Activity for mkbk
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| Edit | Post #27519 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #27388 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #25709 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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A: How to prevent seeming like a Marty Stu-ish villain is cheating? Thrawn was this (minus the physical fighting abilities) in Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire Star Wars trilogy. His gimmick was he could read species' and individuals' intentions and thought patterns through their art. We see this in various scenes. > He dies when his loyal bodyguard betrays him. I... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: Using questions in dialog to facilitate exposition Exposition as dialogue is a good way to keep the story moving forward, but only if it still makes sense as dialogue. You can't have two senators discussing the name of the state's capital, but you might be able to sneak it into a discussion they're having about a recent gerrymandering ruling. In you... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: How do you handle violence in a story with a female as the main villian? Personally I don't see any problem as long as "get physical" involves a weapon/power of some sort. If Eve is a master hacker who steals Bob's parents' life savings and Bob tracks her down and punches her in the face that would make me dislike Bob. If Bob tracks hacker Eve down and holds a gun on her ... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |