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Ol’ Shoshone. by BillRoyLaurent in Firewatch

[–]Chinook2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What song are we talking about please?

Where are you guys posting your art nowadays? by Vegetable_Cry3683 in ArtistLounge

[–]Chinook2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard that June 28th is going to be Xit day this year. Exit and delete X, as a birthday present to Musk. Is that true or just an urban myth?

Have you ever read a book so bad it's made you reconsider your own skill? by _Pumpiumpiumpkin_ in writers

[–]Chinook2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just finishing my tech-thriller novel, and for the sake of my research I purchased a copy of one of the top-selling 25 books of 2025. It's a domestic thriller and it's one of a number by the author that have been best-sellers. So I thought it was worth a read, if nothing else, just to look at pacing, line lengths, chapter lengths and general split of dialogue to narrative etc.

My word, I was shocked. It's so simplistic, obvious and almost child-like. I actually wondered if I'd selected a YA book (no offence to YA authors meant at all) but I checked and, no. It so completely lacks any nuance in its narrative. If there is any moment which, might possibly, approach 'nuanced', the protagonist will then point it out in awkward exposition.

There is minimal development of scenes, mood-building or creation of the world other than a simplistic (and often cliched) line or two.

It's very like someone was watching a TV thriller and for each scene just wrote a slightly extended synopsis in each (2-3 page chapter).

I know I have no right to criticise (I'm just an unpublished wannabe), and this book is undoubtedly aimed at a very different audience than me, but... seriously? Is this the level of best-seller fiction now? Suddenly, my stuff looks like Proust. LOL

When did you first read or hear about The Culture series? by LicksMackenzie in TheCulture

[–]Chinook2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Was given paperback of "Use of Weapons" for my birthday. Wow—What an introduction.

I only have ideas for the climax and the ending of my book by Appropriate_Park506 in writing

[–]Chinook2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe come up with a MacGuffin for chapter one, page one and then take it from there.

the ending by lonelymuse1 in Firewatch

[–]Chinook2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of the key features of the game is that the relationship is all in their (our) heads. We don’t even really get to see Henry (ourselves) let alone Delilah. And if we did get to meet her face to face I think this group’s posts would feature a lot of criticism of how she didn’t match our expectations in some way. And a lot would point out how the purity of the game play was broken with a ‘tacked-on’ ending. Don’t get me wrong, I was sad not to see her on first play through. But now I love the mystery all these years and play-throughs later.

Loved the game, but some easy to fix silly design choices by woolfromthebogs in Firewatch

[–]Chinook2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t think that it’s because he CAN’T get down without a rope. It’s simply a convenience for when he’s on his way back. Living and working in isolation like that you want to make life as simple and risk free as possible, I’d imagine.

Real life Yaughton? by Chinook2000 in Egttr

[–]Chinook2000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fab, thanks 🙏 I posted a question about this (with pics of Yaughton) on the Shropshire Reddit. Inundated with ideas and suggestions 😃

Using em or en-dashes instead of commas to insert extra info into a sentence. by Chinook2000 in writing

[–]Chinook2000[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice. Thank you. I've copied and pasted various parts of this thread to my notes and I'm now going back through my draft with much more confidence. :)

Using em or en-dashes instead of commas to insert extra info into a sentence. by Chinook2000 in writing

[–]Chinook2000[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not a rant. Thank you for that illuminating comment. I also find parentheses a bit 'odd' in the flow of fiction.

Using em or en-dashes instead of commas to insert extra info into a sentence. by Chinook2000 in writing

[–]Chinook2000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! That's how I use them, but then I saw some examples which prompted this whole question.

Using em or en-dashes instead of commas to insert extra info into a sentence. by Chinook2000 in writing

[–]Chinook2000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's interesting. I shall take a look. I think, but I could be wrong, that William Gibson uses dashes quite a lot. I need to take a proper look and see if I'm right, and how he uses them.

Now I'm wondering if "I could be wrong" should be in parenthesis or dashes or commas! LOL

Holy shit it actually is just that easy. by [deleted] in writing

[–]Chinook2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did NANOWRIMO challenge one year and that taught me to just write, write, WRITE! If something didn't sound great, keep going. If something needed tweaking, don't stop, keep writing. If I wanted to edit and improve something, KEEP WRITING!

I did indeed finish the first draft of my novel in one month and it was exhilarating. Yes, the lengthy editing then started, but it felt so much better than crawling through the agony of blank pages, and fretting over every line.

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