http://alphaflyer.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] alphaflyer.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] be_compromised on December 28th, 2012 at 07:26 pm
Fictional cities are great, too! You can create all the mayhem you want, and no one will weep after the landmark you've just wrecked ... :-)

But there's another side to the intimidation coin (apart from everybody in this bar being so bloody proficient at EVERYTHING they do ... ;-) ) and that's getting carried away. I've been to loads of places, and have to be really careful not to let the descriptions take over the plot. There's also a danger of the author's voice taking over that of the character they are trying to create ...
 
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