Subject: Uh... not in another new thread, please.
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Posted on: 2014-01-27 17:03:00 UTC

We didn't really need two threads about your agents in the top four, y'know?

(And while I'm here: capital letters! Please! And it's 'sighted', not 'sited'. The PPC has kind of a thing going about correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalisation, so please, try to keep an eye on it)

And! Something's been worrying me about your method of creating characters, and it's something I've seen before. You seem to spend your time writing things into their backstory and descriptions, and then when anyone questions anything, you write it straight back out again. That suggests two things:

-You don't really care or have a reason to put things in; if you did, you'd be better to explain or expand on it, rather than just cross it off.

-You don't seem to have the confidence to stand up for your decisions.

As an example of either or both of these, you said: 'I think i'll just get rid of the Iphones I don't know what I was thinking then.' But... this is, what, your third or fourth characters thread? Did you actually just write (draw) the tech stuff in on a whim (in which case, you're not using the threads to hash out your characters, but as a sort of 'can't use this, what's next on the list?'), or did you just... see someone ask a question, and fold immediately?

I'm not trying to sound harsh (I'm in a bit of a hurry, so I don't have a chance to go back over this), so I apologise if I do; but I think this is a significant point you need to address - to yourself - in your growth as a writer.

hS

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