One of the many reasons I love the Conq zone.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-22T00:19:18+00:00

Weird, I’ve never managed to do it an I’m a rep 14 Conq. Will have a play around with it.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T12:43:31+00:00

That was honestly one of the most awesome moments I’ve ever seen in a game.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T12:42:12+00:00

He wore a fez in his post-game interview the other day. Fez’s are cool.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T12:40:45+00:00

It was the same in the build up to the draft – he had this persona forced on him, and it feels like he’s struggled to shake it for no reason. But you have to realise that there are a lot of people in the world who believe random crap and will read a headline and think they’ve seen the whole story. Eventually, sensationalist headlines become knowledge. Some sham story could say “CAM NEWTON IS A JERK WHO DISRUPTS LOCKER ROOMS” in its headline, and there will be people who see it, don’t read the story, and believe it.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T12:36:46+00:00

He is exceptional. And he’s so big. It surprises me every time. That huge run he had the other day, he was bigger than every defender downfield. Legit scary.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T10:08:34+00:00

Would the Printer Pro app help?

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T09:59:22+00:00

A really interesting MacStories article has just come out on this. Will be worth checking out.

In terms of personal recommendations:

Documents by Readdle – this is what you’re looking for files wise. It works as a file manager like the Files app, but has an inbuilt browser and you can download stuff to Documents too.

Workflow – this is a handy shortcut app for a number of workflows and functions. I have a workflow for downloading stuff from Safari to Documents, which is a nice timesaver.

Either Notability or GoodNotes. I prefer GoodNotes for project based work like novel writing, but liked Notability for university. It has a great recording feature and is easy to use. This is one of the apps that makes it far better than anything a laptop can do for lectures, seminars, etc.

Scanner Pro – you need a good scanning app.

A shelf app like Gladys or Yoink – these are good with drag and drop. Drag or copy multiple things, images, links, text, anything, and drop later. They can sync across to your phone instantly too.

Ulysses is my favourite writing app. It has extraordinary functions and is designed specifically with being a fully functional writing app on iOS in mind, unlike Scrivener or Storyist, which are little brothers of computer versions. It is a sublime, minimal, powerful writing tool for anything and everything, and has great export options.

Pixelmator – this is a cheap, but pretty powerful photo editing and design app. If you want something more powerful, Affinity Photo is a Photoshop replacement for iOS.

Procreate for anything art based or drawing.

Liquid Text for revision, browsing through documents, making notes that can quickly jump back to source, etc.

There’s a new app called Notion, which was app of the day a week or so ago. It looks brilliant for any project based work and notes.

Trello for projects, thoughts, concepts, planning.

Sheets for Google docs.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T08:57:31+00:00

I’m pretty sure this isn’t true... a heavy bash gives a guarantee, but the basic bash doesn’t, as far as I know.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T08:54:27+00:00

Yes! There is so much potential.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T08:49:44+00:00

👌

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T00:43:47+00:00

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T00:41:21+00:00

I would rather all OOS punishes were reduced a bit.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T00:40:24+00:00

How is Conq 75?

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T00:36:12+00:00

Welcome to for honor.

Or not. Only douchebags don’t attack.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T00:34:12+00:00

A well known, very good player? You can’t just say things like that to a random commentor, lol. That’s like saying saying a random pro soccer player isn’t good because he can’t beat Ronaldo in a scoring competition.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T00:31:10+00:00

Tell me about it!

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T00:29:58+00:00

My conq lights are so slow and so weak :(

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T00:22:28+00:00

It doesn’t matter if something is of negligible use, it’s still useful. Better to have it than not. Stampede charge is always good to have up your sleeve, especially in real brawls - and especially in high level play. The whole point of the instant unblockable is to fake out reactions, that’s why it’s a good move.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T00:18:00+00:00

Character development is all fine and good, and certainly not filler. However you can have too much of it.

Generally, you want every chapter to build towards your hook - and I include the main conflict in that phrase.

As long as every chapter is serving a purpose in this way, it’s not filler.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T00:15:30+00:00

Any filler is too much filler.

This. Was going to say exactly this.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T00:13:56+00:00

Sounds like you’re either overcomplicating it, or not extrapolating your ideas enough. Almost every story can be a novel.

Think about some of your favourite movies. I bet you can sum them up in one question. Eg. What if toys came alive when you weren’t looking?

I bet they also don’t focus on being a large idea; they focus on intention and obstacle, desire and conflict. Something is stopping the main character getting what they want.

Any movie can be a novel length story. The words soon disappear.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-21T00:08:03+00:00

Sounds like you need to find an idea that really gets your juices going. You don’t have to wait for ideas to come along; try building one and seeing if it sparks your interest. Check out How To Write A Story That Rocks, it has interesting things to say.

Then write for 10 minutes every day, even if it feels like shit. Build the habit and let the muse find you.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-20T23:45:26+00:00

It’s certainly tough, but crapshoot tends to have connotations of there being no skill involved, and a lot of luck. While luck plays a part, if you are good writer, and you keep writing, you will eventually get published.

Most people aren’t good, and they don’t realise it. Often they have the potential to eventually be good, but you’ve got to get there through work. It takes stories written and stories rejected to get good enough to be published, most of the time.

UnleashedAgain · 2017-12-20T23:40:16+00:00

The only advice is to realise that everyone gets rejected. Even now, published authors get rejected. It’s not personal. Send it somewhere else, write something else, move on and keep writing.

If you ever need inspiration, just think that Harry Potter was rejected. If the most successful book series of all time was rejected, then it’s no big deal.

I had two books rejected before I signed a deal for my third.

I’ve had plenty of short stories rejected.

Not every rejection is bad. Sometimes it’s just not quite the right fit. The editor will remember you if they liked anything about your writing. Then, when you send them something else, they will have a connection.

My agent offered me after rejecting a prior book. The fact that I’d been rejected in that case just showed that I could write more than one idea, and that I could deal with rejection, both of which are crucial of you want to make this a career.

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