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Re: Night Watcher
« Reply #15 on Sept 9, 2008, 5:05pm »

Sept 8, 2008, 4:17pm, Aaron wrote:

Like Rell said need to know your story but also too need to know your characters world too. Especially if you are going to be writing in fantasy and scifi. Which are two genres that basically are asking people to suspend there beliefs and thoughts of the world.

I want to try and make the setting as real as possible. Nothing supernatural or unbelievable, I find that irritating whenever I’m reading myself. If it’s just too over the top, I find it hard to really care for the characters. But that’s just me though; others may like that style however.

When it comes to the character dialogue I would also try to keep it real. No one talks like they do in movies or TV series where the characters spew out speeches and cheesy one-liners, so that’s defiantly something I want to avoid.

Also, this will be my first attempt to write a long story in English. I’ve written several lengthy stories in my native language before, but nothing like this.

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« Reply #16 on Sept 9, 2008, 5:36pm »

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When it comes to the character dialogue I would also try to keep it real. No one talks like they do in movies or TV series where the characters spew out speeches and cheesy one-liners, so that’s defiantly something I want to avoid.

The best way to do this, is to read your dialogue out loud. REading out loud gives you a persepctive on your writing that hearing it in your head doesn't. You'll be able to see for yourself what whorks and what doesn't, and it also helps distinguish the flow of the story.

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Re: Night Watcher
« Reply #17 on Sept 9, 2008, 11:08pm »

Sept 9, 2008, 5:05pm, Echo wrote:

Sept 8, 2008, 4:17pm, Aaron wrote:

On top of what Rell said. You should bring your natural way of speaking. Bring the way you and your freinds and those around you speak. Also too in the characters it's an idea to write about who you know. Don't be afraid in using family/friends/ people that have touched your lives. Use the bad and the good. Blend it all together...and form a character.

When I mentioned movies and tv shows wasn't saying in how they speak an all. Just how they set up the arch of there show. How they actually spin out a story in a long format. It's much like how those do it in a series form..for a novel.

I was speaking on the real. have to keep it real. The places and characters and such. The more out there you push your characters and settings and twists...the more real it has to be. That is the rule of thumb for fiction. If it's not real and the reader can accept and move along with the characters then you'v shot yourself in the foot and it's over time.

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Re: Night Watcher
« Reply #18 on Oct 26, 2008, 4:16pm »

A small update on the progress if anyone is interested:
I’ve got an artist to do the cover for me. The cost should be something like 1000 NOK (142 USD).

I’ve written in a couple of new characters and fleshed out some of them I already have. It might therefore be a bit longer than 8 chapters, perhaps something like 12. Right now, the chapters’ feels a bit packed, so I might add a few more to draw it out a bit. Some dialogue is beginning to form as well as the characters begin to develop.

The basic storyline is practically finished now, but there might come a few side stories to get the readers to know a bit a more about the characters.

Well, that’s about it. I’ll let you know when the cover art is finished.

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« Reply #19 on Jan 13, 2009, 7:19am »

Sounds like you're coming along nicely. Good work!

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« Reply #20 on Jan 18, 2009, 6:32pm »

Thanks! I've come up to about 140 pages (A5) and I’m working on chapter 9 for the moment. If everything goes as planned there will be a total of 14 chapters + 1 possible epilogue chapter. Hopefully I'll be finished with everything before long now. The picture is from the front of the book cover. I'm also in talk to get some concept art done, which I'll ad as a bonus to the finished book for those who buys it. I might put the full book out for free download as well, but without the concept art.

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I've just reached 200 pages and began writing on the 12th chapter. If anyone is willing to volunteer to beta read it, let me know.

Update - 28th of February
Story is finished. It has been for about two weeks now. It is 261 (A5) pages long, including the timeline, back story and bio's of the characters. I've sent it to a beta-reader, but I will send it to others as well, if they would like to give their opinion afterwards.