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Saxony Tarn · 08-29-2002, 10:32 AM

Re: Character Rants:

Eol & Shadowstrife, i really like that term. May i quote you?

:: sends drinks your way until you're happy and agreeable ::

Good! Many thanks! (Now to go back and edit BD to make sure he's not crossing that ranting line on his way through Purgatory -- about the only premise where such a technique would be called for, methinks, but still, in order to be effective, shouldn't be overdone...)

Hmm... overdone...

A friend of mine had a character in a graphic novel she wanted to draw whose motto was "if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing". But more often than not, it's not.

Anyone got any infamous examples of Overkill on an author's part that they'd like to advise us to avoid? That three-page-injury is a good start...

s.t.

08-29-2002, 10:32 AM	#11
Saxony Tarn Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: a western shore Posts: 132	Re: Character Rants: Eol & Shadowstrife, i really like that term. May i quote you? :: sends drinks your way until you're happy and agreeable :: Good! Many thanks! (Now to go back and edit BD to make sure he's not crossing that ranting line on his way through Purgatory -- about the only premise where such a technique would be called for, methinks, but still, in order to be effective, shouldn't be overdone...) Hmm... overdone... A friend of mine had a character in a graphic novel she wanted to draw whose motto was "if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing". But more often than not, it's not. Anyone got any infamous examples of Overkill on an author's part that they'd like to advise us to avoid? That three-page-injury is a good start... s.t. __________________ <-- who, me? Take the Ring? Betray the Fellowship?? Nah -- couldn't be ME, i'm too cute...