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Vendaia



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To Chamoisee

I do understand that most autistics are not savants. The reported incidence is 10%. And not all savants are autistic. I could make my character non-autistic.

But the essence of story is conflict. No conflict - no story.

My little brother and I used to joke about the structure of the novel:

First, everybody throws rocks at the hero, and he climbs a tree to get away. In a novel, at the four-sevenths point, the hero catches the first rock. The last three sevenths is him coming down out of the tree.

So terrible things have to happen to this character (his name is Ivor). I have to find rocks, I have to find a tree.

"Common sense is the great enemy of mankind." - A. Einstein
09-08-2005 04:57 PM
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Why I am on this board... - Vendaia - 09-07-2005, 06:53 PM
RE: Why I am on this board... - Noetic - 05-23-2007, 03:23 PM
[] - Amy - 09-07-2005, 07:32 PM
Thank you... - Vendaia - 09-07-2005, 08:00 PM
Re: Thank you... - darkcode - 09-07-2005, 10:14 PM
[] - chamoisee - 09-07-2005, 10:46 PM
[] - Bonnie Ventura - 09-07-2005, 11:06 PM
[] - Brightman - 09-08-2005, 05:28 AM
[] - Bonnie Ventura - 09-08-2005, 03:26 PM
What Stephen King says... - Vendaia - 09-08-2005, 03:46 PM
[] - M - 09-08-2005, 03:59 PM
[] - Amy - 09-08-2005, 04:26 PM
Horror writer? - Vendaia - 09-08-2005, 04:35 PM
Thanks, Amy... - Vendaia - 09-08-2005, 04:39 PM
As for the "both ways"... - Vendaia - 09-08-2005, 04:46 PM
[] - Amy - 09-08-2005, 04:51 PM
To Chamoisee - Vendaia - 09-08-2005 04:57 PM
[] - Amy - 09-08-2005, 04:59 PM
Amy, and 20 kHz - Vendaia - 09-08-2005, 05:13 PM
Re: Amy, and 20 kHz - darkcode - 09-08-2005, 05:33 PM
Amy, and the tree... - Vendaia - 09-08-2005, 05:47 PM
Re: Amy, and the tree... - darkcode - 09-08-2005, 06:20 PM
Dear Darkcode... - Vendaia - 09-08-2005, 07:05 PM
Re: Amy, and the tree... - Guest - 09-08-2005, 07:48 PM
Re: As for the "both ways"... - Vendaia - 09-08-2005, 07:50 PM
[] - Guest - 09-08-2005, 08:18 PM
What I have learned.... - Vendaia - 09-08-2005, 08:22 PM
[] - Brightman - 09-08-2005, 08:36 PM
[] - Amy - 09-08-2005, 08:51 PM
Re: What I have learned.... - darkcode - 09-08-2005, 09:01 PM
[] - Vendaia - 09-08-2005, 09:08 PM
[] - betwixt - 09-08-2005, 09:38 PM
Brightman's comments - Vendaia - 09-08-2005, 09:41 PM
[] - Amy - 09-08-2005, 09:45 PM
Dear Betwixt... - Vendaia - 09-08-2005, 09:48 PM
[] - Amy - 09-08-2005, 09:54 PM
[] - Brightman - 09-09-2005, 01:43 AM
[] - anandamide - 09-09-2005, 04:35 AM
Re: Brightman's comments - anandamide - 09-09-2005, 04:54 AM
[] - chamoisee - 09-09-2005, 07:27 AM
Re: What I have learned.... - Guest - 09-09-2005, 02:39 PM
[] - betwixt - 09-09-2005, 02:55 PM
What I meant by the flower... - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 03:38 PM
[] - Bonnie Ventura - 09-09-2005, 04:29 PM
Re: What I meant by the flower... - Guest - 09-09-2005, 04:34 PM
Re: What I meant by the flower... - Guest - 09-09-2005, 04:44 PM
[] - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 06:06 PM
[] - Amy - 09-09-2005, 06:35 PM
[] - Amy - 09-09-2005, 06:42 PM
Dear Amy... - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 07:20 PM
[] - Amy - 09-09-2005, 07:39 PM
[] - Guest - 09-09-2005, 07:40 PM
[] - a-lite - 09-09-2005, 07:42 PM
Gender issues among Aspies... - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 07:42 PM
[] - Amy - 09-09-2005, 07:43 PM
Who is GD? - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 07:44 PM
[] - Gareth - 09-09-2005, 07:49 PM
Re: Who is GD? - anandamide - 09-09-2005, 08:06 PM
Dear Gareth... - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 08:08 PM
[] - Amy - 09-09-2005, 08:15 PM
Dear Bamanda... - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 08:33 PM
[] - Gareth - 09-09-2005, 08:42 PM
[] - Gareth - 09-09-2005, 08:44 PM
Yo, hey, Amy... - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 08:46 PM
[] - betwixt - 09-09-2005, 08:56 PM
[] - Amy - 09-09-2005, 08:59 PM
Gareth, Gareth, Gareth.... - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 09:01 PM
[] - Bonnie Ventura - 09-09-2005, 09:13 PM
Dear Amy, re: the tree. - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 09:17 PM
[] - betwixt - 09-09-2005, 09:25 PM
[] - Amy - 09-09-2005, 09:28 PM
[] - betwixt - 09-09-2005, 09:38 PM
Dear Bonnie... - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 09:41 PM
[] - Amy - 09-09-2005, 09:45 PM
Betwixt, thank you, thank you... - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 09:48 PM
[] - Amy - 09-09-2005, 09:52 PM
[] - MishLuvsHer2Boys - 09-09-2005, 10:01 PM
Dear Amy... - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 10:22 PM
To MishLuvsHer2Boys - Vendaia - 09-09-2005, 10:39 PM
[] - Amy - 09-09-2005, 11:08 PM
Re: Dear Amy... - anandamide - 09-09-2005, 11:09 PM
[] - a-lite - 09-09-2005, 11:36 PM
[] - becca - 09-10-2005, 12:37 AM
[] - Brightman - 09-10-2005, 02:11 AM
[] - tenaciouscj - 09-10-2005, 04:31 AM
To Vendaia - Drifter - 09-10-2005, 06:04 AM
Moving right along then.... - Vendaia - 09-10-2005, 04:55 PM
[] - Brightman - 09-10-2005, 06:45 PM
Dear Bamanda... - Vendaia - 09-10-2005, 07:27 PM
[] - anandamide - 09-11-2005, 12:46 AM
[] - chamoisee - 09-11-2005, 01:58 PM
[] - anandamide - 09-11-2005, 05:43 PM
[] - Brightman - 09-21-2005, 10:42 PM

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