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Updated management.
As recent posts reflect, our former community owner, Quenbolyn, has stepped down from management. Her several children require care, you see, as well as her burgeoning career -- past a certain point, juggling online needs and offline needs becomes untenable, and offline needs will always be the priority. She and I have discussed it at length, along with foaming_beast, ( Read more... ) -
A request for criticism and feedback on a story I'm working on.
I've seen that one other person in this community has asked for feedback on their story and I was hoping to ask the same.
To give some context, my story is of the fantasy genre and I am attempting to go with a Conan The Barbarian/pulp fantasy sort of tone and feeling for it. I've written most of it out, but I've never actually shown it to anyone ( Read more... ) -
Can you review and spork my story?
Is it ok if I post my story (to which I want to publish once completed) for review/sporking
https://www.wattpad.com/story/154904336-arkalion-of-iron-and-mystic-obscuraAny critism and praise are welcome (if I can't post it here please direct me to a proper posting group and I will delete this entry ( Read more... ) -
Interesting video
Some of you might have watched this before, but I thought the steps shared are quite useful for a budding writer/novelist.
CP could use some of the tips given in the video. :P
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Questions we could ask Paolini that he would actually answer
So over the years antishirts have tried to point out the inconsistencies and basically poor writing in Inheritance, but he (or someone on his staff) have basically always silenced or ignored them. But I'm pretty sure if we phrase our critques in such a way, we actually could ask him legitimate questions and get legitimate answers in the next faq. ( Read more... ) -
The Space Opera
So yeah, the long awaited Paolini Space Opera has yet to see the light of day. He has promised it will be out any minute multiple times and has yet to deliver on that promise in any way, shape, or form ( Read more... ) -
Brisingr Spork: Chapter 55?: Flight
I'm baaaaaaack! My sporking style has possibly chaaaaanged! Hopefully for the better... My deliberate focus from here on in is to challenge myself not just to recap the chapter's events and snark about it (although snarking is admittedly a lot of fun) but to properly highlight what doesn't work and why, regarding plot, character motivations and ( Read more... ) -
Eragon Rewrite chapter 2
Well here we have chapter 2.
[Spoiler (click to open)]Chapter Two: Palancar ValleyA deer had been through this meadow half an hour before. Or so Eragon guessed from the tracks as he kneeled there, bow clutched in one hand. She’d walked for miles with a limp and neither wolf or bear had yet caught her. He was actually impressed ( Read more... ) -
Eragon Rewrite: Chapter 1
So there have been a lot of talks about just what would make an Eragon rewrite work. I've been in on the discussions myself. Now I'm going to give it a try. I'm going to keep the same basic plot as the original but try to present it in a fashion which makes it more appealing ( Read more... ) -
Brisingr Sporking 51 Mind over Metal
I am not prepared. A demon hunter tells me this with a certain regularity. The Boy Scout in me bristles at the idea. In this instance it is completely true. I am attempting to spork the chapter Mind over Metal in Paolini’s Brisingr. I have never read this book. I have no intention of reading anything outside my self-assigned chapter here. This will ( Read more... )
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