Re: quantumbound general

by **toby** September 8th 2016, 12:49 pm

tbh we could probably suggest some stuff if the plot that you gave us wasn't so vague
seriously what do you expect us to come up with from:
"suicidal guy doesn't commit suicide because of some quantum bs and drags his buddies with him just because and then there's dragons and an evil empire and people die"

by **Zilchexo** September 9th 2016, 6:28 am

regarding the "if the only goal of your title is to make people curious about the book" thing, i really don't know what else i'd use a title for, unless you mean a title that fits the work's subject matter. and there's just so much to cover in that regard i can only draw a blank.

samoyed wrote:tbh we could probably suggest some stuff if the plot that you gave us wasn't so vague
seriously what do you expect us to come up with from:
"suicidal guy doesn't commit suicide because of some quantum bs and drags his buddies with him just because and then there's dragons and an evil empire and people die"

start it at 9 seconds or some shit

anyway that wasn't really a "i need to do a book report due tomorrow and got 5 pages in" summary, more of a "hey what's that book you're carrying about?" summary

here goes:

also if anything seems unrealistic about anything i tell you guys chances are i've thought so as well and went and did research and verified it but that type of skepticism is still valuable, the book aims for "no suspension of disbelief required" totally-within-the-realm-of-real-not-hypothetical-science (and history, regarding dragons) after all, so please tell me

by **Zilchexo** September 9th 2016, 7:14 am

I've completed the mostly final draft of the first 30 pages! It's a good stopping point so I may put it on a ghostbin with a password since I plan on releasing free previews anyway. In fact, I will. The encryption key is fuknigga. If you want past this point contact me.
https://ghostbin.com/paste/359wqkfb

by **salty** September 9th 2016, 7:15 am

quantumbound with contemporary connotations would either

-confuse the potential audience and make them walk away because they think it's gonna be some weird shit
-make them think it's some weird shit they're not interested in because 'quantum' was worn out years ago as a catch-all 'insert for science fiction' term

i think you should change it

by **salty** September 9th 2016, 7:15 am

will take a look when i get the chance

by **Zilchexo** September 9th 2016, 7:20 am

oaky wrote:quantumbound with contemporary connotations would either

-confuse the potential audience and make them walk away because they think it's gonna be some weird shit
-make them think it's some weird shit they're not interested in because 'quantum' was worn out years ago as a catch-all 'insert for science fiction' term

i think you should change it

good point, i didn't think of that. for now it's "quantumbound: igneous" with the book cover putting the emphasis on "igneous", which is the best i can muster unless someone suggests something better.

giant homosexuality warning: there's a poem in there too, it's the first example of artifacts of dragon culture i want to sprinkle around the books. i think the meter makes it tolerable but if it's unreadable and cringy please tell me

by **cya** September 9th 2016, 9:12 am

just dont make a ~~pony~~ dragon language and its all good

by **Zilchexo** September 9th 2016, 9:48 am

room wrote:just dont make a ~~pony~~ dragon language and its all good

le but i didn't listen meme

too late fam. i don't think i'm going to make it a full conlang, just a convincing shell of a language like say klingon or elvish

by **toby** September 9th 2016, 12:25 pm

see guys this is what happens when you have any interaction with no dab
you start writing alternate universe fiction with alien languages

by **Zilchexo** September 9th 2016, 1:18 pm

samoyed wrote:see guys this is what happens when you have any interaction with no dab
you start writing alternate universe fiction with alien languages

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by **george lucas** September 9th 2016, 3:34 pm

igneous rock?

by Mac B September 9th 2016, 3:42 pm

igneous COKC

by **cya** September 9th 2016, 4:41 pm

SYNOPISS:

its' just fucking froge men smut

by Mac B September 9th 2016, 5:23 pm

room wrote:SYNOPISS:

its' just fucking froge men smut

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by **Zilchexo** September 9th 2016, 8:31 pm

keemstar wrote:igneous rock?

yes igneous as in igneous rock because they live in a volcano

room wrote:SYNOPISS:

its' just fucking froge men smut

by **Zilchexo** September 11th 2016, 6:27 pm

alright so if i do settle on another name i know it's going to have something to do with dragons, metaphorically possibly, probably how they've been hiding.

right now it's "quantumbound: igneous" vs. "quantumbound: the caged phoenix" vs. "quantumbound: a [song/tale/yodel] of fire and clay" vs. "quantumbound: [wildcard]". i'm still leaning toward igneous 2bh

by **toby** September 11th 2016, 6:43 pm

you know if you're solely going for the ya audience you could always go with some ironic bs like quantumbound: kingdom of the dragons or something

by Mac B September 11th 2016, 6:53 pm

kingdom of the niggabod false prince, breather of fire

by **cya** September 11th 2016, 6:58 pm

dear sir
i am a niggabod false prince in dire need of your aid

by **Zilchexo** September 11th 2016, 7:44 pm

samoyed wrote:you know if you're solely going for the ya audience you could always go with some ironic bs like quantumbound: kingdom of the dragons or something

yeah no i don't want a best seller to my name named something like that and it will have a much harder time becoming a best seller with that name

that being said, i think i'm eliminating "a song of fire and clay" for being too derivative and luring in asoiaf fans who will almost certainly be disappointed at least slightly and replacing it with "quantumbound: bound bird", which makes me think that i can have each of the titles in the series refer to links or ties metaphorically, and i was already planning on naming the finale "quantumbound: fourteenfold freed"

by Mac B September 11th 2016, 8:04 pm

your book won't be a best seller dude lol

by Tyson September 11th 2016, 8:18 pm

Don't good stories make a best seller, not the name?

by **toby** September 11th 2016, 9:01 pm

see i was of the understanding that the story actually had to be decent to be a best seller, and while the title may have some impact on the reader, the story itself is more important

by **toby** September 11th 2016, 9:09 pm

and let's be honest, most ya book titles are pretty garbage anyway, so it's not like the title has to bee that good anyway
(see books like: the book thief, the harry potter series, the fault in our stars, etc)
(not saying that the books are bad but the titles are pretty eh)

by **salty** September 11th 2016, 9:37 pm

okay fd i was gonna go ahead and critique the ghostbin leak of your novel but theres no fucking WORD WRAP what the fuck

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giant homosexuality warning: there's a poem in there too, it's the first example of artifacts of dragon culture i want to sprinkle around the books. i think the meter makes it tolerable but if it's unreadable and cringy please tell me

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