Timeline for How do I write romance if I've never been in love? [duplicate]
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| Sep 16, 2020 at 17:16 | history | closed | Chris Sunami creative-writing Users with the creative-writing badge or a synonym can single-handedly close creative-writing questions as duplicates and reopen them as needed. | Duplicate of How do I write meaningful emotional bonds? | |
| Dec 28, 2019 at 0:57 | answer | added | Kae | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 26, 2019 at 17:24 | comment | added | TimothyAWiseman | @RonJohn In the real world most back sheath were meant as a way to transport the weapon long distances. They were normally taken off the back to either un-sheath or re-sheath. Weapons meant to be ready at hand were normally either carried on the hip or carried in the hand (renaissance walking sticks were often just nice looking clubs that could be used as a weapon). The very word for weapons meant to be ready to hand is "sidearm" for a reason. | |
| Dec 26, 2019 at 15:31 | comment | added | Robert Columbia | BTW this is an important plot point in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine when Sisko finds out that his son has been writing stories about a notable in-universe terrorist group, and worries over how he learned enough about them to write. | |
| Dec 26, 2019 at 7:06 | comment | added | RonJohn | @TimothyAWiseman what makes me wonder is how you resheath it!!! | |
| Dec 25, 2019 at 19:52 | answer | added | user42510 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 24, 2019 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWriting/status/1209579653809262594 | ||
| Dec 24, 2019 at 20:53 | comment | added | TimothyAWiseman | @vsz True, if you claim you are writing accurate historical fiction then you need to get the details right, but that is a different market altogether. I'm not sure that interest in historical accuracy is increasing when it comes to fantasy though. I know how hard it is to draw a sword from a back sheath, yet I think The Witcher is great. I know how very rare and difficult fighting with two swords of the same length was historically, but I still like Drizzt Do'urden. | |
| Dec 24, 2019 at 20:49 | comment | added | vsz | @TimothyAWiseman : however, as interest in historical accuracy increases (thanks to more easily available information), fully disregarding historical accuracy might invite a lot of criticism. But I agree, with fantasy it's easier to maintain suspension of disbelief. However, claiming to write accurate historical fiction and failing is another piece of cake, and you will end up being ridiculed if you make too many mistakes. | |
| Dec 24, 2019 at 20:44 | comment | added | TimothyAWiseman | @vsz I respectfully disagree with fantasy. If they want to achieve real verisimilitude, they need to do a lot of research, but many successful fantasy writers don't even try for accuracy and still create good stories. It is so common that really doing your homework can make things seem less realistic because most people are far more used to fiction than reality. As just one example, back sheathes are all over in fiction, but they were uncommon in real life and it was...very awkward to draw any weapon longer than your arm from a back sheathe. | |
| Dec 24, 2019 at 19:57 | comment | added | vsz | @TimothyAWiseman : yet they have to do a lot of research to write something believable. And in case of historical fiction they have to know the time period they are writing about at least somewhat better than the average reader. | |
| Dec 24, 2019 at 16:45 | comment | added | TimothyAWiseman | Fantasy authors of necessity have to write about things they don't know. | |
| Dec 24, 2019 at 12:20 | answer | added | Quora Feans | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 24, 2019 at 5:31 | comment | added | RonJohn | Tom Clancy never captained a submarine or was a bookish CIA analyst-hero, either, but successfully wrote a lot of technothrillers. | |
| Dec 23, 2019 at 19:59 | comment | added | Geeky Guy | I'm quite sure George Lucas never held a lightsaber before, nor did he travel faster than light, yet Star Wars was successful. Fiction is more about making a connection with the reader than about being right - and when it comes to love, right and wrong are too abstract to make a judgement about what is right/good and what is wrong/bad (within the limits of common sense). | |
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| Dec 23, 2019 at 14:05 | answer | added | Surtsey | timeline score: 9 | |
| Dec 23, 2019 at 9:56 | answer | added | motosubatsu | timeline score: 17 | |
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| Dec 23, 2019 at 9:25 | history | asked | Diana Zhou | CC BY-SA 4.0 |