The Anti-Guide

How do you try to improve your writing?

I try to avoid old, stupid things.	17.5%	[ 2253 ]
I add new things.	14.9%	[ 1923 ]
A combination of both (if one more than the other, pick it).	67.6%	[ 8707 ]
Total Votes:			[ 12883 ]

[Ludera]

DarknessofHeavenandDreams

Horses are very low maintenance, easy to raise, and can go anywhere. Other animals are only located in small, remote areas of the world.

Horses can gallop for hours on end.

They are also a good choice for desert travel, because they're cooler than camels. (Camels are only ridden by those funny-talking pseudo-Middle-Eastern guys.)

[The False Magician]

Ludera

DarknessofHeavenandDreams

Horses are very low maintenance, easy to raise, and can go anywhere. Other animals are only located in small, remote areas of the world.

Horses can gallop for hours on end.

They are also a good choice for desert travel, because they're cooler than camels. (Camels are only ridden by those funny-talking pseudo-Middle-Eastern guys.)

Don't shortchange horses! They can also weather travel through snowy mountains and tundras. A horse was created to be the mightiest animals for travel. They're almost as useful as chocobos.

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

the hidden ghost

The Phoenix Rises Again

((I just finished watching Machine Girl))

((Ooo, I've been meaning to get that. Any good?))

In an Evil Dead B-movie way

[Half Baked SF]

And you won't even have to worry about having enough food or water ready for them either. In fact, if ANYONE in your party needs to eat or drink, there will always be a convenient berry bush or unpolluted fresh stream nearby.

You can definitely go for an entire cross-country adventure on berries and water alone.

[I am The Compendium]

IB a Survivor

And you won't even have to worry about having enough food or water ready for them either. In fact, if ANYONE in your party needs to eat or drink, there will always be a convenient berry bush or unpolluted fresh stream nearby.

You can definitely go for an entire cross-country adventure on berries and water alone.

Even if you don't, starvation doesn't hurt people.

[Summer Fallwinterspring]

Marriage takes place at the end of the story, and never the middle.

[Nick Cain]

I noticed a flaw in a lot of writing and especially in manga. Writers have no separation between what a character thinks, what a character says, and the character's actions. They are honest in every aspect, and it makes for unrealistic characters.

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

Summer_Fall_Winter_Spring

Marriage takes place at the end of the story, and never the middle.

Or the beginning.

All newlyweds are good at sex, despite never having done it (or, say, non-newlyweds who also haven't done it before)

[Ludera]

Nick Cain

I noticed a flaw in a lot of writing and especially in manga. Writers have no separation between what a character thinks, what a character says, and the character's actions. They are honest in every aspect, and it makes for unrealistic characters.

How is that a flaw? It's true to life.

((That might be a cultural thing--tons of connotations get lost in translation. Japanese characters seem to be more straightforward, blunt and serious than Western ones, which is pretty much in line with how people from Japan tend to act. But if I remember correctly, they also have concepts like "public face/private face," so dishonesty is also part of the culture. I don't claim to understand Japan well.

Then again, it could just be due to bad writing or bad translations (where they just don't bother to make the thoughts and dialogue of a character sound different). But in defense of this, the "thoughts" are usually past-tense first-person narration, so it makes more sense if you think of it that way.

Also, this is the Anti-guide.))

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

Remember, the only thing that makes it a manga is the ARTWORK!

And it is totally NOT historically inspired by American cartoons.

[Summer Fallwinterspring]

Ludera

Nick Cain

I noticed a flaw in a lot of writing and especially in manga. Writers have no separation between what a character thinks, what a character says, and the character's actions. They are honest in every aspect, and it makes for unrealistic characters.

How is that a flaw? It's true to life.

((That might be a cultural thing--tons of connotations get lost in translation. Japanese characters seem to be more straightforward, blunt and serious than Western ones, which is pretty much in line with how people from Japan tend to act. But if I remember correctly, they also have concepts like "public face/private face," so dishonesty is also part of the culture. I don't claim to understand Japan well.

Then again, it could just be due to bad writing or bad translations (where they just don't bother to make the thoughts and dialogue of a character sound different). But in defense of this, the "thoughts" are usually past-tense first-person narration, so it makes more sense if you think of it that way.

Also, this is the Anti-guide.))

((Actually Japan puts much, much more emphasis on subtlety and nuance.))

[marshmallowcreampie]

The Phoenix Rises Again

Remember, the only thing that makes it a manga is the ARTWORK!

And it is totally NOT historically inspired by American cartoons.

All American comics and cartoons suck. The only place that can make good comics is Japan! That's why Marvel Comics and DC Comics companies went bankrupt in their first year and no one has ever heard of them! Also, any book that gets made into a movie is automatically good. Crappy books don't get made into movies.

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

It's totally unhelpful to tell someone what you think of their work. Always give vague praise. Remember, good writers never insult bad ones.

[Ludera]

marshmallowcreampie

That's why Marvel Comics and DC Comics companies went bankrupt in their first year and no one has ever heard of them!

There are only two comic companies in North America, and these are them. Also, ALL western comic books are about superheroes, so you have to sell your comic as a "manga" if you want any CULTURED readers.

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((Actually Japan puts much, much more emphasis on subtlety and nuance.))

((I'm going to say the lack of it in manga then is because translators aren't capturing it properly, then.))

[The Phoenix Rises Again]

Only the following can be found attractive:

Breasts (on females)
Face (No distinguishing features! That's doing it wrong!)
Eyes
Personality (only applies to men if they're stalkers madly in love)