Desiderius Price

Yep, it’s slightly better. However, this one will record the chat in full for a lot longer. (Good from the history, bad if you’re discussing spoilers.)

Got a chapter posted, will be a while to the next one because I’ve got to do a whole bunch of them at once, effectively.

Just created one…. http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/topic/64956-i-cant-believe-its-not-babble/

A substitute chat forum topic until Babble is operational.

Wasn’t certain, so I figured the heads up could be useful to the mods.

Chapter 8, “Favors” is now posted!

(spoiler alert) I remember the countdown scene in the GalaxyQuest, “It always stops at one.” A nick-in-time can be nuanced too, especially when both parties are responding to the other’s presence. (ie, villain accelerates the schedule of his attack because he sees the heroic forces moving in, and the heroic forces punch on the gas.) Is it a deus ex or not? And sometimes, one can get so involved in writing the story that it’s easy to miss the fact that a deus ex is forming, due to desire that the story resolves itself favourably for the main characters. In my potter fanfics, once I became aware that I was doing it, I cut back, and either: 1) let some situations turn out negative (which happens), or 2) rewrite to avoid the particular situation, perhaps with a different scene that turns out similar w/o the deus ex. And now that I’m writing originals that I want a good deal of realism too, I generally avoid them.

Babble’s acting up again. (no posting)

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The deus ex is certainly prone to abuse, but I can see its use in situations where you’re focusing on a character’s reflection, helplessness, etc, or in a comedy that’s not taking itself seriously. (Or, in a superhero story where it’s pretty much a given.) I generally avoid deus-ex’s, especially “just-in-the-nick-of-time” as the countdown reaches “one second remaining” types. My distaste grew while working on my potter fanfic ages ago because it kinda destroys realism in the odds. Sure, occasionally there’s a white knight that shows up, but not very often. Most very often, the victim perishes. And, developing a reputation to not write deus ex helps with the suspense to the reader, because they won’t know if character in distress will live or die - DP

“alternative”

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