Activity for Robbie Goodwin
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #28043 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #28041 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #27763 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: Do I need to have a degree to become a writer? Of course not. Who suggested that you might? To be a writer you need, basically, first imagination and then talent. All other things being equal - which almost never happens - anyone with the same basic attributes might see them polished by a degree but I hope that's not what you meant… (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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A: I am overplotting my story - how can I figure out what is necessary and cut out what isn't? Who says it’s too complicated, with too many characters? Would you tell that to Tolstoy or Tolkien or Martin? Either way, what’s the absolutely basic outline? “Boy meets girl” sounds too extreme for me but “there’s this character, who does that thing, which leads to this outcome…” When “does that t... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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A: What does the death of a fictional character mean? I don’t understand why main protagonists are ever killed in serials or in series… Robin Hood; King Arthur, their tales are done but Sherlock Holmes can always be brought back by adding an earlier adventure… or when “with one bound, our hero was free”. Otherwise, and assuming you’re not thinking of f... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |