as for the plot idea, its a great idea, just incompatible with what we are trying to do. it is not a story of the start, its kinda like WoW, its a story of our guild as it is right now.
ive begun writing a book, but after a couple hundred pages i trash it, and begin a new one. they just get crazy, and i dont like them anymore. i must have written at least 800 pages altogether, and now im planning on typing at least a 100 page story, and if it looks good i will keep going with another book or expansion. lol.
This is my first time trying to write a book and it started out great, but I think I'm getting sloppy with how I'm writing it and its starting to get boring, so I don't know if I'll finish it.
This is my first time trying to write a book and it started out great, but I think I'm getting sloppy with how I'm writing it and its starting to get boring, so I don't know if I'll finish it.
ya. are your characters also getting crazy powerful? thats what happened with mine.
Description: Visucius is a druid. He holds power to ravens. There are always some ravens flying above his head. No one knows why this is, but some say he thinks so much of death, that the ravens smell it. Visucius is a practical druid. He hunts for food, he makes armor on his own, he isolates himself from other people. He will offer you words of hope and directions if you are lost. Some say his best friends are the ravens. It is known that he has good intentions and his ravens will defend him in battle.
Purpose: Holds great advice to survive in the wilderness. He can also kill some monsters to aid you.
Favoured class: He loves his ravens more than anyone else. He will help most people though.
Location: The plains of Act I.
I will submit a picture later
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Originally from the design an NPC thread, but Visucius will help SICK against evil!
idk, ill talk to Elfen as to who is featured in the book, or makes an appearance. everyone in SICK will show up, but not necessarily as a person. most will be as a mass. several people will be key players, and all will be given strength and power according to rank. there will be few exceptions, but most will be according to level, and levels will be according to rank and maybe boosts to those that remain active.
(SLAYERS will be excempt because they are all highly trained and hold as much or more experience than several legion leaders)
I dont want what happened to transformers or the first attempt at a Sin City movie to happen, a bunch of lore changes and other such changes, for the worse as the case often is.
Blasphemy. Both Transformers and Sin City were great movies.
from the level and rank rule. everyone will be as powerful as their rank in SICK, but SLAYERS will not apply to the same rule.
as for goodguy, i think he meant about the story jumping around far too much. not in the movie, but they didnt really have a set story they were going to follow. well, at least thats what i think he meant.
Blasphemy. Both Transformers and Sin City were great movies.
the Robert Rodriguez version of Sin City is actually the second attempt, and i liked that one.
the first one, there were too many changes made and Frank Miller didnt like what was happening to his baby so he canned it. years later it was picked up by Robert Rodriguez, and he worked much closer with Frank Miller, and the movie was completed. and Frank Miller was much happier with this one.
in regards to tranformers i was talking about the fact Megatron is not a gun. if it is the movie version of the 80's show shouldnt he be a modified Walter P38, like he is in the cartoon. he is a plane or something in the newer series, Armada or something i think its called, Cybertron?
If he wanted Megatron to be something other than a gun why make a movie of the series in which he is a gun? thats a decision i cant understand.
thats all i meant. I did like the movie, however.
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-Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth.
the key to an epic story isnt always the action and suspense. it involves detail, and all the stories that tie into it. stories rarely lack so much detail and attention to image, and LoTR does an awesome job of doing it. as you read the books you can see everything in your mind. you dont have questions such as how the scenery looks like, or what is going on. if you pay attention, you will know everything that is going on, and more.
what makes a good writer is not the story, but how its told. lots of people can tell a great tale, make it exciting, and keep the audience captivated with that action. it takes a true master of storytelling to give you tons of detail, character development, and side story and still keep you interested. because if he wasnt so good at it, no one would have read past the first 50 pages, which by the way nothing happens in.
ive read those books at least once every year, and will continue to do so, they are so great and full of detail, i was so glad that all that detail, beauty, and story was well translated onto movie format. thats why LoTR is so great, because of everything that went into it. everyone who hates it doesnt have the attention capacity to keep up.
I LOVED the LOTR's books, they were amazing and i cant deny their greatness. I personally think that they are some of the best books written. But, i also think that the books i labeled are also awsome! they contain everything that you have said and possibly a tad more. i seriously suggest you try reading them.
In question about the Slayers, will there possibly be a part only containing the Slayers? that would be awsome, and since there are only like 8 members, then it wouldnt have to be a big part, just a small mention of them or something. just a thought:D
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I LOVED the LOTR's books, they were amazing and i cant deny their greatness. I personally think that they are some of the best books written. But, i also think that the books i labeled are also awsome! they contain everything that you have said and possibly a tad more. i seriously suggest you try reading them.
In question about the Slayers, will there possibly be a part only containing the Slayers? that would be awsome, and since there are only like 8 members, then it wouldnt have to be a big part, just a small mention of them or something. just a thought:D
glad you asked. SLAYERS will certainly be in it, as i said before, the most active members in SICK will be included, but not guaranteed. most SLAYERS are active in the forum still, and will certainly be included, if not mentioned. Fudlow, Ferret, and even Jarhead will all be in. Thasador still holds that SLAYERS spirit and power, so he will also be included. alot. he and i are always together, and because of this he will also be a key character in the novel. here is a list of key characters, as in main characters. they will all at some point have their own story, as everyone splits up. kinda like when frodo and sam leave, and it then becomes two equal peices of a story. in a similar fashion, we will all be equally important and will all have a side story.
ROFL LOL Nattenshi is a for sure, and im an "idk yet". its cool, i like how you are dedicating your time into this, and i am greatful that you decided to take this idea and expand it, and i thank you. I really dont care if i am in it or not, im really not a very important figure in diablo3.com so i wouldnt mind if i wasnt in it. i am just happy to see that this novel idea has gone somewhere. =)
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well, i did say it wasnt final, i might remove her. its just that she has an important role in SLAYERS, but i guess i shouldnt include people for the sake of including them. ill think about it, and talk it over with elfen.
i wasnt saying that you shouldnt add her, its a great idea... she is awsome and a very important person in the slayers. i take back everything i said in my last post, except for me not minding if im not in the book. and the fact that im eternally greatful for you taking up the task of writing the book. =)
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and I have to say that I dont like the Eragon books, they are good stories just poorly written.
as for the plot idea, its a great idea, just incompatible with what we are trying to do. it is not a story of the start, its kinda like WoW, its a story of our guild as it is right now.
Okay, now I understand thanks for the clarification.
On the topic of books I'm trying to write my own book right now, but I'm not getting very far.
ya. are your characters also getting crazy powerful? thats what happened with mine.
Originally from the design an NPC thread, but Visucius will help SICK against evil!
(SLAYERS will be excempt because they are all highly trained and hold as much or more experience than several legion leaders)
Blasphemy. Both Transformers and Sin City were great movies.
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as for goodguy, i think he meant about the story jumping around far too much. not in the movie, but they didnt really have a set story they were going to follow. well, at least thats what i think he meant.
the Robert Rodriguez version of Sin City is actually the second attempt, and i liked that one.
the first one, there were too many changes made and Frank Miller didnt like what was happening to his baby so he canned it. years later it was picked up by Robert Rodriguez, and he worked much closer with Frank Miller, and the movie was completed. and Frank Miller was much happier with this one.
in regards to tranformers i was talking about the fact Megatron is not a gun. if it is the movie version of the 80's show shouldnt he be a modified Walter P38, like he is in the cartoon. he is a plane or something in the newer series, Armada or something i think its called, Cybertron?
If he wanted Megatron to be something other than a gun why make a movie of the series in which he is a gun? thats a decision i cant understand.
thats all i meant. I did like the movie, however.
I LOVED the LOTR's books, they were amazing and i cant deny their greatness. I personally think that they are some of the best books written. But, i also think that the books i labeled are also awsome! they contain everything that you have said and possibly a tad more. i seriously suggest you try reading them.
In question about the Slayers, will there possibly be a part only containing the Slayers? that would be awsome, and since there are only like 8 members, then it wouldnt have to be a big part, just a small mention of them or something. just a thought:D
glad you asked. SLAYERS will certainly be in it, as i said before, the most active members in SICK will be included, but not guaranteed. most SLAYERS are active in the forum still, and will certainly be included, if not mentioned. Fudlow, Ferret, and even Jarhead will all be in. Thasador still holds that SLAYERS spirit and power, so he will also be included. alot. he and i are always together, and because of this he will also be a key character in the novel. here is a list of key characters, as in main characters. they will all at some point have their own story, as everyone splits up. kinda like when frodo and sam leave, and it then becomes two equal peices of a story. in a similar fashion, we will all be equally important and will all have a side story.
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forgot to type down list lol.
Main/Key Characters:
AcidReign
Carloseus
Darkjay
Elfen & Silver
Thasador
Side/Supporting Characters:
Jarhead aka Roo
Ferret
Fudlow
Nattenshi
Caliban (idk yet)
this is only the list so far. there will be changes to it, we may add or remove. but so far, as you see, there are a bit of Slayers included.