Recent content by Tallyfire

What's granny gear? I loved your description of your grandson driving. And what's the best audiobook you've listened to recently? I listened to my very first audiobook this year! I can't believe I waited this long. Circe by Madeline Miller has been my audiobook highlight so far.

Yes, the ant detail would have to make sense in the scene, obviously, like in one of the examples the one you gave. It wouldn't make sense to add it to any old park scene. I don't want everything I write to be made with real details - almost all of it is made up. I just want some very special...

(Sorry, this is in reply to JT Woody. I only just figured out that "Quote" is not "Reply"...) Yes, this is a good tip, thanks! In the case of a hangar I'm sure I could find a 360° view of one somewhere. That handles the look of it, but I'd still be wondering about the smells and the sounds and...

There's a chapter ("Original Detail") in Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg that precisely describes what I'm meaning in case my explanation wasn't clear: My problem is that I wrote those original details down years ago... and now I don't know how to find them.

Thanks! :giggle:

Ok, you're right, I'm taking "write what you know" too literally in this sense. My story is set in a mining outpost on a snowy planet somewhere far away. There's obviously not much from that setting I've lived myself, but I do want to add in details for the small things I have experience in...

I’m terrible at recalling memories. I don’t think my memory is that bad, but if I get a prompt like “tell me about a time you doubted yourself,” I’m stumped. Obviously I’ve doubted myself many times, but recalling a specific memory to talk about it seems like a Herculean task. Most of the time I...

Hey! I stumbled onto these forums while browsing old Reddit posts looking for a place to find a writing community. Writing is such a solitary activity and I know no one near me who writes, and I’m dying to talk to someone about it! It’s fun joining this “new” forum. Even though a lot of you...