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Writers' Bloc - Creative Writing Off Topic Thread

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    #362
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,194 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Happy 26th, youngster:)


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    #363
    FewFew
    Registered Users Posts: 12,746 ✭✭✭✭FewFew


    bluewolf wrote: »
    i'm old today! yay!

    Oh my gosh, what'll ya be tomorrow!?!? :eek:


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    #364
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    a day older :pac:


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    #365
    FewFew
    Registered Users Posts: 12,746 ✭✭✭✭FewFew


    bluewolf wrote: »
    a day older :pac:

    :eek:


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    #366
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,194 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Congrats to Fewcifur on his new stars :)


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    #367
    Antilles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    I want stars. How do I get stars?


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    #368
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    you have to be cool like us


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    #369
    FewFew
    Registered Users Posts: 12,746 ✭✭✭✭FewFew


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Congrats to Fewcifur on his new stars :)

    Ah yes, the most relaxed forum possible :)
    bluewolf wrote: »
    you have to be cool like us

    You're cooler, you've got red ones and a lil sub-heading :)


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    #370
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    Fewcifur wrote: »
    Ah yes, the most relaxed forum possible :)



    You're cooler, you've got red ones and a lil sub-heading :)

    :cool::cool:


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    #371
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,194 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Anyone can buy red stars, it's just bling.


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    #372
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    you're just jealous you don't have red stars and a sub heading you can edit!


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    #373
    FewFew
    Registered Users Posts: 12,746 ✭✭✭✭FewFew


    bluewolf wrote: »
    you're just jealous you don't have red stars and a sub heading you can edit!

    I was promised subscription-like powers... I guess I'm just a poor reflection of such magic.


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    #374
    Antilles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    So I need to pay a subscription or become a mod :/

    What forums need a moderator right now? I can become an expert in whatever they want.


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    #375
    Blush_01
    Registered Users Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    First rule of becoming a Mod - pretend like you don't want it. (At least that's how it worked on the forum I used to mod on on a different site...)


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    #376
    FewFew
    Registered Users Posts: 12,746 ✭✭✭✭FewFew


    Blush_01 wrote: »
    First rule of becoming a Mod - pretend like you don't want it. (At least that's how it worked on the forum I used to mod on on a different site...)

    That's how it worked with me anyhows.


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    #377
    Antilles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    My hero's family have been kidnapped but when he asks the police for help they aren't interested (for various reasons). If he doesn't grab a gun and try to rescue his family on his own, knowing it's a suicide mission, is he a weak hero?

    Is there any valid reason why if he's the hero he wouldn't risk his own neck stupidly trying to rescue his family? :/


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    #378
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,194 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    He has another family? He's about to save humanity with a cancer cure?


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    #379
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    his best friend talks some sense into him and tells him the family wouldnt be rescued by him dying?
    the kidnappers sent a note saying if he does anything they'll start doing horrible things?


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    #380
    FewFew
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    Antilles wrote: »
    My hero's family have been kidnapped but when he asks the police for help they aren't interested (for various reasons). If he doesn't grab a gun and try to rescue his family on his own, knowing it's a suicide mission, is he a weak hero?

    Is there any valid reason why if he's the hero he wouldn't risk his own neck stupidly trying to rescue his family? :/

    He's a logical thinker? Comes up with a better plan to save them? Doesn't have access to a gun? Knows people better suited to the task? Does something else positive, such as tracking them down?


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    #381
    Insect Overlord
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    He should give Trent a call. :cool:


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    #382
    CD.
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭CD.


    Does anyone find the use of music is starting to hinder television watching?

    I was watching a TV show last night and some sad music started playing and I knew that a character was going to die, though I didn't know which one. When the character I thought was gonna die was fine rather than thinking oh it's a fake out, I still thought someone was going to die (my second guess was right!)
    but it's getting to the point that the music ques are starting to tip me off.

    Though for those who watch true blood in the earlier seasons when sookie/bill were kissing/having sex/anything intimate the same damn music started playing every SINGLE time. it got very annoying very quickly.

    It's kinda better in books when there is no real proper tip offs and it's a case of anything can happen (unless one of the characters is narrating events or it's first person, generally those people are fine. Or it's a series and you know that X characters carry on to the next books etc)


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    #383
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    I read cloud atlas today, it was awesome


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    #384
    The Mad Hatter
    Registered Users Posts: 4,718 ✭✭✭The Mad Hatter


    bluewolf wrote: »
    I read cloud atlas today, it was awesome

    What I'd give to be able to read a book like Cloud Atlas in a day...:(


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    #385
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,194 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Ah, so it's not the Peep Show guy who wrote that.


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    #386
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    sure it's only 530 pages, what's that, 5.5 hours? :pac:
    bit woozy yesterday so i read slow

    okay okay ill stop before mad hatter murders me

    i wish my other books would arrive :( i ordered them before C.A.


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    #387
    Lady Chuckles
    Registered Users Posts: 9,279 ✭✭✭Lady Chuckles


    This may be a silly question, but are you ever ashamed over something you wrote or feel the need to defend your piece to others and yourself?

    I like writing thrillers (mainly for young adults). There's violence and abuse in them, but there's also friendship and love. People reaching out for someone who needs it.

    I'd like to think my main storyline is that there's always someone who cares for you and things will always get better, in a way you might not have expected.

    I self-published a book after some marvellous feedback. However, my mother got concerned about the storyline and ever since I've had a hard time thinking I'm good at what I do - I've even had a hard time actually getting to writing again.

    Is this just me being silly? Or does anyone feel the same? :o


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    #388
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    I sometimes wonder if that's why a lot of people publish under false names, their families :pac:

    i wrote a short story once from 1st-person about bullying
    completely and utterly made up, but i got a lot of concerned questions and strange looks for a while from the family
    i'd say they're just too close to you so they link everything

    don't worry about it, focus on the other feedback and keep writing :)


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    #389
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,194 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I don't know if I could ever let my mother read my stuff. It's fairly tame, but still, the psychological sword of parental (dis)approval is hard to escape.


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    #390
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    i like your book so far! :)


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    #391
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,194 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Thanks Mum.


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