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I caught the last half of the show and I thought it was pretty good myself.  Does anybody know when's the next show?

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Great stuff

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Can't thank you enough for the kind words. Hopefully I'll can make some time to finish up a couple of chapters that I started on before Christmas.

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Really good start

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I'm getting to the point of why brothing to work out.

It could not be some Cute  girl who works out and is very muscular.
and Jon is hot for her, Noooo !something is funny when there is a grain of truth running through it.
This is not funny.

I was talking to my brother about this subject the other night.  The girl he's dating is planning on doing at least one figure show in '08.  And she's not shy at all about wearing sleevless shirts and whatnot. Anyway, she gets hit on pretty regularly when she's out.  Even once while me and my brother were standing there. I thought that was hiliarious and so did she, but my brother didn't.. go figure.

But keep working out for lots of reasons.  People might laugh when they see something like that Garfield strip, but in real life… they just ask girls like my bro's girlfriend to flex  8)

And no, I'm jealous of my brother's luck… ok maybe just a little.

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The biggest nit I have to pick is the types of characters some writers populate their stories with. I have to actually like or find something redeeming in a character to enjoy a story. So many female muscle stories contain nothing but a whole cast that should just be lined up in front of a wall and shot. The guy will be a total sleeze trying to take advantage of the woman in some way. The woman will be complete psychotic who loves to torture men or she'll literally get off on killing people. Or worse.

This is always a touchy topic for me. I never want to even to seem like I'm bashing somebody else's work, however… What you said is the very reason I started writing in this genre in the first place.  Either every character wasn't really a character but a caricature, or the plot was one like you mentioned.

I got to a point where I was going to pull my hair out if I read one more story about a picked on, skinny, ugly, nerdy, weak young woman who took a pill to get big and strong, then proceeded to pummel every living thing in sight.  Or destroy a city, or somebody's house, or rape some poor unsuspecting dope who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

For me, a story needs to be a "story", it has to make me want to read more or learn more about the character. I like a progression and purpose to it, if it's part of something larger (a series, world, an epic) all the better.

I also hate to shamelessly self promote, so I am only going to promote myself after feeling thoroghly ashamed about it. There are other authors who write terrific multi-part stories, but I have a serial story I've been writing for a while now called Power and Fury that might be up your alley. Lots of action, and I'm proud of characters that make up the world. St.Mercy has been kind enough to link all the chapters for easy access.
http://amaz0ns.com/option,com_smf/Itemid,135/topic,5686.0/

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Hmm you mean all this time there was a method!!!  I had to try to figure most of that stuff out by trial an error  😉

That list leaves off one important point.  'Know your audience'. You have to give your readers something of what they want. If you don't, it doesn't matter how clever the plot is, or how well crafted it is.  The work is destined to be a well written coaster, an internet coaster, but a coaster nonetheless.

Knowing your audience also means controlling length.  The folks on the internet didn't fork over $10 for a movie ticket or $30 for a hard cover.  They have no vested interest in reading your work.  You have to give them that, and take into account that most people on the net have slightly shorter attention spans than a fruit fly.

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There is a place for both types of stories, but I have to agree that most people go for the extended scene type stories over the plotted ones.  Most people who come online want a quick read, nothing more and nothing less, and I can respect that.  But there is a trade off.

Not every idea for a story needs a long drawn out plot, or to be stretched out into multiple chapters.  A good well written story that hits all the right notes, so to speak, will usually get people's attention and get a lot of views and comments.

Anybody who has read my stories knows that I've taken the opposite approach.  I tend to write 10-12 page or longer plotted stories that are all serially connected.  And to make things worse, now I'm trying to weave together the plots and storylines of 3 separate series.

It's taken a while for me to establish good characters, a world with villians and good guys, and the whole nine yards.  It was worth it to me because I always thought that if I kept writing pretty decent stuff that more people would want to read it. I'm never going to be the #1 top guy with the most views(well some days I am :), and I'm cool with that. But like said, there's a trade off.

I love positive feedback as much as the next author, but I have gotten my fair share of angry e-mails.  I have gotten e-mails where people have called me names because of something I have done to one of my characters.  I smile the whole time I'm reading the e-mail because I know whoever wrote that e-mailed cared.  That person cared enough about my fictional character to take the time to write me and fuss.  To me it doesn't get any better than that.

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I just got home from a family get together( insert favorite joke here), but at least I had a little something to read when I got back.  I really enjoyed the little different slant on the super strength theme.

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After watching the first movie, I just want to know the Hollywood guy who had the … umm… nerve… to make another Street Fighter movie.  I remember the first one, it made my eyes bleed, at least it felt that way.

I would say that I hope this one will be much better, but the only way it could be worse is if they showed a blank screen for an hour and a half.

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