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What are Your Thoughts on Modern Culture and Poetry?

Aloha Everyone :superwink: Recently I saw that on American's Got Talent, a spoken word poet (Brandon Leake) received a "Golden Buzzer" for a...

Thread by: RichardOgata, Jul 2, 2020, 34 replies, in forum: The Philosophy of Writing Poetry

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Non- PC characters and the modern age

I've got a problem. In my story, sometimes the narrator can be a bit crass if not plain bigoted at times. What is the proverbial "line" in this...

Thread by: Alesia, Oct 27, 2019, 25 replies, in forum: Character Development

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Gods living among people in modern day

What would the modern-day be like if Gods from different myths never left or went into hiding? Everybody knows they exist and they live with the...

Thread by: MilesTro, Aug 13, 2019, 37 replies, in forum: Setting Development

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How would magic factor into modern society?

I have a sci-fantasy world where magic exists. It's set in roughly our era of time, and I'm trying to determine how this sorcery would factor into...

Thread by: DarkPen14, Apr 25, 2019, 13 replies, in forum: Setting Development

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Do you know any offline English-Spanish Dictionary?

I just post this in case anyone knew about some modern legally Downlable English and specially English-Spanish dictionary. I got from...

Thread by: Artifacs, Nov 19, 2018, 5 replies, in forum: The Lounge

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How many of the classics, both modern and of literature, have you actually read?

So I guess I'm thinking from Homer, through the medieval epics, to Chaucer, Milton, Shakespeare, and up to the modernists. And then modern...

Thread by: Tall for a hobbit, Oct 18, 2018, 56 replies, in forum: Discussion of Published Works

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Original / Modern Poetry?

What would be the definition of modern poetry, in terms of style? Subject matter may define it, of course, but it may still be written in iambic...

Thread by: OurJud, Aug 8, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: The Craft of Writing Poetry

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Research for writing a modern crime story involving murder or terrorism

Hello! I am interested in writing a story that could go one of two ways. The first one is about a detective. More specifically, a police...

Thread by: NotARealWriter, Jul 23, 2018, 10 replies, in forum: Research

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Fantasy and Modern Combining Issues

I am wanting to outline and then write my first ever novel, bringing fantasy/magic into a modern/21st century time period. I also want to set it...

Thread by: Rebecca54, Jul 21, 2018, 10 replies, in forum: Fantasy

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Modern colloquialisms in fantasy?

Urgh, so I'm having this issue where I'm suddenly doubting my use of various modern colloquialisms in my fantasy set in a medieval-type world....

Thread by: Stormsong07, Jun 21, 2018, 97 replies, in forum: Fantasy

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Urban Dark Fantasy- Modern vs Historical Settings

So my main writing project is for a, superficially, pretty familiar modern dark fantasy, hidden world type series. One of the things I am...

Thread by: DK3654, Apr 17, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: Setting Development

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Modern Roman Empire

(NOTE: Yes, I have seen this video. More than enough times, in fact. [MEDIA] ) Suspend your disbelief for a moment and picture that, somehow, in...

Thread by: TyrannusRex, Nov 9, 2017, 8 replies, in forum: Setting Development

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Strugglin with plot of story about modern technology. Please help!

Hi! I do film production at university and i'm struggling to write a good plot for my film. It's about a couple, James and Chloe, who heavily...

Thread by: Queen Blue, Oct 23, 2017, 6 replies, in forum: Plot Development

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Hullo!

Hi guys, Finally managed to find a forum where I can post.... I've been writing since before I can remember. I stared with fan-fiction (as I...

Thread by: Kate090894, Sep 25, 2016, 3 replies, in forum: New Member Introductions

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Novel Lets talk prolgues

Edit: pardon my spelling typo :redface: I've started with a prologue for my recent WIP, though I had no intention of doing so originally. The...

Thread by: Nicholas C., Nov 20, 2011, 16 replies, in forum: Genre Discussions

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I need some direction..

First a bit of the background. I started writing a novel about 7 years ago even though I had no intention of being an author, I started to write...

Thread by: Efstathios, Nov 19, 2011, 8 replies, in forum: Collaboration

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gulp Hello......

Hi :) I've decided that I'm at the right point of life where I can start concentrating on learning how to write a decent book. I've been a...

Thread by: Kirsteen, Nov 13, 2011, 11 replies, in forum: New Member Introductions

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How to Un-Sue the Lead Female

First, let me say that I hate Mary-Sues. Hate. I loathe them with every fiber of my being. The last thing I've ever wanted is to write one myself....

Thread by: Shaiesta, Nov 4, 2011, 13 replies, in forum: Character Development

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What is your best genre?

When you write, what genre is your favorite? What is your niche, so to speak? Some people are good at erotica, and others at westerns. What are you?

Thread by: Stephen King, Jun 17, 2006, 39 replies, in forum: Horror

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Struggling To Continue.

I've been writing since I was 14 (I'm 18 now). And since then I've started and stopped at least a hundred different projects. Some I've made a...

Thread by: njwh, Apr 3, 2013, 10 replies, in forum: Fantasy

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