Troy
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
If you began writing the Vorkosigan Saga today, how smart would the computers be (considering how differently they work now vs. then) Convincing personality simulation? Anticipating many of your needs?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I likely wouldn't begin writing the Vorkosigan saga today, so.
Although Barrayar, as such, is still a metaphor for the 20th Century, so that still stands, even as the 20th C. is fading as fast as people can get away.
Ta, L.
I likely wouldn't begin writing the Vorkosigan saga today, so.
Although Barrayar, as such, is still a metaphor for the 20th Century, so that still stands, even as the 20th C. is fading as fast as people can get away.
Ta, L.
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I've been watching Building Great Sentences by The Great Courses. It's diverting, but some illustrations leave my head spinning. My question is... when writing a first draft, do you consider sentence construction (cumulative vs periodic vs other structures) or do you simply put the story out, to be revised later. Do your sentences find their final structure instinctively or are they nudged into shape later on?
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