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Noise Tank · Post by **Noise Tank** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:08 am

Mine is to keep on getting better at writing episodes yet still having fun.

JH · Post by JH » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:13 am

That sounds like a very good ambition to me.

JH · Post by JH » Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:09 pm

Oh, and I should have said that I think that your writing is much improved.

Ryu · Post by **Ryu** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:46 am

Mine is to offend as much as possible without getting banned.

Ben McClellan · Post by **Ben McClellan** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:31 pm

I would just like to be able to finish what I'm writing and get it posted on the site without thinking "I can't write any more!", saving what I've added, and not touching it for days on end.

Burnout is a horrible thing.

-Ben

Noise Tank · Post by **Noise Tank** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:48 am

I still have a ways to go. Can you give me any advice on how I can improve my episodes?

JH · Post by JH » Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:54 pm

You're doing well.

I'd suggest doing a careful final proof read of your episodes just before posting them, to check for things like missing words and misspellings.

JH · Post by JH » Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:23 pm

By chance, I've just stumbled on this:

http://www.ursulakleguin.com/PlausibilityinFantasy.html

It has much good advice for anyone seeking to write fantasy, on how to make one's story plausible to the reader.

Ryu · Post by **Ryu** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:45 pm

Hoho, I like the part about dwelling in your fantasy world while writing it. That seems right up my alley.

Of course that doesn't mean that I'm going to be writing myself into NEQ (too often). But many episodes seem to forget about things like food and water and using the bathroom, getting sufficient sleep, etc.

Life is not easy and fun. If Fred goes to a cheap common brothel, for example, it is very likely that he will catch herpes or some other wasting disease of the genitals.

That's it! From now on my episodes will be written according to the advice of Ursula K. LeGuin. Watch out, world!!

Noise Tank · Post by **Noise Tank** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:20 pm

Feel free to contact me suggestions anytime. I'm here not only to have fun, but to improve.

TCO · Post by **TCO** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:44 pm

Ben McClellan wrote:I would just like to be able to finish what I'm writing and get it posted on the site without thinking "I can't write any more!", saving what I've added, and not touching it for days on end.

Burnout is a horrible thing.

-Ben

This is something I can really relate to, starting and not finishing. Trouble is, when I start again it's usually with a complete rewrite. Bit of a vicious circle, at times.

JH · Post by JH » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:01 pm

I find that it's the starting the writing of an episode that's my biggest problem. If I can just manage to force myself to write the first paragraph, then I can usually manage a bit more. If I run out of ideas after only three or four paragraphs, then I am happy to post it at that point, and to hope that the next writer will have more inspiration than me.

Noise Tank · Post by **Noise Tank** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:11 pm

I usually don't have a hard time starting an episode. It's finishing it that's the problem. I currently have six episodes in a row planned, and am on the 5th one, but I have such a hard time finishing it.

Also, editing is a large pet-peeve of mine. I know I have to because I always catch dozens of mistakes in my episodes when I do edit, but I hate it and try to find ways to avoid it.

Won-Tolla · Post by **Won-Tolla** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:58 am

My life is complete.
I've been quoted in someone's signature.

Noise Tank · Post by **Noise Tank** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:58 pm

Won-Tolla wrote:My life is complete.
I've been quoted in someone's signature.

If that were true, my life would've been completed years ago!