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Re: [Mar 2017] - Through the Beast's Eye - Discussion Thread
« Reply #105 on: April 06, 2017, 01:45:31 AM »
Quote from: Bradley Darewood on April 06, 2017, 01:43:41 AM
In retrospect, that might be a little overly dark for this crowd....

A mother "voodooing" her son to kill the father? I want to read that now!
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Re: [Mar 2017] - Through the Beast's Eye - Discussion Thread
« Reply #106 on: April 06, 2017, 01:52:06 AM »

I need to learn to write 1500 words without killing half the characters....
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Re: [Mar 2017] - Through the Beast's Eye - Discussion Thread
« Reply #107 on: April 06, 2017, 01:53:28 AM »
Quote from: Lanko on April 06, 2017, 01:45:31 AM
Quote from: Bradley Darewood on April 06, 2017, 01:43:41 AM
In retrospect, that might be a little overly dark for this crowd....

A mother "voodooing" her son to kill the father? I want to read that now!

ooohhhh that's perfect!  love potions and voodoo-- it should be set in early 1900s New Orleans!
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Re: [Mar 2017] - Through the Beast's Eye - Discussion Thread
« Reply #108 on: April 06, 2017, 01:53:59 AM »
Quote from: Bradley Darewood on April 06, 2017, 01:52:06 AM

I need to learn to write 1500 words without killing half the characters....

Imagine when you write 150.000  ::) GRRM would blush.

On the other hand, April's theme should allow your characters to... make a plan to survive? Or actually the plan to survive is what kills them?  ::)
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Re: [Mar 2017] - Through the Beast's Eye - Discussion Thread
« Reply #109 on: April 06, 2017, 01:58:30 AM »
Quote from: Lanko on April 06, 2017, 01:45:31 AM
Quote from: Bradley Darewood on April 06, 2017, 01:43:41 AM
In retrospect, that might be a little overly dark for this crowd....

A mother "voodooing" her son to kill the father? I want to read that now!

You shouldn't have shared that already, wipe it, expand and enter it. Great idea and agree definitely NOLA
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Re: [Mar 2017] - Through the Beast's Eye - Discussion Thread
« Reply #110 on: April 06, 2017, 02:13:21 AM »
Quote from: Lady_Ty on April 06, 2017, 01:58:30 AM
Quote from: Lanko on April 06, 2017, 01:45:31 AM
Quote from: Bradley Darewood on April 06, 2017, 01:43:41 AM
In retrospect, that might be a little overly dark for this crowd....

A mother "voodooing" her son to kill the father? I want to read that now!

You shouldn't have shared that already, wipe it, expand and enter it. Great idea and agree definitely NOLA

Aweee Lady Ty-- if only I hadn't thought of it 5 days after the contest closed :)

Quote from: Lanko on April 06, 2017, 01:53:59 AM
Quote from: Bradley Darewood on April 06, 2017, 01:52:06 AM

I need to learn to write 1500 words without killing half the characters....


Imagine when you write 150.000  ::) GRRM would blush.


Yeah, about that.... that's why my 100k word WIP has such a large cast of characters... I need some to survive to the end!!
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Re: [Mar 2017] - Through the Beast's Eye - Discussion Thread
« Reply #111 on: April 06, 2017, 02:15:35 AM »
Quote from: Bradley Darewood on April 06, 2017, 01:52:06 AM

I need to learn to write 1500 words without killing half the characters....

Why?  ;) ;D
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Re: [Mar 2017] - Through the Beast's Eye - Discussion Thread
« Reply #112 on: April 06, 2017, 02:37:48 AM »
Quote from: Bradley Darewood on April 06, 2017, 02:13:21 AM
Quote from: Lady_Ty on April 06, 2017, 01:58:30 AM
Quote from: Lanko on April 06, 2017, 01:45:31 AM
Quote from: Bradley Darewood on April 06, 2017, 01:43:41 AM
In retrospect, that might be a little overly dark for this crowd....

A mother "voodooing" her son to kill the father? I want to read that now!

You shouldn't have shared that already, wipe it, expand and enter it. Great idea and agree definitely NOLA

Aweee Lady Ty-- if only I hadn't thought of it 5 days after the contest closed :)


Missed that minor detail  :-[ :-[
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