediocre stories on fictionpress and AFF stop because of lack of reviews and the indignant outrage on the part of the author who can't seem to wrap his head around the fact that he is not the next J.R.R Tolkien, or John Grisham. Holding your work hostage is a great way to piss off previously loyal fans. lub db
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Hmmm. Sounds like you need a helper monkey who has his drivers license. Or a clone. Yeah! I'm so helpful. -db-
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Living in a city that has recently gone through a school shooting, I sincerely hope you're just shitting angst. Cheer up! At least you're not living in third-world poverty living as a prostitute with AIDS. Not that I'm sure you don't have it rough, don't get me wrong. -db-
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Like any large unmoderate archive, there are good stories and bad. However, I have found several excellent stories on fictionpress that aren't available anywhere else (to my knowledge). Yes, many of them are unedited, but the same can be said for archives like nifty. Take the good with the bad. Fictionpress at least has an excellent search function. If you are looking for gay stories, you can usually narrow the search down to M ratings, or seach directly for tags like [slash] or [yaoi] within the story summary. It takes more effort, but sometimes it's highly rewarding. Checking out how many times a story has been reviewed can also be a good indicator as to how well it is written and edited. (Of course, there are exceptions. I read one story that looked like it was edited by a three year old but was reviewed 1025 times by rabid fangirls who don't really care how bad the medium is). Also, limiting your search to >20K or >40K words will aid in weeding out the garbage extra junk we all so detest. And technically you aren't supposed to be posting graphic stories on FP, but that doesn't stop anyone from posting juicy sex scenes >_> Or reading them, for that matter. They are very accepting of gay stories though. I can't say I care for adultfanfiction. The brief period I tried to post stories the site was laggy, crashed, and was generally just crappy on a broad scale. I'm boycotting it out of bitterness. -db-
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What's so great about friday? The joy of the weekend is marred by having monday only two days away. :wacko: Give me tuesday over any day! Can't beat half price chicken wing and beer night. -db-
