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Oh come on, Drew, you're not going to be in the garden every day for six weeks. It'll rain at least once, and on that day you imagine you've dug up a skeleton in your garden and write it down.
23 May 19
@drewnogal saidThat is Drew' post from May 17th...so no worries
Me too!
Like Moonbus’ suggestion of the ghost/supernatural/scary theme.
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23 May 19
@suzianne saidGo for it! 😀
Ok, ghost/supernatural/scary, huh?
What if it's not exactly "campfire-scary" material, but just uses some traditional horror genre elements, running towards a parody-tribute theme?
@ghost-of-a-duke saidCool. Got an idea, and I started researching it, but fleshing it out is the hard part.
Go for it! 😀
One problem is that I don't even live in, nor even been to, the country where it's set. 😕 Thank goodness for Google.
23 May 19
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@suzianne saidSo long as it's got "superstition," "phantom," and "twilight" in it, or cognates thereof (I'm assuming, e.g., "superstitious", "phantoms", "twilit" etc.), I reckon it's kosher.
Ok, ghost/supernatural/scary, huh?
What if it's not exactly "campfire-scary" material, but just uses some traditional horror genre elements, running towards a parody-tribute theme?
23 May 19
@moonbus saidQuite right, almost forgot that, I should add that to my notes.
So long as it's got "superstition," "phantom," and "twilight" in it, or cognates thereof (I'm assuming, e.g., "superstitious", "twilit" etc.), I reckon it's kosher.
23 May 19
@suzianne saidAh, the undiscovered country. Good start. Very good.
Cool. Got an idea, and I started researching it, but fleshing it out is the hard part.
One problem is that I don't even live in, nor even been to, the country where it's set. 😕 Thank goodness for Google.
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23 May 19
@suzianne saidThe challenge is to have those keywords melt into the prose so they don't look conspicuous. Torunn was quite kind though, as she could have thrown in hedgehog and satsumas.
Quite right, almost forgot that, I should add that to my notes.
23 May 19
@ghost-of-a-duke saidYes, or "quinquereme", "groat", and "kumquat". Count ourselves lucky.
The challenge is to have those keywords melt into the prose so they don't look conspicuous. Torunn was quite kind though, as she could have thrown in hedgehog and satsumas.
23 May 19
@ghost-of-a-duke saidWas I too kind perhaps...? Should I have made it more difficult and challenging? I was so into the theme and tried to picture some kind of background.
The challenge is to have those keywords melt into the prose so they don't look conspicuous. Torunn was quite kind though, as she could have thrown in hedgehog and satsumas.
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23 May 19
@torunn saidNo, I think you played it well. Will be good to see how the different writers incorporate those words. (I can see ways they could be used creatively).
Was I too kind perhaps...? Should I have made it more difficult and challenging? I was so into the theme and tried to picture some kind of background.