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BlookKING
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 Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject: Length |
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| Does length make stories more credible? Is a long story with multiple chapters more acceptable than drabbles?[/list] |
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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No. 
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | No. |
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dolarabee
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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of course, here I come and see the title of this thread and whoosh there goes my mind right in the gutter...
length, of course it matters, but not in terms of stories/fics. 
do.
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Alassante
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:39 am Post subject: |
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| dolarabee wrote: | length, of course it matters, but not in terms of stories/fics.
do. |
Do!  I expect this kinda thing from G but you?  I'm shocked. Not really hehe
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Rhapsody
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:21 am Post subject: |
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Nopes, a long story can be just as captivating as a drabble. I have read long chapter fics and they just made me turn the pages as fast as could (craving for more).. but then there are drabbles or ficlets that also make me want more...
So size doesn't matter. To me.
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inglor
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No, length doesn't matter.
At least that's what I keep telling myself...
sorry I just couldn't resist
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oops
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Rhapsody
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| inglor wrote: | No, length doesn't matter.
At least that's what I keep telling myself...
sorry I just couldn't resist |
You know Inglor  , I've been sitting on my hands not to type that.... but my mind was surely thinking of that when I typed it.
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Now, honey, you know I'm not laughing at you ...
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Rhapsody, You know the warning they give you about touching the kitty litter when you're pregnant? Inglor comes with the same warning. Just to be on the safe side, we're now going to have to subject you to one of those,turn-your-ass-med-rare-pink-Meryl-Streep-Karen_Silkwood-NO-MORE-WIRE-BRUSHES, showers. I hate to do this, Rhapsy, but you never know where the ole red butted monkey's been. So remember, if you suspect you may be pregnant, do not lick pesticide contaminated tractors of hug the Inglorian. 
Honestly, what kind of smiley collection, doesn't have a decontamination shower smiley?
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| ghettoelleth wrote: | | Rhapsody, You know the warning they give you about touching the kitty litter when you're pregnant? Inglor comes with the same warning. Just to be on the safe side, we're now going to have to subject you to one of those,turn-your-ass-med-rare-pink-Meryl-Streep-Karen_Silkwood-NO-MORE-WIRE-BRUSHES, showers. I hate to do this, Rhapsy, but you never know where the ole red butted monkey's been. So remember, if you suspect you may be pregnant, do not lick pesticide contaminated tractors of hug the Inglorian. |
Oh so that must have been what kept me awake most of the night and those weird dreams away... Sorry Inglor, no hugs then after Feb or so because how weird they may be, any dream with a Fëanorian in it... and oh a shower... 
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Sulriel
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:48 am Post subject: |
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... I like to consider that it needs to be long enough to get the job done - but remember that too long can be painful.
some stories need a heavy handful of text, nice and thick, while others are more delicately refined and require a lighter hand or more intensity of focus.
As in all things, it's not the technical parameters, but the skill of the presentation.
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NancyBrooke
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| Sulriel wrote: | | As in all things, it's not the technical parameters, but the skill of the presentation. |
And, as you said, the content. Drabbles are well suited to small moments, limited time scope - though they may neverless have extraordinarily deep or profound meaning, or perhaps precisely because they can be so finely focussed ... longer form stories are better suited to longer narrative, a story which takes place over time and is better served through greater detail.
As in poetry, there's Haiku for small, relevatory moments, and sagas for, well, sagas.
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Rhapsody
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | longer form stories are better suited to longer narrative, a story which takes place over time and is better served through greater detail. |
I do wonder about that... I have seen excellent short stories with an outstanding longer narrative..
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