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cirrus Inner circle his minions made 1751 Posts |
Hello peoples,
I need topics about bizarre magic to write about... Can you guys give me some good topics? This is because I'm going to attempt to write 50 000 words (almost a complete book) in one day. Thank you guys (and the occasional girl that stumbles through here). Greetings, Cirrus |
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gmeister Inner circle 1588 Posts |
Is one allowed to know first why you're taking on this Herculean task and then why this particular general subject area?
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cirrus Inner circle his minions made 1751 Posts |
As a challenge and I want to write a blog with bizarre magic topics and I want to program them in so I don't need to check and I have enough material for a while, so I can review things and such, Now I just need the topics to get me started.
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Joshua J Inner circle 1014 Posts |
If you're going to write that amount wouldn't it best to choose subjects you either have an interest in or else already know a lot about. If your researching topics as well in the day it's going to be a hell of a task.
But for a few ideas of subjects related to the bizarre: history, popular areas Victorians, witch hunts, medieval. Authors: H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, MR James. Religious themes, heaven and hell, stories of death and the devil. Oracles: tarot, runes, palmistry, scrying, etc. |
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cirrus Inner circle his minions made 1751 Posts |
I planned that I can write 2000 words in about half an hour, so that gives me 30 minutes research time, that time gives me not much time to fuss around plus, this will be only a first draft, most of the work is already done in that day, the only thing I need to do is revise them when I want to publish them.
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
I think is one of the most bizarre things I've ever read...
I've asked to be banned
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts |
A topic to write about is the search fir a topic.
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cirrus Inner circle his minions made 1751 Posts |
I'm going to try to also give some presentations for simple tricks like the cut and restored rope.
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts |
I'm sure they will be excellent, you are dedicating a whole day to the project...
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Dr Spektor Eternal Order Carcanis 10781 Posts |
You should go away
Really You need the time and seclusion to be able to do the project well. I believe you should take more than a day - perhaps a month - go away for a month then come back. Write about the Hero's Journey ala Jung and Campbell and how it applies to bizarre magic. Now go and don't dare distract yourself by posting here for at least a month. God bless.
"They are lean and athirst!!!!"
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cirrus Inner circle his minions made 1751 Posts |
For the peoples who don't get the whole concept: this will be a rough first draft, before the creative juice expires I will have written 50k words in a file. And then before I publish them, I really put the work in them. The first draft is the most difficult to write.
If I write more then a week, I start to doubt the whole project and start over on another, and that way a lot of great ideas are thrown away. |
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts |
For me, the first draft is the easiest to write. The hard part comes with the first rewrite.
We all work differently. |
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Joshua J Inner circle 1014 Posts |
I thought you might be trying to do something like NaNoWriMo, but in less time. I've sponsored people in the past for it.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/ |
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cirrus Inner circle his minions made 1751 Posts |
That's exactly what I'm going to do, but about bizarre magic, and trying to blogpost or something afterwards, don' tknow yet what I'm going to do with the 50k words.
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Rocketeer Special user Westchester, NY 965 Posts |
I've been writing for more than a quarter century and I've written two books, scores of newspaper and magazine articles, training courses, technical manuals, instruction sheets, theater reviews, press releases, press kits, bios, resumes, financial articles, weekly magazine columns, SE0 (search engine optimized) copy, advertisements, computer software and hardware reviews, direct response copy and much, much more.
A good day's work for a good writer is about a 1,500 to 2,000 words. Good luck.
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cirrus Inner circle his minions made 1751 Posts |
Great writers can't stop writing after they hit their quota. I have written 7000 words on a day because I was that inspired. My brain goes in overtime when I'm thinking, especially when I'm thinking about magic and I'm in a craftstore and see all the possible things around me.
Mostly when I pick something up I see possible things I can do with it. |
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cirrus Inner circle his minions made 1751 Posts |
They day of writing frantically will be 7th of december.
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Rocketeer Special user Westchester, NY 965 Posts |
I never mentioned the word "quota."
It's very, very easy to write even 14,000 words in a day. They just won't be any good. If you value quantity over quality nobody will be interested in what you write. You aren't a great writer now, nor are ever likely to be. A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. Thomas Mann, German writer 1875 - 1955 Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. Gene Fowler, American journalist and biographer 1890 - 1960
I'm selling my hardcover autographed limited edition copy of Jerome Finley's "Thought Veil"
PM me for info. |
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cirrus Inner circle his minions made 1751 Posts |
A first draft to me is getting the figure into a block of wood it will not be perfect but with the finishin afterwards, it will be. I didn't say I wanted to publish this the day after I wrote it. I never said that. I wanted a first draft of my articles, and sorry if I step on some toes now, but who says I can't write well? I don't smash quote's from famous writers in your face now do I?
I just want my idea's about some subjects on paper, and I want it quickly, that's all. This is a first draft. A sketch drawing for a painting. |
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cirrus Inner circle his minions made 1751 Posts |
But back on topic with the people who do support me: do any of you know some good topics. I know that I will be writing about what bizarre magic means to me and brainstorm about possible presentations for effects.
I have a great one for a cut and restored rope I might add. |
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