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Post by Adramelech on Jun 10, 2009 8:41:15 GMT 10
I am currently starting to make a new novel, which is my 5th to date so far (The Prophecy of The Lords/II/III/The Reaper's Stopwatch). I have based some characters from either mythology and fables, or living people. I need 5 more characters to write into this novel, so if any of you guys want to have your characters in it, can you put the name of your character and a clear description? For example, my little cameo character: Name: Kazar Age (Child/Teen/Adult/O.A.P): Adult Clothing and Appearance: Assassin cloak, black boots, pieces of armour, small beard, dead eyes, and has a strange aura floating round him, like a spirit. Personality (in one or few words): Calm Side (good? evil?) : Good If anyone wants to add some fields to that on theirs, they can  If someone could help me with this, that would help me out a lot (plus get credited). Thanks. |
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Post by CoolCorky on Jun 10, 2009 8:49:56 GMT 10
Short Story =/= Novel
And try not to base characters off real people, unless you're basing your story off something that happened to them.
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Post by Adramelech on Jun 10, 2009 8:56:11 GMT 10
Alright, I just thought i'd base the characters loosely on real people, like just little minor details, like just a name and slight appearance, or something like that. Well, the other ones that i've done weren't short. The first one took me more than 10 weeks to complete.
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Post by Oberstleutnant Insipid on Jun 10, 2009 10:13:39 GMT 10
Come up with your own ideas.
Also, I'd like to be a beta reader of yours, if you don't mind. That'd mean that I proofread your stuff and give suggestions and things. I have a number of ideas for novels that I have never really got around to writing much of.
Also, a novel is ~50,000 words IIRC
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Post by Adramelech on Jun 10, 2009 17:50:59 GMT 10
The Prophecy of The Lords I is about 150000 words on the finished and revised version, and I do still have more ideas for a novel, I just thought it would be fun to include some online aquaintances and friends in it . Also, yeah. You can be a beta reader, if you want, i'll edit back with a link to the other novels soon. I hope this ain't too much trouble for you, Dooms. Thanks  . Also, if you still wanted to make some of your own novels, I could maybe give you a little help with the writing aspect of it, who knows, your ideas could be better than mine . |
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Post by Oberstleutnant Insipid on Jun 10, 2009 18:05:36 GMT 10
The Prophecy of The Lords I is about 150000 words on the finished and revised version That's a lot, wow. I think the most I've ever written is my terrible first fanfiction, it's ~18,000 words. Also, if you still wanted to make some of your own novels, I could maybe give you a little help with the writing aspect of it What did you mean by that? Also, you are never on MSN :/ This was probably going to come up sooner or later, but have you tried to get your stuff published? I had a lecture for creative writing which was about getting work published, so if you wanted some tips in regards to that I could type it up/download the powerpoint from the uni site. |
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Post by Adramelech on Jun 10, 2009 18:14:55 GMT 10
Thanks, and that number of words is still good. Also, what I meant by that other sentence, was I could maybe type some of the ideas you had, out for you and send it back to you, or something like that. And yeah, i've been looking for it to be published, but it's just so little time to do it in, plus there is officiallky no places you can go to, or anything around this part  . Yeah, you can type it up if you want, it could help, thanks . And my msn's acting up a bit at the moment, but when I get it back up and running again, i'll send you a message through it. |
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Post by Oberstleutnant Insipid on Jun 10, 2009 18:21:51 GMT 10
Thanks, and that number of words is still good. Also, what I meant by that other sentence, was I could maybe type some of the ideas you had, out for you and send it back to you, or something like that. Isn't that collusion?  Naw, I'd be fine with proofreading and stuff. I tend to mess up some things. |
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Post by Adramelech on Jun 10, 2009 19:12:46 GMT 10
Alright. Thanks. I just gave you the first document over msn, so feel free to take your time. There's no rush with it . |
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Post by Naem on Jun 10, 2009 19:34:54 GMT 10
No offence, but just the fact that you're willing to ask random strangers on the Internet if they want their characters on a "novel" is a sign that you might not be a good writer. =/ Also, if you can describe a character in only one word, that usually means they're a bit... shallow. Can you give us an example of your writing?
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Post by Adramelech on Jun 10, 2009 23:39:13 GMT 10
I only asked that question because I thought it would be slightly easier, but I admit it didn't go as well as I thought, but I have 3 characters now, which was made from scratch. And kyzablaze666.deviantart.com/art/The-Prophecy-1-Preview-100308598. Here is a little preview and shorter telling of the prologue. I've been writing for quite a few years now, but this one is actually the first idea that I made real, so i'm sorry if this one isn't up to the standards just yet. Please use constructive criticism. |
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Post by CoolCorky on Jun 11, 2009 1:49:03 GMT 10
404 However, I went and found a snippet of your writing for everyone's reading pleasure: When the worlds that we know shatter, don't think that it is the end of existence. As a new set of worlds plaster our universe, making it whole again. The year is 6000, and this story begins in the little place called (Blank). the Elder of the (Blank) colony have been rivaled against a parallel colony known as (Blank). As they battle, the Elder discovers that his daughter had her first child, but when the baby was born. the (Blank) soldiers find her and kill her, and leaving the baby to die. When the Elder retreats, he notices her dead body. He pined, and later mourned for her. In his ear, he could hear the screams of a newborn baby. he decided to raise the baby as his own, and raise him to one day, defeat the (blank) army. The story begins 20 years later when (blank) realises his true destiny... The rest... Is a secret (The blank spots will be revealed with time, but only to people I trust). My say:  |
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Post by Sergeant Dull on Jun 11, 2009 1:54:04 GMT 10
remove the full stop.
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Post by The Pletch on Jun 11, 2009 2:41:29 GMT 10
I count 6 verb tense errors and 4 grammatical errors in that one paragraph. You switch back and forth between present and past tense with wild abandon and don't seem to understand how perfect tenses and participles work at all. I'll edit your work for grammar if you like.
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Post by Adramelech on Jun 11, 2009 6:54:35 GMT 10
Alright. I admit that this was a bit of a crap draft, but this was made when I first started to write, I have made sure to improve a bit, but the rest of them are still in need of revision. And also, Cheesy, you can if you don't mind. Thanks |
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. Yeah, you can type it up if you want, it could help, thanks 
