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high_time wrote...
You don't need a good idea to make a great story, you can just write about Toilets and Farts and create a masterpiece if you had the skills. Many authors had good ideas but their stories kinda leaves me unimpressed because of they way they develops it lol~[align=justify][color=green][font=verdana]Not entirely true. If you had a completely bad idea, there is no redeeming it. I mean, their idea in those circumstances would be to make toilets/farts good, if you know what I mean.
So, technical ability is much harder to be without. If you have a semi-decent idea that doesn't completely suck, you'll do fine.
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SamRavster wrote...
[align=justify][color=green][font=verdana]Not entirely true. If you had a completely bad idea, there is no redeeming it. I mean, their idea in those circumstances would be to make toilets/farts good, if you know what I mean. So, technical ability is much harder to be without. If you have a semi-decent idea that doesn't completely suck, you'll do fine.
Ah yeah, that's what I mean. A good idea about toilets and farts =)
To put it simply, it's just like trying to draw a detailed anime CG without even learning about basic coloring and shading, yup I got the picture. Well I'm not that creative so I'd better off improving my writing structure hahaha~
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high_time wrote...
Ah yeah, that's what I mean. A good idea about toilets and farts =)To put it simply, it's just like trying to draw a detailed anime CG without even learning about basic coloring and shading, yup I got the picture. Well I'm not that creative so I'd better off improving my writing structure hahaha~
[align=justify][color=green][font=verdana]Yes, pretty much. I suppose that is an apt analogy.
I mean, in Harry Potter, you have a writer who had a brilliant idea, but in all actuality, her writing style wasn't very good. It is very basic, in all honesty. But, what J.K.Rowling has in abundance is descriptive skill - she describes everything in great detail, hence why people were very engrossed in the books. Accessible and descriptive. If in doubt, fall back on those two key points. Don't use "said" too much as well - J.K.Rowling did, and it really irritates me. Also, show, don't tell. Use description amount to determine speed of the scene.
But yeah, work on writing structure. Read other people's work to see what senses they access when they write their scenes; sounds, smells, feeling. Everything sense matters, not just sight. Decide on a perspective from the off; don't jump from first person to third person. Will you follow one character, or move from character to character? These are all very important points.
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SamRavster wrote...
[align=justify][color=green][font=verdana]Yes, pretty much. I suppose that is an apt analogy. I mean, in Harry Potter, you have a writer who had a brilliant idea, but in all actuality, her writing style wasn't very good. It is very basic, in all honesty. But, what J.K.Rowling has in abundance is descriptive skill - she describes everything in great detail, hence why people were very engrossed in the books. Accessible and descriptive. If in doubt, fall back on those two key points. Don't use "said" too much as well - J.K.Rowling did, and it really irritates me. Also, show, don't tell. Use description amount to determine speed of the scene.
But yeah, work on writing structure. Read other people's work to see what senses they access when they write their scenes; sounds, smells, feeling. Everything sense matters, not just sight. Decide on a perspective from the off; don't jump from first person to third person. Will you follow one character, or move from character to character? These are all very important points.
Hahaha, that's probably the reason why I also like Harry Potter~
Descriptive by just relying on sight kinda sounds like a half-baked screenplay lol, I guess the actors won't understand how to act if they just given the dialogue without the description how they should feel, and how the scenery seems like so the actors could adapt to it on creating a natural atmosphere~
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Or if they don't describe feelings, smell, sounds, etc. it'd give those evil producers the excuse to make crap up... though it's probably better than nothing...
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[align=justify][color=green][font=verdana]Err... talking about actors isn't right in this situation. When actors perform, they have the scenery all around them, plus the viewers can see the scene as well. They don't need to have it described for them. It's the readers who need to help, not the actors or viewers.
But yeah, that too. The producers did butcher HP a bit, but I bet if JKR wasn't there, it would have been much worse.
But yeah, that too. The producers did butcher HP a bit, but I bet if JKR wasn't there, it would have been much worse.
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Hmm..yeah, I think I got the wrong idea~
For readers there's only passages of text so it's definitely needed~
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I'm not really impressed with the movie after The Golbet of Fire lol~
For readers there's only passages of text so it's definitely needed~
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I'm not really impressed with the movie after The Golbet of Fire lol~
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
SamRavster wrote...
[align=justify][color=green][font=verdana]But yeah, that too. The producers did butcher HP a bit, but I bet if JKR wasn't there, it would have been much worse. Lol'd at HP.
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[align=justify][color=green][font=verdana]@HT HP as a whole isn't that great. The films, I mean. They certainly didn't deliver like they should have done. The adult actors were great, but the children actors were very... fluctuating. Plus, the producers tweaked the story to add action where it didn't belong... but they were fine.
@Rise Lol, "butcher" being next to "HP" is apt as well, no?
@Rise Lol, "butcher" being next to "HP" is apt as well, no?
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Cinia Pacifica
Ojou-sama Writer
Because she's <3 in this pic.
Also: https://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?t=90297
Also: https://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?t=90297