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Post by C_Miller on May 22, 2011 17:52:44 GMT -5
Okay, I'm barely considering this an issue, but since I write relatively quickly, I'll still have another issue up within this month. This was just a little bit of background that came to me while I was at work today. Nothing too substantial and very short. Hope you like it!
Most of the grammar problems are intentional. All I did was spellcheck it. It's supposed to have a unedited letter feel.
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Post by jross on May 22, 2011 18:08:44 GMT -5
Actually had an emotional impact for me. I remember going to Nagasaki when I was fifteen and seeing where the bomb had been so powerful that it turned children to ash and scorched buildings behind them so badly that the children's shadows were left as permanent impressions on the walls.
I've also got a very close relative who works for the US DoD and helped write the programming for cruise missiles and can't talk about what he does now. I love him dearly, but I do hope that his conscience is marred in the same manner and Theodore's.
Good work.
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Post by C_Miller on May 22, 2011 18:17:01 GMT -5
Wow. Thanks. One of the best compliments you can get is that your work elicited the same emotions in the reader that it did for you while writing it. I felt physicially sick while writing it. And it actually came from a thought I had the other day while playing Perfect Dark and I was wondering if people that manufactured bullets lost sleep thinking that something they produced may have been used to take someone's life.
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Post by darthphere on May 22, 2011 21:31:12 GMT -5
Yeah reading that letter was moving. If anything, it really made you think about the lives of those men who created such a devastating weapon. In my opinion, good writing makes you think and you did that.
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Post by C_Miller on May 22, 2011 22:29:10 GMT -5
Thank you very much, Darth. That means a lot coming from you. Unfortunately the rest of the series will not be told in letter form (although that would be a pretty awesome format, for someone feeling daring). I just wanted to set up Ted's character before certain events in issue #1
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Post by superecwfan1 on May 25, 2011 10:31:25 GMT -5
I liked the letter and wish there was more lol. Kinda cool that Ted Knight is now from England and wrote that to his girlfriend there , plus built the atomic bomb.
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Post by Ryan on May 26, 2011 14:04:24 GMT -5
Really really liked the letter format. It would be kind of interesting to go back to the letter format occasionally, but not to the point where it's a reoccurring thing.
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Post by C_Miller on May 31, 2011 14:23:09 GMT -5
Thanks, Ryan. Yeah, I enjoyed writing the letter format. While it will not be the bulk of the series, I will say that letters and journal entries will be a major narrative tool throughout.
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Post by jackalope on Jun 1, 2011 8:49:44 GMT -5
Found it really beautiful. I don't know much about starman but I really want to find out.
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Post by C_Miller on Jun 11, 2011 12:08:20 GMT -5
The first real issue of Starman is up.
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Post by thekillingjoke on Jun 11, 2011 13:58:17 GMT -5
I read the letter and it was excellent. It certainly had that unedited feel to it, which I think was a nice touch. My interest for more Starman is piqued.
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Post by jackalope on Jun 12, 2011 4:12:53 GMT -5
Really, really fucking good. Just excellent writing. Very nice dialogue, it seemed realistic and casual. Good set up all round. So happy that Opal City's hero groups are shaping up. Loving the characters and their interactions. Goddamn shine on.
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Post by superecwfan1 on Jun 12, 2011 13:53:53 GMT -5
I enjoyed this one a lot. I loved the building of the whole Knights and Starman legacy. Plus the bad feelings Jack had towards his father. I love the dynamics of the brothers not getting along plus seeing the Shade show up was cool.
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Post by darthphere on Jun 15, 2011 10:43:48 GMT -5
Great "first" issue. What you're setting up seems to be dynamite. I'm really looking forward to more Starman. Amazing issue.
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Post by buck on Jun 20, 2011 16:30:24 GMT -5
A fantastic start on the character can't wait for more.
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Post by Stardrifter on Jun 20, 2011 21:21:04 GMT -5
Was really good. I liked the interactions between Jack and Courtney. Was nice. Keep 'em coming.
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Post by C_Miller on Jul 12, 2011 8:19:05 GMT -5
Okay. I just posted Starman #2. It's a little bit on the shorter side, but I think that I'm going to keep that up for this series. Short and sweet as opposed to long and drawn out. Hope you all like it.
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Post by jackalope on Jul 12, 2011 9:09:17 GMT -5
Awesome, I definitely like. Don't know the characters but Shade seems cool. Also like the relationship developing with David.
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Post by buck on Jul 12, 2011 14:00:52 GMT -5
Really liking what you are starting here. Can't wait for more.
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Post by Stardrifter on Jul 31, 2011 11:54:12 GMT -5
Was okay. I'm liking Flash better so far. Not sure why. There wasn't anything wrong. Can't put my finger on it. Maybe when the action picks up. Keep 'em coming.
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