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I'm picturing a guy riding into an old western town on a Sawsbuck, and he has not only Poke Balls in his holster, but a gun. The Pidove scatter from their perches on the buildings as they fly off into the sky, and all the townspeople stare at this mysterious newcomer.

That's right, son. There's a new sheriff in town.
 
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Okay, would you rather him ride a Rapidash? At least Sawsbuck is cool. Rapidash is a waste of space.
Or, he could ride an Arcanine. Most things work.
 
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Agreed, DNA. I'd rather come in riding on a Sawsbuck than the fire horse. Alternatively, I'd have poked forth the idea of Zebstrika instead, but I'm afraid it'd have the same result as a Rapidash, though... Additionally, riding on a dog's back only seems fun or cute if it's a kid doing it. A full grown man or even a teen would look a little...well...creepy, maybe (despite Arcanine actually being huge in relative comparison to its potential owner)?
 
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Damn you, DNA, Arcanine was my idea!
A man riding a fire breathing Tiger/Wolf hybrid isn't creepy, it's badass.
So, I don't know if I want to do Pokemon applied to a Western(like DNA's example) or Western themes applied to Pokemon.
 
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Erm...last I checked, Arcanine was supposed to be based on mythological dog from ancient Chinese folklore, wasn't it? Frankly, it really doesn't look like a wolf to me... Wolves always seem to have more lithe bodies, while Arcanine looks like it's got a more solid build than them... In any case, riding on canines isn't as gallant or hotshot as it sounds. A lot of people would write it off as comedy, I think... But that's just my opinion. If it works for you, then use it.
 
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Biweekly Topic Bump (not completely necessary, but I would like to see some slight activity return, if only here): Recently I'd been contemplating the next contest theme and there's been some talk in the Writer's Haven thread about having it be poetry. As such, I'd thought it'd be somewhat appropriate to get a slightly better grasp on people's experience with writing it. So the topics I propose this time: How often do you write poetry, and what typically inspires it? What kind are you best at (short poems/haiku, sestinas, free-verse, etc.)? Alternatively, if you don't write poetry much if at all, why? Is it too difficult, or do you just lose interest right away or never had any in poetry to begin with? Sorry, if I'm overlapping subjects, since I think I brought this one or something similar to it up before, but I'm just curious and try to gather ideas for what might be best if and when we finally get around to hosting the next contest.
 
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Wasn't going to reply but this thread is so inactive.

I don't really write poetry. Once I wrote a haiku for every Mega Man game, but that's about it. I don't write it very often.
 
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After some serious consideration, I've decided to bring back the Lounge thread for people to use to discuss things pertaining to writing in the stead of Writer's Haven since the group is now shutdown.
 
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Thank you Apollo. Much needed...

Anyways, I didn't plan anything to discuss right now so I'll throw something out there: What do you think of "Abduction" stories? Do you like or hate the motives often? Do they make sense, and if so, how? And also, what draws you into reading said stories?

~AoH
 
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Apollo the Incinermyn said:
After some serious consideration, I've decided to bring back the Lounge thread for people to use to discuss things pertaining to writing in the stead of Writer's Haven since the group is now shutdown suspended.
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...since I will restart it when people are actually showing more interest in writing. I'll probably be monitoring this thread for quality control purposes.

Ohoho.
 
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I'm working on a story that's placed in a completely normal world. It has real things that happen in the real world. It feels strange, since I'm not recording actually tales like in SVoTC, but writing something fictional that could happen in real life. It's strange.

A problem I'm facing in the story is making the character struggle in school. This is something I'm not familiar with, since I just blow through school with As. Any tips as too how to describe her conflict?
 
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^Sometimes, teens in school experience problems with trying to fit in. Sometimes, you have the teens that are dedicated to school 100%, and then you have teens that give up in school and tend to talk back to the teacher and not give any effort. You then have teens that are bullied and "just want a normal life," and those people tend to have the most problems in school, so feel free to choose any type of character you want.

Hope this helped.
 
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Yoshidude10 said:
^Sometimes, teens in school experience problems with trying to fit in. Sometimes, you have the teens that are dedicated to school 100%, and then you have teens that give up in school and tend to talk back to the teacher and not give any effort. You then have teens that are bullied and "just want a normal life," and those people tend to have the most problems in school, so feel free to choose any type of character you want.

Hope this helped.
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Yah, that gave me an idea. Thanks!
 
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@DNA: You do realize that's what I meant by "shutdown," right? In any case, when you feel the time is right, do so.

@AoH: The mistake I made was letting this go period, even if it was highly inactive. I was tempted to start a series of discussions points anyways to get things going again here in the WC, but sort of got side-tracked by my own projects.

Consequentally, I'm not a fan of abduction/thrillers myself. They always seemed less enthralling to me than any other genre.
 
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I wanted to make sure. Usually if something is shut down, it implies that it's permanent, and that isn't my intent. Regardless, I'm going to pick my moment well.
 
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aggiegwyn said:
A problem I'm facing in the story is making the character struggle in school. This is something I'm not familiar with, since I just blow through school with As. Any tips as too how to describe her conflict?
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Doing a bit of "research" could help. See what possible problems a student can have, even if it's from online. Libraries, normally having a section dedicated for students/teens, could have various resources concerning possible issues at school. Even better, get second-hand experience from hearing someone else's trouble with their school life.
 
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Zyflair said:
Doing a bit of "research" could help. See what possible problems a student can have, even if it's from online. Libraries, normally having a section dedicated for students/teens, could have various resources concerning possible issues at school. Even better, get second-hand experience from hearing someone else's trouble with their school life.
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It is 3 times easier, just to ask a teacher, for advice on how to do that. If you want, I have had a ton of troubles, Aggie, just pm me, and I can give you plenty of examples, and easy ways to portray it.
 
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A problem I'm facing in the story is making the character struggle in school. This is something I'm not familiar with, since I just blow through school with As. Any tips as too how to describe her conflict?
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I wasn't a straight A student myself in school, but the only time I actually struggled at anything was in high school when my grades started to slip because I was being picked on a lot. Frankly, to dumb someone down as a character, though, isn't always a good idea, but working off notions that someone just might not be perfect at their schoolwork as they'd like to be might be a good standpoint to work from rather than having them struggle right off the bat. Not sure if that will help since I've been out of school for a while...
 
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MrGatr said:
It is 3 times easier, just to ask a teacher, for advice on how to do that. If you want, I have had a ton of troubles, Aggie, just pm me, and I can give you plenty of examples, and easy ways to portray it.
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But a teacher knows from second-hand experience, so you're basically having the info passed off from a different perspective. It works, but it's not as valuable.
 
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