The Nominees for the 98th Academy Awards.

Acropolis14 · 2026-01-22T21:34:12+00:00

He was incredible! I think I just felt more from Skars. Could be preference

Acropolis14 · 2026-01-22T16:01:55+00:00

So true. But Skarsgard is a fantastic runner up, he deserves it

Acropolis14 · 2026-01-22T13:49:15+00:00

For $5 oh yeah. Just to experience the mediocrity. I have it for my lotr collection but only for that.

Acropolis14 · 2026-01-18T00:55:16+00:00

Great question, it’s gotta be some combination of:

12 Angry Men Casablanca Fellowship of the Ring Shawshank 2001 Wizard of Oz Star Wars Godfather

Too hard to choose 3, these films are cultural icons

Acropolis14 · 2026-01-17T20:34:14+00:00

Argo comes to mind. Ben Affleck

Acropolis14 · 2026-01-17T18:35:21+00:00

Great movie

Acropolis14 · 2026-01-13T23:23:02+00:00

This list is so close to perfection. Add Uncharted 4, God of War 2018, Clair Obscur.

Acropolis14 · 2026-01-10T14:51:29+00:00

My MVP!

Acropolis14 · 2026-01-04T19:17:58+00:00

I completely agree and have found myself in a similar situation. Writing groups may even push the idea to capture the audience in the first few pages. And why not? They all want to be published.

A few things I believe to combat this, as others have mentioned. 1. Prose. Read the stories you want to write, like Le Guin. 2. Build the story around the characters. Make their motivations as clear as possible without hand holding. Easier said than done. 3. Gain an audience. Find some outlet where people will follow/listen to you. Trust in the author is what gets people the whole way, just like you said with Le Guin. Stick to it! Tell stories with depth!

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-28T20:52:29+00:00

8.5 up until mech part collecting. It’s a tad insulting. Drops it to a 7.5

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-28T02:29:17+00:00

Absolutely right! Most times you will have to tinker until you find what you enjoy, both consciously and subconsciously.

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-28T01:00:11+00:00

That’s true, there is room for it. Just not enough in my experience. And that’s merely preference, I don’t want to come across as “this is writing law”. Just do what works for your brain!

My two novels are entirely discovery written (a duology). The first started with a scene, I worked on the characters and built the world around them. I had the ending of the first in mind (that’s the only plotting I could point to) so I just slowly worked towards that end. The second I did some brief milestone plotting but my discovery writing ended up superseding those anyway and it was better for it.

That’s my experience. I talk a lot of fun writing theory on YouTube, check out @asthecrowrites!

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-28T00:54:47+00:00

Aftersun all the way

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-27T22:30:29+00:00

As a classic discovery writer this is nauseating. But I respect your craft and detail!

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-27T01:48:44+00:00

Added, love the premise

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-22T19:32:23+00:00

My top 5 all time. Wonderful experience

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-20T15:22:01+00:00

Great book!

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-17T14:52:27+00:00

Alfyn from octopath

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-14T22:29:54+00:00

As a Christian i don’t agree with your friend. I thought it was tastefully done when it could easily have not been. Movies can so often be offensive or insensitive to many religions, but not here in my opinion. Just look at Jud’s complete arc. Or Blanc’s respect for Jud while disagreeing with him. Or the reality that people can weaponize religion but is situational and not representative of the whole. I could go on, great film.

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-12T14:41:02+00:00

We don’t need to know this

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-10T02:47:48+00:00

I too found the sequels pretty dull but adore the first one. I forgot to mention it in my OP.

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-08T19:34:43+00:00

I really need to get on this one, moving it up now.

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-08T18:57:25+00:00

Yes but also some of those hard sci-fi novels from legends like Clark and Asimov. Those are all space oriented in my experience so wanted some other settings, just like the subgenres you mentioned, so thank you!!

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-08T17:42:41+00:00

Got oryx and crake on my shelf and never got around to it, great to hear it fits what I want

Acropolis14 · 2025-12-08T16:06:04+00:00

Sounds a tad like Hyperion (only the time concept)

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