krystalynn03 Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 You know, Princess Bride is one of the few times when I prefer the movie to the book (Shawshank Redemption is another one). William Goldman wrote the book and the script simultaneously iirc, and the book doesn't have much that isn't also in the movie. And the movie is just so, so good... I'm sure that this post will get me boiled alive, but yea, like unto Galileo I must speak the truth as I see it. I haven't read the book, but I wouldn't be surprised if I liked the movie better, too. There's a level of visual charm achieved by the actor choices and some of the purposefully cheesy 80's effects that wouldn't exist on paper, regardless of Goldman's abilities as a writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfax Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 No, not boiled alive. Deadpool is a much better movie than Charles Dickens' little-known original manuscript ;op This made my day xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinski Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king007 Posted April 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Read this guys. It's something else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinski Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Yup, old HP sure does have a way with unspeakabe, unfathomable, unreletning horror. And tentacles, so many tentacles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kais Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 I do love me some Cthulhu. Actually, of the newish Lovecraft-themed stuff out there, the Cthulhu-rotica series is pretty stellar. All the tentacle, none of the racisms and sexism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecohansen Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Yep, lovecraft would have felt right at home at a Trump rally, given his views on immigration. Still, my word but could the man write. On a similar note, when I was living in China Jack London was by far the most-read English-language author. Chinese bookshops were filled with books by Jack London. And yet, London was virulently anti-Chinese: The Unparalleled Invsion is an entirely non-ironic story about engineering a virus that kills every Chinese-descended person on earth. And yet none of his Chinese fans that I talked to knew this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kais Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Got a full request from one of the agents that liked my tweet during #DVpit! Woohoo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandamon Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecohansen Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Woohoo! Care to share the tweet so we can learn from success? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kais Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Woohoo! Care to share the tweet so we can learn from success? Happy to, via PM. I had a number of successful tweets, and some not-so successful. The great thing about DVpit was getting to tweet once per hour for twelve hours meant you could try out a whole host of different approaches, and learn from mistakes. Sending you PM now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfax Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 I'm so behind, I haven't had a chance to read & review this week yet. Metered Internet SUCKS btw. <cry> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krystalynn03 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Stay strong, Shadowfax! We'll all still be here once you're done settling in to a new place. (Dat metered internet, tho...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krystalynn03 Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 "Getting to know you, getting to know all about you..." Julie Andrews and "The King and I" songs aside, I'm curious: what's the breakdown of MBTI here? (Meyers Briggs) I'm curious whether we're all similar 'writerly' types or not... INFJ here. (Those song lyrics sound creepier on the internet and out of context of old musicals...lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfax Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 (edited) I think I'm INTJ but I'd have to retake the test to confirm cause it's been so long I can't remember the letters any more. I have a feeling we will see a lot of INs lol Edited May 3, 2016 by Shadowfax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krystalynn03 Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 INs for the win! (The ES's are probably all running around with people even now...lol) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfax Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Silly social butterflies xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinski Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 All I can think of to say... Is whip-crack away, whip-crack away, whip-crack awayyyyyy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krystalynn03 Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 I looked those lyrics up and now I have that stuck in my head. Ears. Bleeding. Argh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinski Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 My work here is done... but somewhere in this song-forsaken town there's some poor sap who needs a good hard dose of Rodgers and Hammerstein*, but just doesn't know it (* Webster and Fain just don't trip of the tongue in the same way) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfax Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 I'm actually making progress into a possible chapter one! After having writer's block for so long now, I feel so good about this. I'm actually going to write 2 chapters that could both be potentially chapter ones, but for now I have 454 NEW words written!! An entire scene, which I really like. I'm just super excited so I wanted to share. And give thanks for Krystalynn who helped more than she could ever know in getting me out of my slump! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king007 Posted May 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 Good for you! Looking forward to reading your submission 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfax Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 Thanks king! I will only be submitting the prologue for review, as it is separeated from the main bulk of the story and I don't want to introduce 2 separate concepts/ideas/settings/etc in the same narrative without any further context. It's really short, and a lot of it has been submitted before in my "excerpts" submission, but I did a lot of thinking and revising to pare it down to an acceptable prologue (I hope!). I've also written another 339 words since my post 45 minutes ago! *ecstatic* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krystalynn03 Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 Keep going! Every word feel so valuable after being stuck for a while! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisenheim Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 I'm actually gonna get paid. The kickstarter for my first pro sale has enough to fund. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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