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Fawkes
post Jan 30 2012, 07:38 AM
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QUOTE(McBadgere @ Jan 30 2012, 12:35 AM) *

And don't kill any of them off...It's Impolite... tongue.gif ...


And not gentlemen like at ALL.
Just don't kill them and ask permission, like Rob said, also try not to pair them of with someone unless the author gave you permission to. tongue.gif

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post Jan 30 2012, 07:57 AM
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QUOTE(Darkness Eternal @ Jan 30 2012, 01:27 AM) *

I mean as in a character from another person's story make a cameo apperance, and vice versa. Or have one character from a single story appear in the other one.



Acadian's Buffy has been in SubRosa's (and vice-versa) and has a cameo coming up in mine in X number of months
King Coin's Aravi has been in mine and is slated for two other stories
My character Maxical has been in Acadian's
D.Foxy's characters Damien "Foxy" Reynard and Sneakers have both been staples in my story
Treydog and his wife have both been in my story
Winter Wolf's and Remko's characters were both in Acadian's story
Thomas Kiara had several references to other characters in his story

Also, content - I have cross-overed both content referrals and character Docata from Rachel the Breton

There are several others, I just can't think of them right now.


It is not just needing to ask permission though, you have to send the final draft to them for approval of how you have portrayed their character - and they may want to make edits to that in order to agree

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post Jan 30 2012, 08:01 AM
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Ignore post, written in the middle of the night when my brain was actually dead and my memory buried earlier. sad.gif

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post Jan 30 2012, 11:57 AM
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QUOTE(mALX @ Jan 30 2012, 02:01 AM) *

Er... that is a mod, if you are talking about Equestria.

Is there a mod called Equestria? The Equestria in Jerric's Story is the one from Buffy's world, borrowed with permission of course. smile.gif


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post Jan 30 2012, 12:50 PM
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Typically, I think, the borrowing is for a chapter or so if the character is actually playing a support role, sometimes it is just a cameo like Aravi (sp?) appearing in mALX's story. In treydog's story he borrowed one of Minque's characters, Serene's daughter Athynae, mentioned in the beginning of her story as the reason she is writing it all down. Now, Trey has blown her into a leading support role and well, the rest shall we say is history...and the characters in three stories now share (with permission) alternate universes.

Working with writers you admire, and in my case actually becoming the writer for one of those characters just by odd chance, it a wonderful experience. I so appreciate Trey and Minque sharing Athynae with me, and Black Hand allowing Seth to play such an integral roll in Athynae's life.

Now, guys, apologies for getting a little behind on the reading, I'll catch up, promise. And you will all see soon why I got behind. biggrin.gif wink.gif




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post Jan 30 2012, 01:26 PM
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QUOTE(Grits @ Jan 30 2012, 02:57 AM) *

QUOTE(mALX @ Jan 30 2012, 02:01 AM) *

Er... that is a mod, if you are talking about Equestria.

Is there a mod called Equestria? The Equestria in Jerric's Story is the one from Buffy's world, borrowed with permission of course. smile.gif


No, Equestria and the Valley of Horses is pure imagination. Buffy and Teresa have crossed into each others stories more than once. I have also referenced bobg's Angel and deceased Sarah in Buffy's story.


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post Jan 30 2012, 01:51 PM
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That's what I thought when I read the credit on Grits' story...But I will admit to not knowing anything about Mod names... biggrin.gif ...

Ooooh, plus...Something I thought of this fair morn...How we all use magic in our story is different...And while we can multiverse each other's characters, they will not do some things the same way...

Something else to think about when multiversing... biggrin.gif ...
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post Jan 30 2012, 02:38 PM
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GAAAAH !! I was wrong. I sent the horse ranch (called the IC Horse Ranch), the Show Horse Jumping Track, etc - (all by Zira) to Acadian, but he never used them - and he made up the name too embarrased.gif


URK !!


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post Feb 5 2012, 11:47 PM
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I got a question, how do you guys deal with Writers Block, er well It's not writers block per say, I know what I want to write but I can't seem to get it into writing.

Any tips?


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post Feb 6 2012, 02:12 AM
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QUOTE(Fawkes @ Feb 5 2012, 05:47 PM) *

I got a question, how do you guys deal with Writers Block, er well It's not writers block per say, I know what I want to write but I can't seem to get it into writing.

Any tips?

Early in this thread, I wrote a long meditation on the problem of writer's block. Since quoting myself would be a bit much even for me- I will skip that step.

In the situation you describe- having ideas but not getting them on the page- I would recommend doing it this way:

Write whatever you know for certain is "there." It does not matter how fragmentary or unconnected it may be- get it on paper. Sometimes, you can build an entire scene from a single sentence or even a few words. I do not want to presume too much based on what you have said, so I will leave it at this- most of the folks who write on here maintain some kind of "work-in-progress" or "ideas for later" file or notebook or brown paper grocery bag. That way, less gets lost. If you want to, feel free to expand on what is happening (or not happening) with your writing in this thread. Or PM me or another writer. Here's hoping for the block to disappear.


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post Feb 6 2012, 07:28 AM
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For me, whenever I've gotten stuck, I wind up writing a different bit...Doesn't matter whether it was supposed to be the next bit, as it were.

That's where that last part of mine came from...Perhaps I should have sat on it though...It seems to have confused things too much... tongue.gif ...

Just try to write something...Anything...

But don't stress that it isn't the very next part of the story...As Trey said, something that you know you have...
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post Feb 6 2012, 05:19 PM
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Thank you guys! I went to read what you posted on writers block Trey.
I've taken both of your advices and just came up with I guess you could say "plotlines" that won't happen for a while.

I think that I'm going to do it like you McBadgere, I'll see if I can write it different, maybe I can pump those creative juices stuck in my head to my writing biggrin.gif


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post Feb 6 2012, 08:07 PM
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Go outside, use ideas. Plants, trees, buildings, people, lakes etc. Or watch movies for inspiration. Or just keep writing McBad said.


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post Feb 7 2012, 02:23 PM
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Reading other's stories can inspire, and that works for how you want to say something as well.

My last chapter had a segment where one description was inspired by something I read in Darkness Eternal's story.

Alexander (this Site's Administrator)'s story "Cyrodiil" inspired a whole different way of writing a story for me.



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post Feb 7 2012, 03:48 PM
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QUOTE(mALX @ Feb 7 2012, 02:23 PM) *

Reading other's stories can inspire, and that works for how you want to say something as well.

My last chapter had a segment where one description was inspired by something I read in Darkness Eternal's story.

Alexander (this Site's Administrator)'s story "Cyrodiil" inspired a whole different way of writing a story for me.

Truly. You wrote about a certain aspect vampires have, the bloodlust and the thirst for it. I always wanted to come to write it, but since I'm a lore fanatic of sorts, I might have to make a way for it to happen. After all, a young vamp has little control over bloodlust. So to be honest, I enjoyed reading that part of the story.

Safe to say I got over a writer's block, but I found out that you can "skip" scenes, per se. It helps alot. For example, you can write an entire chapter on his Tiberius went to purchase bread for a khajiiti cook, or you can explain that he went there, how he went there and what happened when he got there instead of adding the trivial details like: "Tiberius was on the road, studying the particles of dust that sat upon a particle of dust while floating with the countless other dust particles."


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post Feb 11 2012, 08:54 PM
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If, say, you've been an ar$e and deleted the next part of your story from the computer...Pffft...As if...

*Cough*...

Erm...Do you a) rewrite the bit that you deleted

or f) Re-hash the plot and start afresh with a new bit...

And yes, the bit that went had more overarching things than the whole of what went before put together...

Just wondering what anyone else had done when faced with a complete re-write?...

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post Feb 11 2012, 08:58 PM
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QUOTE(McBadgere @ Feb 11 2012, 02:54 PM) *

If, say, you've been an ar$e and deleted the next part of your story from the computer...Pffft...As if...

*Cough*...

Erm...Do you a) rewrite the bit that you deleted

or f) Re-hash the plot and start afresh with a new bit...

And yes, the bit that went had more overarching things than the whole of what went before put together...

Just wondering what anyone else had done when faced with a complete re-write?...



I have it in full if you need it, it is still in my email box.


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post Feb 11 2012, 09:07 PM
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I am not going to say anything about "why" or "how" this happened....(raises eyebrow at stuttering badger). But what I would do is, first take a moment and breath. After that think about where the story is right now, are there any 'things' that need additional information, clarification etc and write them down, then think about where the characters are, what they are thinking and how they are feeling and (ok, here goes my weirdness) step into that essence and look back at what you wrote down. That will hopefully get you started....and if it doesn't just be happy that you aren't as weird as I am....


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post Feb 11 2012, 09:10 PM
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QUOTE(McBadgere @ Feb 11 2012, 02:54 PM) *

If, say, you've been an ar$e and deleted the next part of your story from the computer...Pffft...As if...

*Cough*...

Erm...Do you a) rewrite the bit that you deleted

or f) Re-hash the plot and start afresh with a new bit...

And yes, the bit that went had more overarching things than the whole of what went before put together...

Just wondering what anyone else had done when faced with a complete re-write?...



I have it in full if you need it, it is still in my email box. (and PS, I read it and loved it !!)

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post Feb 11 2012, 09:36 PM
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Moot question- due to someone else's perspicacity...

However- to answer anyway-

What may seem a disaster can be a place to build anew. While it might have been the greatest post ever in the history of posting- 'tis gone now-farewell old friend.

But- the seeds still exist. I would not try to recreate the exact post. I WOULD try to get the parts I know need to be in there. And then- see where those take me.

Which is rather a way of describing how I have somehow gotten to over 400 pages of my current story- which was originally going to be the "shortest one."


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