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Be wary of actually writing dialogue in an accent. Very few authors can pull it off successfully.
There was that guy who won the Booker with a whole book written in phonetic Glaswegian dialogue.
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Be wary of actually writing dialogue in an accent. Very few authors can pull it off successfully.
There was that guy who won the Booker with a whole book written in phonetic Glaswegian dialogue.
Relax, fellas, I'm not going to be working on a second draft of Eva anytime soon. Now that my semester has officially ended, my top priority is finishing some shorts and Alphaboy's first draft. I have toyed around with the idea of doing another story with an adoptee protagonist that would be darker, but I figured that two's a crowd, so one is enough. Speaking of the Boy of Tomorrow (my nickname for him), have I ever described Sean Gillespie's appearance? He's tall for a fourteen year old. He's slender, but not scrawny at all, with large, piercing blue eyes, and short dark hair. In terms of physique, I was inspired by Bruce Lee. I'm having a serious internal debate about whether to give him an accent, a la Van Damme or Schwarzenegger. Maybe a Stallone slur.
That kinda expands what I said - It's to maintain an image or a persona.Sorry if I'm late but I'm pretty sure the reason @Connor doesn't like alcohol is because of the whole faux childlike persona he tries to cultivate. Drinking alcohol is something scary that adults do like getting jobs and taking responsibility for things.
Relax, fellas, I'm not going to be working on a second draft of Eva anytime soon.
I have toyed around with the idea of doing another story with an adoptee protagonist that would be darker, but I figured that two's a crowd, so one is enough.
Probably because I said this:I, for some reason, have this weird feeling that you've never actually gotten past the first few chapters of RE. Why do you say this?
And because he probably forgot he said this one page earlier.So why are you working on another draft of Eva, @Connor? I thought you were going to shelve it indefinitely while you worked on Alphaboy and your sequel to Juno?
For those of you that have Redesigning Eva on the brain, I'm working on a thorough outline for the second draft. I using Notepad to gather research on criminal profiling, gene therapy, etc. and further develop the characters.
Connor forsaking Alphaboy to sperg-write about Juno.First, I'll work on the first draft of Alphaboy, as well as some short stories.
Connor coming back to Alphaboy again.Hey guys,
My semester is drawing to a close, and the final is next week. After that, I'll see if I can get back to writing, mainly short stories. I'm putting Alphaboy on hold, because a fascinating idea for a novel came to mind lately. I've been brainstorming.
Now that my semester has officially ended, my top priority is finishing some shorts and Alphaboy's first draft. I have toyed around with the idea of doing another story with an adoptee protagonist that would be darker, but I figured that two's a crowd, so one is enough.
I imagine he would sound a lot like Pickles from Metalocalypse, so there's an accent at least.
5/11/2015
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Wake up. Time to write.
I'm thinking of turning my computer's Internet capabilities off for those four hours.
5/11/2015
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Wake up. Time to write.
Now that the semester is behind me, I can work on Alphaboy and some shorts. Speaking of Alphaboy, found a song that fits the story.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3BE0D9geu2oDon't fuck with Sean Gillespie or his adoptive parents.
I despise country music. Zack Hemsey is the shit.https://youtube.com/watch?v=j4q-Q6LSfuII think I found one that fits a bit better.
You didn't even give it enough time to listen to it, Connor. That's just rude.I despise country music. Zack Hemsey is the shit.
I did listen to it. Waaaaaay too campy.You didn't even give it enough time to listen to it, Connor. That's just rude.
I did listen to it. Waaaaaay too campy.
Well, not all of it, but enough to formulate an opinion of it.It takes you 2 minutes to listen to a 4 minute song?