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Logan Shafts
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02-Apr-2010 21:50:39 - Last edited on 09-Sep-2010 02:28:57 by Logan Shafts

Logan Shafts
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Logan Shafts

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Here are a few quotes I found to be funny, and helpful.
There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn't be. He is too many people if he's any good.
> F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after a meal; let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth; never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially. You may read selections to sensible women, -- if young the better.
> Amos Bronson Alcott
Good things, when short, are twice as good.
> Gracián
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.
-> Isaac Asimov
With 60 staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and a definite hardening of the paragraphs.
> James Thurber
To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself...Anybody can have ideas--the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph.
> Mark Twain
There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn't because the book is not there and worth being written - it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is only one right form for a story and if you fail to find that form the story will not tell itself.
> Mark Twain

But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
> Lord Byron

02-Apr-2010 21:50:49 - Last edited on 09-Sep-2010 02:26:34 by Logan Shafts

Logan Shafts
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Logan Shafts

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ITIerciful:
I would actually appreciate it if people didn't flood the thread with AoG stories, because there is already a sticky for that.
Instead, I am trying to encourage people to come up with new stories and post them here. I won't mind if you want to post an AoG story, but I'd prefer if everybody didn't come post theirs here, lol.
Edit: For newer information regarding this: Look at the rules on page 1. =]

02-Apr-2010 22:04:03 - Last edited on 24-Apr-2010 07:48:51 by Logan Shafts

Yoyayoya101

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First of all, love what you're doing here Logan. Those quotes are very interesting, especially the one about the beginning, middle, and end. I am going to post my AoG story on here next. I don't exactly think of it as an entry because I didn't really make it a story. It is really just a history lesson that I almost completely made up. Although it has a relatively low chance of winning, I still believe that it is moderately good.
"If you don't have faith in your work, who will?"
-Yoyayoya101

02-Apr-2010 22:31:46

Yoyayoya101

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Zamorak Returns
Zamorak, a great and powerful god, mercifully killed the incompetent Zaros and freed all of Gielinor from his reign. Everyone should have backed down and allowed the almighty Zamorak to take charge, but Zamorak's strength was tested. Devoted followers of Zaros refused to accept Zamorak as leader and other gods were trying to take over the lands that Zaros had once ruled.
Battles ensued and raging wars threatened to destroy all of Gielinor. One by one, most of the great lands that Zaros once ruled had been taken over by Zamorak except for one last stronghold. The citizens would not surrender and a glorious battle between god and mortals began. These last remaining followers of Zaros, however, stood no chance against the great power of Zamorak and were soon defeated.
All that stood in the way of Zamorak now were the other gods who thought themselves fit to rule Gielinor. The weaker gods were easily defeated by the strong until only the dauntless Zamorak and the waning Saradomin remained.
Saradomin's forces invaded the swamps around Canifis, one of the cities that was under Zamorak's rule. A battle that was as long as a war took place and the leadership of the two gods and the loyalty of their followers would determine who would win. The swamps smelled of rot and decay and the swamps' waters turned red with blood. The feeble Saradomin was crushed under the might of Zamorak's forces which roared with delight that shook the ground like a stampede of giants.
Saradomin fled for his life with Zamorak in pursuit. Saradomin was caught by the winsome Zamorak who looked down upon his enemy with pity. A sudden force of great energy pushed Zamorak and Saradomin away from each other and a third god stood in the middle of the two.

02-Apr-2010 22:33:12 - Last edited on 02-Apr-2010 22:35:04 by Yoyayoya101

BardZaros
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BardZaros

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This sounds great! I'll get working on a story... eventually. Mostly posting now so I can remember to come back to it later, can't wait to read other people's entries.
Edit: sorry if I posted in the middle of your story!!!!! My computer loads quite slowly.
Incompetent Zaros sounds a little harsh... :@

02-Apr-2010 22:33:13 - Last edited on 02-Apr-2010 22:38:49 by BardZaros

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