Most recent public comments by Timothy Powell https://nowcomment.com/users/84652 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240692?scroll_to=2186505 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240692?scroll_to=2186505 Cliches is just a big bandwagon, but what if I start a cliche? THey'll never know what hit them. I'll make killing off the main hero a cliche Fri, 06 Nov 2020 09:57:31 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240374?scroll_to=2181667 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240374?scroll_to=2181667 It's a big thing to know everything you want your setting to be Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:41:01 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240374?scroll_to=2181664 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240374?scroll_to=2181664 The setting really could expand the world in the story. Or it could bring a huge foreshadowing that may have been treated as a small detail. Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:40:21 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240374?scroll_to=2181657 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240374?scroll_to=2181657 Settings are powerful since they can create many conflicts with the characters involved. It could become the protagonist's resting point and the other characters make it a sacred place that no one can enter or a huge conflict over who will monitor the land. Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:38:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2139359 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2139359 He giving even more reason that he is a witch. Blessing the sea creatures, glittering eyes, surviving death, and now he has a power of speech Fri, 16 Oct 2020 09:49:12 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136482 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136482 He believes that death takes away the beauty in the world and only leaves the ugliest behind Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:52:46 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136476 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136476 He's a witch! How else would he get cursed by everyone around him and see their souls? Only if he was a witch Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:49:34 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136436 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136436 New fur/pelt scarf? Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:40:13 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136429 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136429 How does he know what witch oils are if he wasn't a witch? What if that is why he has glittery eyes? Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:38:32 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136416 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136416 They didn't try hard enough. Should've just drank the water Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:35:20 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136379 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136379 He really did an experiment that could've gotten him stuck in the middle of the sea Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:32:47 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136341 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136341 Killed the bird over a little bit of breeze? Couldn't be me Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:29:55 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136336 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235523?scroll_to=2136336 Grandpa tells old ship stories Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:27:17 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225299?scroll_to=2042724 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225299?scroll_to=2042724 There's a workshop police? I'm scared now. Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:05:03 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/214990?scroll_to=1971909 https://nowcomment.com/documents/214990?scroll_to=1971909 It gives you the idea if you should really keep the words the same or make it easy for someone to read. It is important to make the real thinkers know the intention behind the word choice of staying the same. Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:05:03 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/214990?scroll_to=1969147 https://nowcomment.com/documents/214990?scroll_to=1969147 The idea of domestication and foreignization is great, but incorporating it correctly and appropiately could help with your writing. Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:05:03 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/212883?scroll_to=1959578 https://nowcomment.com/documents/212883?scroll_to=1959578 Who really wants to right stories about their personal life if we think it's boring since we see the extremes of people's lives all the time. Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:05:03 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/212883?scroll_to=1959307 https://nowcomment.com/documents/212883?scroll_to=1959307 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:05:03 -0400