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Post by Officer Genious on Jul 4, 2017 22:37:08 GMT -5
That's true, but if it's a mess after just a few sentences he might want to consider outlining.
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Post by tenbsmith on Jul 6, 2017 9:46:55 GMT -5
Thanks for the pep talk y'all. After posting I literally spent 3-4 hours thinking, walking around and some writing--this was difficult and stressful. But then I had an epiphany, that I would recast the project as a pilot. Detach the first phase completely from the national survey towards which I'm building. Doing this allowed me to explicitly tie the pilot to interesting outputs like a peer reviewed paper and other future projects. I then spent 1-2 hours writing and got the sketch to my dissertation chair on time. His response was positive with some constructive criticism. Told him I'd update the sketch based upon his feedback and get him a new version Friday.
I'm very excited about this.
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Post by tenbsmith on Jul 6, 2017 13:29:44 GMT -5
Today's challenge. Finish the paper I wrote over a year ago, but it took co-authors forever to get me feedback. I haven't looked at it since December... gotta finish this thing. I don't need to finish today. Just need to make solid progress.
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Post by En1gma on Oct 7, 2017 11:47:16 GMT -5
I'll be adding this to the OP, but I wanted to share this here. It's a compendium that the owner of the amazing generator Seventh Sanctum (Stephen Savage) put together some time ago and there is some absolutely amazing insight here concerning world building that many of you may find useful. www.seventhsanctum.com/www/wwwfull.html |
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Post by amongstshadows on Oct 7, 2017 13:15:31 GMT -5
Great information in that site. +1 En1gma.
I've always felt that you need 4 things for an effective story: Character, Setting, Story, and Plot. They all build on each other, and require the other 3 to function
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Post by resistor on Oct 8, 2017 13:15:24 GMT -5
Great information in that site. +1 En1gma. I've always felt that you need 4 things for an effective story: Character, Setting, Story, and Plot. They all build on each other, and require the other 3 to function Isn't Story and Plot the same thing, though? |
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Post by Officer Genious on Oct 8, 2017 14:00:49 GMT -5
Great information in that site. +1 En1gma. I've always felt that you need 4 things for an effective story: Character, Setting, Story, and Plot. They all build on each other, and require the other 3 to function Isn't Story and Plot the same thing, though? From my understanding, plot is the series of external events. Story is the change of characters from and doing these events. One site put it as a queen died and then the king died vs. the queen died and the king died of grief. |
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Post by amongstshadows on Oct 8, 2017 14:09:25 GMT -5
Story is the "What?"
Plot is the "Why?"
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Post by ntsheep on Oct 8, 2017 14:33:00 GMT -5
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Post by En1gma on Oct 8, 2017 19:42:07 GMT -5
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Post by Officer Genious on Oct 9, 2017 19:40:04 GMT -5
It's painfully accurate to most stories. Why have plot when you can have pure spectacle? A lull in the action? We could do some character development, but no-- BOOB PICS!!! EXPLOSIONS!! STUFF!!
... The worst is I've been guilty of it. Have mercy on me. ;_;
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Post by ntsheep on Oct 9, 2017 22:15:45 GMT -5
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Post by resistor on May 6, 2018 17:51:25 GMT -5
Should we restart this thread write now? And should we refrain from bad puns?
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Post by ntsheep on May 6, 2018 20:20:54 GMT -5
I vote for bad nuns  |
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Post by En1gma on May 7, 2018 11:07:45 GMT -5
Yes to restart, no to refraining from bad puns, yes to bad nuns.
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