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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Camping Roomba

      62/ Exactly! One of the many failures of B.A. is that he tries to do action, but doesn't. Hero "repels attacks". Could be describing lawyers in a corporate merger, a space frigate with force fields, or a clash of steel sword against wooden shield.https://twitter.com/ctdonath/status/1253026353210941440 …

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      Camping Roomba @ctdonath
      Replying to @MorlockP @paulg
      Striking: so much verbiage describing static qualities (size, appearance), so little addressing events. “repelled every attack” - that’s it for several minutes of engaging interaction, with exposition of how variety of clever & strong attacks would be deflected. But no, 3 words. pic.twitter.com/bTrtZ8OCrF
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      63/ Contrast BA's terrible impossible-to-picture-because-nothing-is-described writing to that of Charles R Tannerpic.twitter.com/wLHpnREI04

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted J.A. Sutherland SciFi Books

      64/ nicehttps://twitter.com/JASutherlandBks/status/1253028146456248320 …

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      J.A. Sutherland SciFi Books @JASutherlandBks
      Replying to @MorlockP
      For the record, I had Saoirse throw me into a wall this morning to make sure I got the written steps of repelling a particular attack right. Art requires sacrifice.
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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      65/ how does BA write action? we know what color the dirt is (though that doesn't matter), we know that the torches "gasp" (tho it doesn't matter), we know that the pit reeked (tho it doesn't matter), we know that the hero's footwork "stirred the bones" (tho it doesn't matter)

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      66/ and when we come to the ACTION - the ACTION which pulprev loudly and proudly asserts is the core of all fiction, what do we find? "the opponents ... clashed" "the demon's attacks ... dwindled" "the knight...counterattacked" thousands of words on lighting, dirt, smell >

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      67/ and zero words describing the ACTUAL ACTION this is like porn that spends 50 pages talking about the candles, the shape of the sofa, how it was that the lusty widow happened to be home alone...and then says "he banged her"

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      68/ now, let's look at Tanner: Yakran rushes Tumithak ...a terrific blow, dodged under Tumithak on one knee...another sweep of the enemy's sword .. fall back a step...lunging rushes around the table, close to the pit, now far away a plan! ... forced to the pit a lunge!

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      69/ This is PURE ACTION. No skulls underfoot being "stirred", no "feathery demons", no "like an iguana head, covered in chitin". It's a STORY, not an excitable 6 year old recounting a scene from a movie.

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Sunglass 2020 Night Mode Edition  🌑

      70/ there's an old saw that bad writing is * X happened * then Y happened * then Z happened but good writing is * X happened * therefore Y happened * therefore Z happenedhttps://twitter.com/SunglassPri/status/1253030415037878275 …

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs added,

      Sunglass 2020 Night Mode Edition  🌑 @SunglassPri
      Replying to @MorlockP
      to play devil’s advocate, simply describing a series of actions in chronological order is pretty awful to read too. What’s your suggestion for hitting a happy medium?
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    10. Sardaukar‏ @Sardaukar1337 22 Apr 2020
      Replying to @MorlockP

      Weird aside, but have you seen the clip of the South Park guys explaining this?

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020
      Replying to @Sardaukar1337

      nope; explain plz

      11:43 AM - 22 Apr 2020
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        1. Sardaukar‏ @Sardaukar1337 22 Apr 2020
          Replying to @MorlockP

          https://youtu.be/vGUNqq3jVLg?t=24 …

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