Keith is a Grandmaster! O_O


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Nice collection of quotes, there, D.

So this:
Your draft words or descriptions might be redundant. So what? They can
be fixed later. 

 You might make grammatical mistakes. So what? Promise
yourself you’ll fix them later—after you’ve got the story written.
I don't write fiction, but from what I've read of authors that do (whose work I like), this can be quite a reasonable approach. In the first draft, just go hell-for-leather, getting the ideas down and keeping the momentum going. But coupled with this:
... Surprisingly, when I went back to the initial pages, fully
intending to spend weeks on major editing and rewriting, I found that the
constant, intense practice had taught me to produce crisp, fast-paced
writing as compelling as if I’d spent hours agonizing over each page.
Yeah, no. He's not seeing his writing as others do, clearly, if he thinks that first burst of creativity is anything close to finished. And it shows - poorly chosen metaphors, much recapping and repetition, and telling, not showing. All stuff that needs to be weeded out of a first draft.

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Thanks Jack, I just marvel at the things this guy says.
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An oldie but a goodie

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2013 Hugo nominees announced ...

... and no sign of Spanky or Bobo.

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Well fill me with gravy and call me Jabba!
Spice is the worm's gonads.
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His newest masterpiece is on stands now...at least some of them. I wouldn't have known it because our store received a whopping zero copies. Must be expected to sell well!
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lotek wrote:Well fill me with gravy and call me Jabba!

Yum Yum Lotek lot's of fun,
Slap some gravy on my bun!
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Jabecca wrote:
lotek wrote:Well fill me with gravy and call me Jabba!

Yum Yum Lotek lot's of fun,
Slap some gravy on my bun!
What comes in,
Must come out.
Spice is the worm's gonads.
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lotek wrote:
Jabecca wrote:
lotek wrote:Well fill me with gravy and call me Jabba!

Yum Yum Lotek lot's of fun,
Slap some gravy on my bun!
What comes in,
Must come out.
Yuz just bumped Sandrider.
Yuz the best Lotek.
Euroluv.

What comes in,
Must come out.

What comes in,
Must come out.

Don't stop!

What comes in,
Must come out.
What comes in,
Must come out.
What comes in,
Must come out.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
What comes in,
Must come out.
YES!!!
What...comes.... in,
Must....come...out.
What...comes.....
Euroluv :romance-heartbeating:
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Would you like some eurofries with that?
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Jabecca wrote:
lotek wrote:
Jabecca wrote:
lotek wrote:Well fill me with gravy and call me Jabba!

Yum Yum Lotek lot's of fun,
Slap some gravy on my bun!
What comes in,
Must come out.
Yuz just bumped Sandrider.
Yuz the best Lotek.
Euroluv.

What comes in,
Must come out.

What comes in,
Must come out.

Don't stop!

What comes in,
Must come out.
What comes in,
Must come out.
What comes in,
Must come out.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
What comes in,
Must come out.
YES!!!
What...comes.... in,
Must....come...out.
What...comes.....
Euroluv :romance-heartbeating:
That took more time than usual, whale-bitch. You must be losing it. How Jabecca got her groove back, indeed!
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BH wrote:
Jabecca wrote:
lotek wrote:
Jabecca wrote:
lotek wrote:Well fill me with gravy and call me Jabba!

Yum Yum Lotek lot's of fun,
Slap some gravy on my bun!
What comes in,
Must come out.
Yuz just bumped Sandrider.
Yuz the best Lotek.
Euroluv.

What comes in,
Must come out.

What comes in,
Must come out.

Don't stop!

What comes in,
Must come out.
What comes in,
Must come out.
What comes in,
Must come out.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
What comes in,
Must come out.
YES!!!
What...comes.... in,
Must....come...out.
What...comes.....
Euroluv :romance-heartbeating:
That took more time than usual, whale-bitch. You must be losing it. How Jabecca got her groove back, indeed!
I think you 2 have given me a softy for life, ta. :(
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BH wrote:
Jabecca wrote:
lotek wrote:
Jabecca wrote:
lotek wrote:Well fill me with gravy and call me Jabba!

Yum Yum Lotek lot's of fun,
Slap some gravy on my bun!
What comes in,
Must come out.
Yuz just bumped Sandrider.
Yuz the best Lotek.
Euroluv.

What comes in,
Must come out.

What comes in,
Must come out.

Don't stop!

What comes in,
Must come out.
What comes in,
Must come out.
What comes in,
Must come out.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
What comes in,
Must come out.
YES!!!
What...comes.... in,
Must....come...out.
What...comes.....
Euroluv :romance-heartbeating:
That took more time than usual, whale-bitch. You must be losing it. How Jabecca got her groove back, indeed!
That's because yuz always premature, honey,
Now back in the basement!
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Just stop already.
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inhuien wrote:Just stop already.
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It just went out of hand, so to speak.
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Hey guys, mind if I revive this thread to note once again how much of a stupendous douche Kevin J. Anderson is?

Check it:

http://kjablog.com/?p=747

I don't really need to say much more. He compares himself to Homer and Dickens. AND, apparently Becca dictates her novels at the mall or on the treadmill now....At the mall?! What the hell? I thought that doing it alone in the woods was bad...
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You all think he ever dictated a chapter while fuckin' Becca?
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It makes you wonder whether his writing would be better if he were to see a typed page in front of him, see what words are repetitive, what paragraphs need improvement.
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Omphalos wrote:You all think he ever dictated a chapter while fuckin' Becca?
Well it is quite a trek.
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lotek wrote:
Omphalos wrote:You all think he ever dictated a chapter while fuckin' Becca?
Well it is quite a trek.
Hopefully is not a Star Trek.

Lotek why do you make me do these things.
:)
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Omphalos wrote:You all think he ever dictated a chapter while fuckin' Becca?
Would explain why his chapters are so short.
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Mr. Teg wrote:
Omphalos wrote:You all think he ever dictated a chapter while fuckin' Becca?
Would explain why his chapters are so short.
:lol:
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inhuien wrote:
lotek wrote:
Omphalos wrote:You all think he ever dictated a chapter while fuckin' Becca?
Well it is quite a trek.
Hopefully is not a Star Trek.

Lotek why do you make me do these things.
:)
So I don't have to ^^
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Mr. Teg wrote:
Omphalos wrote:You all think he ever dictated a chapter while fuckin' Becca?
Would explain why his chapters are so short.
Beautiful. :clap:

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