Now, when you say "characters" are these people who appear throughout the stories? Or are they mentioned on one page and then never seen or heard...
I tied everything off in my first novel. IF i do a second one then I will start a brand new line of thought with the characters. They are involved...
Eh, the "write what you know" thing seems kind of off to me. How many scifi writers have been aboard a starship or messed with hyper/warp drive...
When you were thinking of the characters and settings, I'll bet you were using ideas centered around archetypal fantasy? In that way, you had...
That's why I asked "does epicness/epic qualities sell?" I never asked about writing a new epic. I think that's the point that everyone missed....
I disagree. If you don't intentionally say "I'm going to write [genre] kind of novel" then your writing might be wandering and indecisive. It may...
Well, I think you're still kind of stuck on examples of old epics. All I meant to ask about were "epic qualities" - Batman being such an example....
Yes you explained yourself very well - and I think you completely misunderstood my meaning. Your answer didn't seem to address my question in the...
Here is a formula for discovering how accurate you need to be: - Will your description convince most readers? You don't have to convince the...
I think everyone here is talking about two different things. What do you all take "epicness" to mean? What did you think I meant when I said...
A great and original story is. The last time I asked "what makes a story great?" the thread got jacked by bible proponents and closed. So I guess...
From Wikipedia: 1) "Heroic character" 2) Personal villain 3) Exceptional events (thus excluding something like The Great Gatsby) The Iliad...
I was talking about "epic" as a genre. Like "sci-fi" or "drama". Not buzz-words or titles. Things Fall Apart, Atlas Shrugged and The Great Gatsby...
I think that "showing" allows the reader to "fill in the blanks" with their own creativity.
Here's something I've been wondering: In thinking about the more popular stories in history, such as "The Hobbit" and "Star Wars" (and others)...
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