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Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 10 Sep 08

Which is better? Chrome or Firefox? I'll have to tell you, I'm an avid user of Firefox, have been with it through its Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox transformations, and I love using it. But now I am intrigued by Chrome... is it as...

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Zawisza It sounds like its a nice alternative to Firefox. I'm thinking about waiting to see until they start updating any add-ons for Chrome and deciding which one will work better for me. Still, I like how it looks...

12 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 10 Sep 08

Which is better? Chrome or Firefox? I'll have to tell you, I'm an avid user of Firefox, have been with it through its Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox transformations, and I love using it. But now I am intrigued by Chrome... is it as...

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Zawisza You can find Chrome at google.com/chrome. :)

12 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 7 Sep 08

I almost never outline any of the stories I think up, and I think that might be a problem. I like getting the character development down, get everyone's interests and such set, and maybe writing a short synopsis of a few chapters,...

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Zawisza I do the same thing; using notes and ideas jotted down work a lot better for me. I can't seem to find the right way of using outlines, and having notes without any formal pattern to them means I can use them in the story whenever it seems right. With an...

8 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 7 Sep 08

I almost never outline any of the stories I think up, and I think that might be a problem. I like getting the character development down, get everyone's interests and such set, and maybe writing a short synopsis of a few chapters,...

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Zawisza That is pretty much the reason I can't use outlines too well; I get trapped by them and feel forced to use whatever I wrote in them in the story, even if it doesn't work. I feel much better with rough notes and ideas scattered in a notebook, even if it is a...

8 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 7 Sep 08

I almost never outline any of the stories I think up, and I think that might be a problem. I like getting the character development down, get everyone's interests and such set, and maybe writing a short synopsis of a few chapters,...

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Zawisza That's how I feel often as well... And sometimes it feels that if it's written down in the outline, it has to be used in the story, even if it doesn't work. I prefer using notes in a notebook, maybe with colored tabs to help me remember where ideas are, and...

8 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 7 Sep 08

I almost never outline any of the stories I think up, and I think that might be a problem. I like getting the character development down, get everyone's interests and such set, and maybe writing a short synopsis of a few chapters,...

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Zawisza Rough outlines seem to work okay for me sometimes. Sometimes, however, I find myself filling in details that just don't work, but I feel forced to put them in because I put them in the outline.. if that makes sense. But it does seem like an outline would help...

8 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 7 Sep 08

I almost never outline any of the stories I think up, and I think that might be a problem. I like getting the character development down, get everyone's interests and such set, and maybe writing a short synopsis of a few chapters,...

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Zawisza I like using outlines to help out with formal essays, or on projects. It is indeed a lot easier to accomplish things when you're organized, heh. But I can't seem to be able to use them efficiently in fiction writing, maybe because I like using different...

8 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 7 Sep 08

I almost never outline any of the stories I think up, and I think that might be a problem. I like getting the character development down, get everyone's interests and such set, and maybe writing a short synopsis of a few chapters,...

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Zawisza That sounds like a good idea; while it makes clear the beginning and endpoints it also seems to give you a lot of room to develop things and let the story progress as it wants to without forcing it to follow a certain pattern. Pretty cool.

8 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 7 Sep 08

I almost never outline any of the stories I think up, and I think that might be a problem. I like getting the character development down, get everyone's interests and such set, and maybe writing a short synopsis of a few chapters,...

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Zawisza Haha, I think I should take a leaf out of your book. I frequently find myself missing things that should have been put in and adding in things that don't make sense, but I can never get up the energy to get an outline going. You seem to have a really good...

7 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 7 Sep 08

I almost never outline any of the stories I think up, and I think that might be a problem. I like getting the character development down, get everyone's interests and such set, and maybe writing a short synopsis of a few chapters,...

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Zawisza Getting an outline together for something formal like that is probably a good idea. You don't want your facts all over the place... I feel like that too, that a story needs freedom to develop, and that outlines feel limiting.

7 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 7 Sep 08

I almost never outline any of the stories I think up, and I think that might be a problem. I like getting the character development down, get everyone's interests and such set, and maybe writing a short synopsis of a few chapters,...

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Zawisza Sometimes I find myself doing the same thing. I like the feeling of having the story just flow on its own, without being limited by anything. It's a really good feeling to let the story develop like it wants to and not force it to become what you want it to...

7 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 4 Sep 08

When I find it hard to get started, I like to find myself a random word generator online and try to get the most interesting, rare word I can find out of it, one that isn't really used that often these days. Once I find out the...

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Zawisza That's a good idea. I've heard people say they like to use journal-like methods in order to get the juices flowing. I like how you say it's a good way of giving dialogue to a disliked character. It's the truth, isn't it, how even in your most disliked...

6 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 4 Sep 08

When I find it hard to get started, I like to find myself a random word generator online and try to get the most interesting, rare word I can find out of it, one that isn't really used that often these days. Once I find out the...

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Zawisza I've noticed that happen too. Sometimes even when the movie or show isn't that great, the theme it presents is pretty interesting, and sometimes it's really fun to work with. I usually get a case of the "I can do better than that!"'s after watching some...

6 Sep 08

Zawisza @Zawisza (63) • United States 4 Sep 08

When I find it hard to get started, I like to find myself a random word generator online and try to get the most interesting, rare word I can find out of it, one that isn't really used that often these days. Once I find out the...

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Zawisza That's awesome. I have a few writing classes, and I've heard that a lot of people have good experiences with listening to what people around them are saying and then being able to write something about/based on that. But that falling asleep/waking up with...

4 Sep 08

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