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Post by Power NeXus on Jan 2, 2011 21:19:35 GMT -5
I've started writing a few things, but never had the dedication to really go through with them. I've got at least two Lord of the Rings spin-offs and an X-Men fan-fic lying around somewhere.
When I'm writing, I don't like going through the process of pre-mapping the story, characters, ect, and stick to it. I just like to pick up a pen and paper (or Microsoft Word) and just start writing about whatever the heck I want. I can't even count how many times I just sat down and just improv'd a superhero battle or something. I don't care about backstories or explanations or complex plot twists. I just like writing fight scenes.
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Post by Crom-Cruach on Jan 2, 2011 22:15:44 GMT -5
ouch.
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Post by Power NeXus on Jan 2, 2011 22:17:12 GMT -5
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Post by Crom-Cruach on Jan 2, 2011 22:17:52 GMT -5
You and I are on the opposite of the spectrum when it comes to writing.
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Post by Power NeXus on Jan 2, 2011 22:49:17 GMT -5
You and I are on the opposite of the spectrum when it comes to writing. I just don't have the patience, creativity, or writing skill to imagine and write an entire story (at least one that's above a 3rd grade reading level). I don't write all that often, and when I do feel like writing I don't like feeling obligated to keep going with that one thing I started a long time ago. I just like to write for the sake of writing. :/ |
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Post by Crom-Cruach on Jan 2, 2011 23:20:21 GMT -5
I understand.
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Post by Decoy Elite on Jan 10, 2011 15:47:58 GMT -5
Oh wow, me and you need to team up at one point. I'm awful at writing fights, but very good at planning stuff out.
Personally my favorite part of writing is making conversations between characters, doubly so when one of the characters is Hacker or Nictal(the two most biggest smart ass genius characters I've ever made)
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Post by NexusOfLight on Jan 10, 2011 20:16:47 GMT -5
So yeah, how do you guys go about writing fight scenes when you do?
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Post by Admin on Jan 10, 2011 20:40:44 GMT -5
So yeah, how do you guys go about writing fight scenes when you do? Honestly, that's probably my favorite part of writing. I just think of encounters I really want to happen, the result, and then I have fun along the way. |
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Post by NexusOfLight on Jan 10, 2011 20:46:14 GMT -5
Cool, but what about the actual writing? Like is it just action/reaction stuff or do you mesh it with some other stuff? Care to show a short excerpt?
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Post by Admin on Jan 10, 2011 20:48:21 GMT -5
Cool, but what about the actual writing? Like is it just action/reaction stuff or do you mesh it with some other stuff? Care to show a short excerpt? It all depends on the format you're working with. When I wrote fan-fiction, I did a complete play-by-play. The motions of each character, the impact of the strikes, etc. But now that I'm trying to write a comic, it's way more restricted because you're limited to individual panels. So far I guess it's been limited to counters, strike impacts, close-ups, etc. |
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Post by NexusOfLight on Jan 10, 2011 20:56:38 GMT -5
How about the emotions? The feeling the characters get while their fighting? Do you go inside both of their heads, take it from only one of their perspectives, or stay out of it completely?
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Post by Admin on Jan 10, 2011 20:58:27 GMT -5
How about the emotions? The feeling the characters get while their fighting? Do you go inside both of their heads, take it from only one of their perspectives, or stay out of it completely? During fan fictions I wouldn't go internal. I kept it to external dialogue and the fight. But for my comic, I have all three elements (internal thought, the fight, dialogue during the fight). |
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Post by spoilsport on Jan 12, 2011 22:34:22 GMT -5
"Nnnnnnot much more smaaaart mouth now hmmmmm MISSY?" Jack croned at Candy. This was all going downhill pretty quick. His grip on her throat was tight, and he held his other hand aloft in front of her face, razors trembling before her skin.
"Didn't feel like breathing in your breath, fuckface", she retorted. Truth be told, she was more than a little frightened at the prospect of unending nothingness behind the veil behind the veil, which, the more she thought about, made less sense. Because dying when you're half dead and already in the afterlife is sort of a conundrum. Suddenly, she wished most of all that she never got involved in this stupid career anyways. It was a pretty big dead end. And she thought that with the most pun intended.
"Yooooou know I thhhhhink I'll swallow you piece by pieceeeee and seeee if you're as sweet as your name immmpllies, eh CANDY?", he brought his rotted mouth closer to her face. The loose strands of flesh flopped around like rubber. He broke out in a grin, jagged and broken teeth jutting through that godawful face. Thank god he wore a mask most of the time. He brought back his razor fist, rearing back to strike the first blow, the first of many.
"That's not her name"
"Eh?", Jack looked behind him.
"I just call her that, asshole."
Mark's fist crashed into the remnants of Jack's face with explosive force he had never demonstrated before. The freak immediately lost his grasp on Candy, who was wrenched aside and tossed to the ground as Mark followed through with the blow. A few strands of the loose flesh that fell over Jack's mouth were ripped free from the impact, and blood trailed behind their flight through the air. A half of one of the daggerteeth shattered, scattering in all directions, bouncing off the two.
Jack skidded back, planting his heels into the ground. He slid back fifteen feet, before planting one hand on the ground to fully stop. He cracked his neck, the sound hollow, and licked some of the blood off his face.
"Where have youuuu been, white KNIGHT?", Jack asked, clearly amused more than anything.
"Dunno, but I found this", the boy responded. He held up one of Jack's razors. The freak froze, his face contorting with anger.
"Let's see how tough you really are", Mark challenged, grinning darkly.
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a more literary example of the GN script I'm sort of working on. back when I used to be one of those nerds (HA!) that wrote fan-fic that would be an example of how it would come out.
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Post by Crom-Cruach on Jan 12, 2011 22:37:01 GMT -5
How about the emotions? The feeling the characters get while their fighting? Do you go inside both of their heads, take it from only one of their perspectives, or stay out of it completely? depending on what I'm writing, any of those could be used. Each can be appropriate at different times. |
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Post by nelomaxwell on Feb 25, 2011 16:18:12 GMT -5
I'm currently working on a novel series that I started last year in June the source is based on a comic book i started in 08' but never finished. Currently I'm writing the 10th chapter to the first book which is coming along okay. It's an occult fiction novel revolving around African spirituality and the removing of the laws of society.
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Post by nelomaxwell on Feb 25, 2011 16:20:09 GMT -5
How about the emotions? The feeling the characters get while their fighting? Do you go inside both of their heads, take it from only one of their perspectives, or stay out of it completely? depending on what I'm writing, any of those could be used. Each can be appropriate at different times. What do you guys think about sex in novels? also does anyone have a problem writing fight scenes? cause i think they get rather repetitious . |
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Post by NexusOfLight on Feb 25, 2011 17:53:38 GMT -5
Yeah, the repetitiveness, that's what I was tryin' to get at last page when I asked the question. Honestly, I still have quite a bit of trouble writing fights, they're definitely tricky. If you just have action/reaction/repeat, then it goes south after like three sentences, and if you rush through them, then you leave the reader lost and confused over what in the world just happened.
After some research, and reading through some stuff, I sorta found out that the key to making fight scenes interesting is to alternate between things. Like everything in writing, the goal is to find the perfect balance between showing, and telling. Give the details of a few attacks, but not too much, then switch to some brief summary narrating in order to speed through things so they don't become boring.
That said, I still don't think I have a good grasp on it, because half the time I'm writing, I don't really know how I want things to progress. I have the end in mind, just not a solid way to get there, which I guess could be looked at as a good thing and a bad thing.
As for sex in novels, quite honestly, I haven't really had a situation arise where there was a need for it, but if I were writing it, the occasion would probably be used as a real reason to strengthen the relationship between the two characters.
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Post by Crom-Cruach on Feb 25, 2011 19:18:58 GMT -5
What do you guys think about sex in novels? Speaking in generalities (which is kinda hard since in my mind a sex scene is a very particular thing so I don't tend to threat one like the other). A sex scene is about emotion, imagery and character development. the fact that two individuals are having sex itself isn't what's important. What is important is what it conveys. Say you're writing a story where two geeky teenagers decide to finally have sex for the first time after a while of dating. Well, if this is intended as a positive upgrade of the relationship. Then you'll want to take the time to put into words and imagery the awkwardness, but also the exhilaration, the racing heart beats, the giggles, the lost breaths. You get the point, it's a completely new world for them, a discovery. You need to portray that and hammer home that it's very special moment. By contrast say you have a noir story where the main protagonist is a hard bitten detective who sleeps with whores in his spare time (worse premises to excellent books have happened). Then maybe what you want to convey is the casual, also mechanical aspect to it. Then you'll put into imagery how the detective and the whore are just going through motions with no real emotions, all the intensity is in the physical sensation and even that might be nothing but a dull usual. You also have to hammer that home because it establishes the character. Note that imagery is not necessary graphic, graphic is showing the act without anything in between. Imagery on the other hand can use ample metaphor since the object is not to show something but to describe what emanates from it. also does anyone have a problem writing fight scenes? cause i think they get rather repetitious Personally, strangely enough my position on fight scenes is basically the same as on sex scenes, imagery and purpose in the story. As long as you got that presented, there won't be any problems making a fight scene interesting to read. Fights shouldn't be just about two characters fighting so to speak. |
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Post by chyrondave on Apr 15, 2011 3:50:36 GMT -5
I get ideas for stuff, but lately I don't put anything down unless it's November (National Novel Writing Month, I guess I need to write under pressure). One of these days , I'll actually get around to editing and second drafting any of the four previous projects.
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