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We do have many 18+ rated stories on the site. Unless the library has stations assigned by age they may block us out of concern of youngsters getting access to inappropriate material. I would not expect college libraries to block us for that reason. The library I have used has terminals for kids and terminals for adults. SS is blocked on the kid terminals but not the others.
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Fire And Ice by Pat Benitar (Sorry could not help from going back to her. Just love this song)
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Thank you all very much. I often come to read though these bits of humor and encouragement.
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I have been away quite a bit for personal reasons, I am sorry.
Lately when I check the forums I am saddened and frankly a bit ashamed. I have always thought of Stories Space as a big family. From the first day I joined, I have been treated so very good and respectfully. I think of some of you as good friend even though we have never met in person.
I am not addressing this to any specific person because I have seen several who are falling into the category of making this site less than pleasant.
Lately there has been an influx of exceptional new young writers and we older/long time, and hopefully mature members, need to step up to set the good example. I trust that we can because I have not met anyone yet that I have found any reason to disrespect or dislike. Yes, we may all disagree at times, but you can disagree and still respect each other. Please be as good to each other as you have always been to me.
Lately when I check the forums I am saddened and frankly a bit ashamed. I have always thought of Stories Space as a big family. From the first day I joined, I have been treated so very good and respectfully. I think of some of you as good friend even though we have never met in person.
I am not addressing this to any specific person because I have seen several who are falling into the category of making this site less than pleasant.
Lately there has been an influx of exceptional new young writers and we older/long time, and hopefully mature members, need to step up to set the good example. I trust that we can because I have not met anyone yet that I have found any reason to disrespect or dislike. Yes, we may all disagree at times, but you can disagree and still respect each other. Please be as good to each other as you have always been to me.
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Yes and have. Cardboard on a burger was one of my favs.
Would you prank someone while they sleep? If so what?
Would you prank someone while they sleep? If so what?
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I am no one, just ask the Faceless God.
What is your favorite summer activity?
What is your favorite summer activity?
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I collect Snow Globes and Music Boxes.
Snow globes have always been a favorite of mine.
I collect DVDs. I have six walls covered up to six feet high. I have no idea how many, maybe 7000-8000. I used to collect baseball cards and comic books, until collecting them became a focus of the industries. Then they started manipulating the prices of those collectable and flooded the market with extra items. In 1976 there were two sets of baseball cards, Topps and Donruss. A couple of years later Fleer started. By 1982 there were more than 40 different sets of baseball cards manufactured each year. Many comic book companies issue comics with multiple different cover to encourage collectors to buy as many as six of an issue that are identical except for having a different picture on the cover.
BTW Autumnlove123, welcome to Stories Space. I hope you enjoy the stories/poems and people as much as I do. They are both excellent company.
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My writing style has been greatly influenced by two disparate areas.
I grew up in the fledgling days of D&D (Dungeons and Dragons). I was even involved in some of the early game development because of my association with the designer's son Gary Gygax. The person running a game would develop a fantasy world, often to great depth, and assist the players in creating their characters. The n the players played. They made the decisions of what they would do and the game director would report the consequences. The Game director would have short and long term plots built into the fabric of the world and would, time to time, leave bread crumbs to lead the characters back to their 'destiny.'
I have always been a big movie/TV nut. So when I write, it is like taking the visual story in my head and putting it on paper. I see the movie of these adventures and translate it from visual to literary medium. I think that is why my stories lack an emotional depth that others get. Maybe over time I can over come that. Hope it is sooner than later.
Sorry for boring you with this. If you can think of ways to modify my way of writing, please give me your thoughts.
I grew up in the fledgling days of D&D (Dungeons and Dragons). I was even involved in some of the early game development because of my association with the designer's son Gary Gygax. The person running a game would develop a fantasy world, often to great depth, and assist the players in creating their characters. The n the players played. They made the decisions of what they would do and the game director would report the consequences. The Game director would have short and long term plots built into the fabric of the world and would, time to time, leave bread crumbs to lead the characters back to their 'destiny.'
I have always been a big movie/TV nut. So when I write, it is like taking the visual story in my head and putting it on paper. I see the movie of these adventures and translate it from visual to literary medium. I think that is why my stories lack an emotional depth that others get. Maybe over time I can over come that. Hope it is sooner than later.
Sorry for boring you with this. If you can think of ways to modify my way of writing, please give me your thoughts.
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I work on developing a full background of how the world works. I build multi-level characters with strengths and weaknesses. As story progresses I let the characters tell me what they would do and that helps shape the story. I find most of my characters carry a piece of my personality in them making it easy to empathize with their choices and motivations. This also gives me a chance to exercise those parts of me that I am not proud of. All of my stories have progressed along the lines I expected because I change the situations to move toward my story points of climax, but they rarely end exactly as I expected.
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For Kiera: Ice Age (2002) I have watched that with grandkids over and over.
For Nekala: The Fault In Our Stars (2014) A real tear jerker.
Dr. V: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"?
Dr R.S: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.
Dr. V: Exactly.
Dr R.S: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Dr. E.S: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
W.Z: The dead rising from the grave!
Dr. V: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
For Nekala: The Fault In Our Stars (2014) A real tear jerker.
Dr. V: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"?
Dr R.S: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.
Dr. V: Exactly.
Dr R.S: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Dr. E.S: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
W.Z: The dead rising from the grave!
Dr. V: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
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I saw 'Voices' on DVD. It was excellent. It had Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton and Anna Kendrick in it. It hit a strange balance of funny and morbid. Few movies have been able to do that. There were times I was laughing like crazy and other times I cringed from a disturbing scene. Did I mention it has a talking dog and cat? The DVD is about $13-15 USD or you can rent it. It is well worth two hours of you time.
What is the best TV show that is no longer around that you wish would return?
What is the best TV show that is no longer around that you wish would return?
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This is a very hard question. I can think ok of two dozen answers that would be good, but my number one pick would be Rebs. We have chatted for so log, I would like to talk to her in person and see if the voice I imagine in my head is anything like the real deal.
Same question. One meal in person with one member of Stories Space.
Same question. One meal in person with one member of Stories Space.
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Square dancing would become more popular.
If you could meet just one member from Stories Space for a meal in person, who would you pick? I think this can be a hard question.
If you could meet just one member from Stories Space for a meal in person, who would you pick? I think this can be a hard question.
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Quote by Rebellious_Soul
How many times I almost caught my dress in fire...
Well... how many!
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One of the great all-time love songs... Songbirds with Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks.
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Sorry Roland that is what I meant. As Maggie says an antagonistic protagonist.
Michael Moorcock wrote a series of stories based on the champion eternal where many of the main characters where evil. For and American classic, The original Batman comics and stories portrayed him as a complete vigilante. He killed the villains and if law enforcement got in the way he killed them too. He felt that torture, blackmail and even kidnapping innocent people including children were acceptable tools in his battle to stop the bad guys. He truly was the Dark Knight.
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Over 10,000 profile views!
I have been on Stories Space for only two months less than Rebs. Wonder why she has over 10,000 profile views and I have a little more than 3,000? Maybe people hate sailors. LMAO
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I think there is a fundamental problem with the line of thought that is being followed. A protagonist is by definition the primary character of the story. Many of the posts here seem to be misintrepiding protagonist/antagonist as good/bad. That is not true. Justine (Entangled Fate) understood this. I am not sure it is even possible to write a story like discussed here. Even if you wrote using second person prospective; the second person view, by definition, can not be the antagonist because they are the main character. It seems this whole thread is actually about is a story where the protagonist is evil, or the bad guy. This is not uncommon at all and, as mentioned by Jake (Starfallfantasy), is a great way to humanize the 'villain.' I think it is important when writing from this point of view to consider that the 'bad guy' usually does not think they are bad. Darth Vader believed he was doing the right thing throughout most of his life and it was not until his death that he realized his mistake. I may be wrong, but this seems like nothing more than a mistake in terminology than anything else. I know that Rebs (Rebellious Soul) has written using a main character that could easily be considered less than heroic and more nefarious, but that does not constitute that the main character is the antagonist; they are still the protagonist. The characters opposing them, good or evil, are the antagonists.
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Some Like it Hot (1959)
President M.M.: Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.
President M.M.: Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.