Comments for Tips, Tricks

Comment on Write it Down! Or Don’t by Sam

Sam — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:30:14 +0000

I desperately need a notebook. I forget stuff heaps.

Comment on Disappearing into Your Work by TazHall

TazHall — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:49:20 +0000

LOL! That is awesome, and powerful. It’s like they just bulldoze over people’s lives like they don’t exist . . . Can’t say I’m a big fan of the Chinese govt.

Comment on Blamphemous? by TazHall

TazHall — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:44:59 +0000

It . . . doesn’t make any sense. What do Mary and Joseph registering with the census have to do with illegal immigration? Bethlehem was Joseph’s hometown, fercryingoutloud!

I don’t mind people using biblical stuff to compare and strengthen a message, but the two just don’t add up to me.

Mary and Joseph were law-abiding citizens and were only obeying the rule of the land. Illegal immigration is disobeying the law of the land. The ad didn’t even say what is wrong with the current immigration system (I’d like to know being an immigrant myself.)

This all only confuses me. They need to list out what is wrong with U.S. immigration. At this point, the use of the Christmas story only seems dishonest.

Comment on Disappearing into Your Work by Sam

Sam — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:49:36 +0000

Yeah. I love art like that.

Comment on Disappearing into Your Work by M.R. Anglin

M.R. Anglin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:54:01 +0000

isn’t it though?

Comment on Disappearing into Your Work by Sam

Sam — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:38:52 +0000

Thats amazing!

Comment on Writing Backgrounds Week 2 by Sam

Sam — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:50:55 +0000

oh cool

Comment on Writing Backgrounds Week 2 by M.R. Anglin

M.R. Anglin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:10:03 +0000

yup . . . writers-in-progress.deviantart.com is my writing club on dA

Comment on Writing Backgrounds Week 2 by Sam

Sam — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:26:32 +0000

lolwut? do you post your blog stuff somewhere on DA too?

Comment on Writing Backgrounds by Sam

Sam — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:36:48 +0000

I got some more stuff to say after this comment, but for now always keep in mind when writing that the one rule which, when broken, will always end badly, is that anything overused will become a chore to read. Any writer knows that using the same word frequently looks bad (Synonyms are your friend ) and the same is true with description. When you have a scene in your head, don’t try to describe everything in it possible. Writing takes a bit of feel and luck to get the various things that need to be balanced, balanced, (something which usually comes with practice and criticism) and description definitely requires balance.

I’ll try post again with how to choose what to describe and how to describe, because those are the next two hurdles. but i’ll have to think about it.

On the subject of more stuff to write tips on, have you done much about character construction?

And Taz that’s an excellent idea. I’m totally going to go try that.

I’m 90% sure that the giant text wall makes sense