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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 3354557" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>tadk, he has a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Slanky-Mike-Doughty/dp/1887128719/sr=8-4/qid=1171983426/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/102-8297911-9604102?ie=UTF8&s=books" target="_blank">book of poetry</a> out that you might really like. </p><p></p><p>Anyways, I think you should play to your strengths and write stories that are designed to be read aloud. I may be prejudiced, but I love those.</p><p></p><p>Gulla, thank you for the comments! Some responses to you and Berandor:</p><p>[sblock]<strong>Berandor: </strong></p><p></p><p>It's funny. I wrote my whole story hour in the present tense, and it worked really well - but I'm out of the habit! I had to go back and make lots of corrections, and I still missed a few tense errors. I think it works for this story, though. I wanted the feel of a correspondent reporting live. </p><p></p><p>The two questions you had -- the 30% off picture? The child in that advertisement was one of the messiah children, and his parents got him into child modeling because they recognized his charisma. The dinosaur egg didn't have any hidden symbolism; they just happened to be at Ogden's Dinosaur Park, because that seemed like a good place to have a giant egg. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Parker apparently drugged Mike, probably with a lethal sedative, while he was walking through the park. My throwaway line about a kid slapping a bug is referencing Mike noticing the dart but thinking it was a bee sting.</p><p></p><p>I didn't think there was room in the story for the fundamentalist troops you mention, although that's a cool idea; presumably Parker operates below the radar so as to avoid that sort of recognition.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gulla:</strong></p><p></p><p>Sorry this didn't work for you as well! I haven't seen this plot before, so I was surprised that it was so well-worn for you. It's worth noting that most of the aspects you didn't like as much were by design, and not accidental mistakes on my part; we may just have different taste in stories. </p><p></p><p>I very much appreciate the analysis and kind words, because there's no other way to improve.</p><p>[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 3354557, member: 2"] tadk, he has a [url=http://www.amazon.com/Slanky-Mike-Doughty/dp/1887128719/sr=8-4/qid=1171983426/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/102-8297911-9604102?ie=UTF8&s=books]book of poetry[/url] out that you might really like. Anyways, I think you should play to your strengths and write stories that are designed to be read aloud. I may be prejudiced, but I love those. Gulla, thank you for the comments! Some responses to you and Berandor: [sblock][b]Berandor: [/b] It's funny. I wrote my whole story hour in the present tense, and it worked really well - but I'm out of the habit! I had to go back and make lots of corrections, and I still missed a few tense errors. I think it works for this story, though. I wanted the feel of a correspondent reporting live. The two questions you had -- the 30% off picture? The child in that advertisement was one of the messiah children, and his parents got him into child modeling because they recognized his charisma. The dinosaur egg didn't have any hidden symbolism; they just happened to be at Ogden's Dinosaur Park, because that seemed like a good place to have a giant egg. :) Parker apparently drugged Mike, probably with a lethal sedative, while he was walking through the park. My throwaway line about a kid slapping a bug is referencing Mike noticing the dart but thinking it was a bee sting. I didn't think there was room in the story for the fundamentalist troops you mention, although that's a cool idea; presumably Parker operates below the radar so as to avoid that sort of recognition. [b]Gulla:[/b] Sorry this didn't work for you as well! I haven't seen this plot before, so I was surprised that it was so well-worn for you. It's worth noting that most of the aspects you didn't like as much were by design, and not accidental mistakes on my part; we may just have different taste in stories. I very much appreciate the analysis and kind words, because there's no other way to improve. [/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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