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Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 3:27 amPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:55 am
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If I may have permission to do so.
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| Two-Word-At-A-Time in IF
Added recently by our King, Key, are several Two-Word-At-A-Time stories in Skiffiville and the Fantasy Forest. Taking the idea that, a story doesn't always have to be about some one person's ideas, but a community built tale, with simple two words bricks as building blocks. I asked a few of the more frequent visitors to the T.W.A.A.T. topics to give me a little insight into their thoughts on these unique Story Games. Here are some responses. When asked the question: What about Two-Word-At-A-Time stories do you find appealing, author Vikas Muralidharan replied “I think the idea about writing a whole story with all the other IFians appeals to me the most. Its not like the other SGs, Here you have much more interaction and participation which is completely outstanding.” When asked: What are your opinions on the whole concept of them, author Thunderbird said “They lack true story quality by not being vision driven, but that's really not what they are about. Instead, they seem to appeal based on the unexpected twists and turns they take, whilst somehow retaining some semblance of cohesion. This aspect of them is really quite fascinating, especially when you have a great group running them, as I feel we do right now.” And finally, when asked: What do you try to achieve with your two words, authors Key, Vikas Muralidharan, and Thunderbird answered as follows. “In many cases you can't make anything happen in two words, all you can do is say "of the" or something like that. But when I have a little more freedom, I try to use an action word to make something happen. And the thing I try to make happen is whatever seems to follow most from what's gone before.” -Key “There's no doubt in my mind that with my two words, I keep the story moving in an interesting direction and want them to be epic.” -Vikas Muralidharan “The most logical conclusion so far. There are some moments where you have some plot control based on what's been said up to now, and if you're watching closely, you can capture those moments.” -Thunderbird As common face around the T.W.A.A.T. water cooler myself, I must say it gives me a great sense of satisfaction when I can, with just my two words, push the story in a direction I feel it never would have gone without my little nudge. Makes me feel better on those days I'm too exhausted after work for much activity in the fine City of IF. When you think about it, all stories are just a mix of words grouped together to form a cohesive idea, and for an entire community to come together with that singular goal in mind, it warms the heart to know that such a thing is possible. Covering the subjects of Romance, Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy, any type of writer can find a little bite out of their busy day to jot down a couple of words to keep the story rollin'. |
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| I'd like this to be a gentle article, that makes a few practical points and upsets no one. Gives encouragement and guidance to those writers out there thinking of teaching one day or passing their traits and teachings over to others.
Sometimes for a writer love is most important other times, hate fuels them which makes an impact in writing skills. Hate for politicians is often known as liberty and in an idealistic world you'd wish there was no rules. But fact is this is a hard world and a writer is like the paper they write on. Well, for your story there could be up to 17 options, and 32 plots. Errors in thinking is the way the writer is influenced by others or him/herself . http://blog.beliefnet.com/freshliving/argument.jpg First off the errors in thinking is Partialism, Time scale, Egocentricity, arrogance and conceit, Initial judgment, adversary thinking, ego-involvement, magnitude error and finally extremes. Errors in thinking: Most people suffer from each of these errors, its nothing to be ashamed of. How to solve it?? Partialism: Error in perception. Thinker is only looking at part of the situation. It is an error often used by politicians or by anyone else who has to make a point. They rely on logic. Intentional sometimes unintentional Time scale: This is a part of partialism. Its when two are correct but argues on a different time scale. One argues that he wants to leave school early because he wants to earn money sooner, the teacher argues that lessons can give him more money to earn in later future. Egocentricity: They see a situation only in terms of how it affects them personally. Their unable to see the rest of the situation. Widen your perception... Arrogance and conceit: If the person has a logical answer why should they look furter?The result is when people lack imagination. Initial judgement: Logical errors in thinking, both might be wrong or right, depends on the argument. It's arrogance to assume there is only two sharply polorized positions on an issue, one is wrong and right. Solving the problem in thinking: Read a few books and take in the voice of the writer, try and see the flow of the story. Now compare it with your story's first chapter. The compare it with an edited phase and an unedited part. Try to see your own faults before exclaiming an other person's faults. Try to be clear as possible and try to be kind and gentle all the same, while making a point and impact in a person's life. I take it you've had times where you argued or used sarcasm, look at my writing style, does it tell you I'm making a point, or does it tell you that I'm straying from my path. You see the first article and the second, totally different, 1# that is after I've read “Teaching in Thinking” book. And 2# after I've stayed away from it for a couple of days. Teaching yourself thinking skills can become a part of you. So Take this tip with you, but don't use it against anyone. |
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| “Do you even know where you are, kid?”
When I first popped into existence here at the city, things were much different than they are now. It was a tougher neighborhood back then. I started out like a lot of people did: commenting in the Fantasy Forest, taking some long walks down what we now call Linear Lane, and easing my way into things. One day, as fate would have it, I was invited to join a secret group which had its own, secret webpage full of secretive secrets. I was amazed that such things had grown up in the City without my knowledge... without any obvious traces. Voicing my surprise to another member in a long and detailed PM, I received a one-line message in return: “Lol... Do you know even where you are, kid?” His point was that, while I'd been around the boards and made myself comfortable with many of the city's aspects, I knew little to nothing of its history. I knew little to nothing of what had come before. Since those early days much has changed for me, personally: I was forced to leave the City and only re-registered two years ago under my old username. Upon my return I found that the city's image is cleaner, sleeker, and that new members continue to be ignorant of the history they've taken upon themselves. Do you new members know where you are? Have you ever heard of the “Head Eaters”? I didn't think so. Scary group, they were. Scarier, however, by far that after their breakup they're still lurking among us... Somewhere... Have you ever heard of the City of IF Communist Party? Of course not. No, not with Chinaren and his lackeys writing the history books. Speaking of him, have you read much about Chinaren Inc. and its shady subsidiaries? Its cloning vats? Its bank? The Arena of Death? Here's my advice to you: get on the IFki (that's the City of If wiki) and read all you can. Some really good history is there, and not all of it has been scrubbed clean. Find out as much as you can about these seemingly immortals which run the city. Learn about the power struggles and epic battles which have defined the city today. Armed with such knowledge, you will be ready to truly make a mark in this place. You will know “where you are.” |
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Thanks Tayfinch!
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