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Activity for Brian Lacy‭

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Edit Post #31780 Initial revision almost 5 years ago
Edit Post #29964 Initial revision almost 5 years ago
Question Phrasing to balance immense speed with boredom
Through much of my novel the protagonist spends considerable time cruising over various landscapes at speeds exceeding 500 km/h. To you or me this is significant but to the character, it's "just a job." The obvious phrases like "he sped" or "they raced" are going to get old quick in this context. I ...
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almost 6 years ago
Question Overcoming "Possibility Paralysis"?
I don't often experience writer's block these days. Instead I struggle with a different sort of impediment in my writing: I call it Possibility Paralysis. I have to quickly acknowledge that this is not strictly a writing issue but more of a personality or character flaw of mine. For instance (pardon...
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over 6 years ago