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Heh, I will never read a book written in the 19th century while in the middle of writing my own stuff again. Last time I did this, I ended up going on for 2 pages describing how a country road looked...
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In this case I think my weirdness helps me, because even if I try to do something other people might see as normal, I fail. What I think is really important is knowing your strengths and weaknesses....
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Does it count as a death if your person is no longer a person anymore (an alien) and it's known that they will now have go through many deaths and rebirths because of this change of not being human...
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except I never kill off my protagonists. at least not permanently XD
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Yay you joined the club too, of if someone was drunk enough and couldn't read words, it could be A Game of Thrones. ^__^ (Though it has, as a girl writing form a guys prospective on sex been difficult,...
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Or watch a lot of TV, it happens in TV and movies a lot. XD
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I agree that it's important to read widely in your genre. You need to understand the possibilities (for example, there isn't just one kind of magic; there are as many different magic systems as there...
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[quote=larelmian] The point I was trying to make was that if you think Martin has a monopoly on large casts and shifting viewpoints, not to mention sex and violence, you need to read more. Because he...
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The point I was trying to make was that if you think Martin has a monopoly on large casts and shifting viewpoints, not to mention sex and violence, you need to read more. Because he doesn't. That's all...
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Yes... and no. It really depends on what type of a writer you are. With me if I hear an accent too long I start to pick it up. I'm not even trying to do it consciously, my voice just changes. It's...
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6 POVs (3 main and 3 secondary) in the book I just released, plus war, death, sex, betrayal, and angst (not necessarily in that order).
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only if you kill off the majority of the cast including the most likeable character... just kidding. seriously though, i agree with larelmian. you're telling a story from multiple characters'...
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[quote=Loki Mischief-Maker] If it's just that you're using loads of viewpoint characters, or include R-rated topics, you aren't going to bare any more similarity to Martin than you are dozens of other...
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And even if it is based on the War of the Roses... it's a video game, sure, but Final Fantasy Tactics is heavily influenced by the War of the Roses and tells a very different story than Song of Ice and...
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*rolls eyes* Tolkein used a canvas of multiple viewpoints. Pratchett, TH White, Marion Zimmer Bradley, occasionally CS Lewis, the guy who wrote Gormengeist and whose name escapes me, people who have...
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Just having different points of view and adult topics is by no means unique to Game of Thrones. If you read very much fantasy at all, especially fantasy written for adults as opposed to middle-grade/YA...
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Reading GRRM's work definitely inspired me to start writing fantasy, and I love the way he tells stories from different points of view. I have a fantasy novel planned out in my head that involves the...
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