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02-23-2018, 07:28 PM | #591 (permalink) |
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I get deep into character and plot development as well. Length has never really been a gauge of quality or passion for me. Some of the most meaningful stories I've written, and some of the characters that I've loved writing the most, were created, fleshed out, and finished in just one sitting.
It's not the difficulty that puts me off of writing novels. Even though I'm obviously more comfortable with writing short stories, they can be much more difficult to master than long form work. You can't just ramble and traipse, keeping the audience's attention with a few good moments here and there while they drudge through wankery. And you can't use standard plot/character devices to hook people, because they stand out like beacons without a big fat cushion of filler to dilute them. Every sentence, every word, has to be perfect, or the whole thing falls apart. There's no time for bullshit, and no room for error. Even if you're writing purely for yourself. Hell, you more than anyone will smell the bullshit. What puts me off of novels is that I could have told twenty stories, each equally important to me, in the time that it took to finish just the one. To me, drawing out a story when it doesn't absolutely demand it is... well, like I said before, a bit insane. But if that's your kind of crazy, more power to you. Also, lol at myself for writing more than you in my love letter to brevity.
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02-23-2018, 07:40 PM | #592 (permalink) | |
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02-24-2018, 04:50 PM | #593 (permalink) |
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Time Capsule by OccultHawk
In late February, 2018, there was a mass shooting at a school in Florida. A popular teacher decided that the students who wanted to could write about their thoughts and feelings on the matter. She decided the essays and poems and pictures and stories were so good that they should be preserved in a non-digital way. She started a Go Fund Me page and raised plenty of money to buy the highest quality leak proof super-sealed time capsule ever made. The football players dug a deep hole and they buried the time capsule not to be unearthed for a century. Finally 2118 rolled around and nobody bothered to dig it up.
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02-24-2018, 05:04 PM | #594 (permalink) |
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You make Aesop look like a basic bitch
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02-24-2018, 05:52 PM | #595 (permalink) |
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03-09-2018, 07:30 PM | #596 (permalink) |
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A Lot of Eggs by OccultHawk
A man was born. He lived and then he died. Much to his surprise it turned out there was such a thing as an afterlife. He found himself alone in a room with a million eggs. A strong masculine voice told him he would be free to go once he learned the name every egg in there. At first he was frustrated because the eggs all looked almost exactly the same but when he found out they were all named Egg it didn’t seem at all overwhelming. After he correctly stated that all the eggs were named Egg God killed him (for real this time). The Lord works in mysterious ways.
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03-09-2018, 08:48 PM | #597 (permalink) |
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03-10-2018, 11:00 AM | #598 (permalink) | |
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03-10-2018, 11:33 AM | #599 (permalink) |
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Manhattan Gothic: Epilogue
Can't believe I forgot to post this! Not that anyone's reading, but hey, if there's one of you out there who thought "Manhattan Gothic" ended badly, here's the actual ending.
EPILOGUE Spoiler for Epilogue:
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03-10-2018, 11:40 AM | #600 (permalink) |
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Could you stop insulting my short stories with your sad endless unreadable ramblings?
You’re like if Joyce had a retarded brother...that was further damaged in a botched abortion.
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