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Discussion in 'Fan Fiction and Writing Resource' started by Luna_Nightshade, Nov 24, 2011.

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  1. yahiko

    yahiko Jedi Master star 2

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    I am looking for thriller movies with a good soundtrack.
    Thanks ! ^_^
     
  2. RX_Sith

    RX_Sith Jedi Grand Master star 6

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  3. yahiko

    yahiko Jedi Master star 2

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    Thanks RX_Sith!
    I've just picked up the Psycho's soundtrack, very nice!
     
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  4. Kurisan

    Kurisan Jedi Master star 4

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    Ewok Poet
    There's a tag called just SAGA use that job done.
     
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  5. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    But....the beyond part? O_O One just can't win here. :p

    *throws self off the window*
     
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  6. Kurisan

    Kurisan Jedi Master star 4

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    I believe you're overthinking it, Ewok Poet :p . You just need to let the reader know roughly what to expect before they open it up. You can explain the frame of reference in the first line of the first post. It sounds like an interesting story-telling device - but the story itself is still set in saga. If you can do it like Mary Shelley, then quickly enough the reader will forget the narrator and dive into the timeline as intended.

    Let me know when you post it. I'd like some tips on how to do that.;)

    K
     
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  7. Sith-I-5

    Sith-I-5 Force Ghost star 6

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    Ewok Poet - the explanation as I understand it, is to tag based on where the majority of the story takes place, so as you put the narrator imparting wisdom having a whole half story to itself, that is what you can go with.

    mavjade - spotted your edit; that was a fictional term from the Judge Dredd franchise; are we only allowed to use Star Wars ones?
     
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  8. Gamiel

    Gamiel Chosen One star 9

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    I don't know of any but there was a Trade Federation guy who took his Lucrehulk and turned pirate if I rember right. Don't remember his name but I could try to look him up.
    I think I will use 'Force priest', since we say buddhist priest and christian priest, not priest of Christ or priest of Buddha.
    I hope not, because then I will be in trouble
     
  9. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    It's been posted in my misc thread on...I think Saturday? Friday? Depending where you are now. I hope that I am allowed to say this, given how much of a dilemma it caused and how much potential headache it could cause to FanficIndex the first time 2017 stuff gets to be indexed.

    On top of this, it's canon and AU at the same time. O_O
     
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  10. pronker

    pronker Force Ghost star 4

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    [face_love] *points up to lurvely holiday header* Siri! Satine! Sugi! Bo-Katan! Asajj! The Legends EU and Star Wars: The Clone Wars live again, baby!!! Happy St. Valentine's Day, y'all!!
     
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  11. mavjade

    mavjade Former Manager star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    You are allowed to use other fictional curses in certain situations, but you are never allowed to do so directly at another user. It's considered the same as using an actual curse word. If you have further questions regarding that specific edit, please PM me.
     
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  12. Sith-I-5

    Sith-I-5 Force Ghost star 6

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    Didn't know that.
     
  13. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    Okay, I can't make sense of what I'm reading online, so I need the help of native English speakers here. How do you call in English a rhyme where only the very last sound of the rhyming words matches? Example: "me" rhyming with "galaxy". Is it what you'd call an imperfect rhyme?
     
  14. mavjade

    mavjade Former Manager star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Yep. I was taught it's called a slant rhyme in school, but it can also be called an imperfect rhyme, half rhyme, oblique rhyme and a few others.
     
  15. Findswoman

    Findswoman Fanfic and Pancakes and Waffles Mod (in Pink) star 5 Staff Member Manager

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    For most rhymes, it really is only the last syllable (or few) that matters, so what you have there with "me" and "galaxy" can be classified as just a plain old, regular rhyme (I'm guessing "galaxy" is getting an extra bit of emphasis by virtue of its poetic or musical context). Incidentally, that very same rhyme appears in the "spacer shanty" sung by Noadd Kolrj in my story "The Spacer's Song," if that's of any help.

    An imperfect or approximate rhyme (also called half rhyme, slant rhyme, and several other things) would be something where the sounds are similar but don't quite match: "This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home, / This little piggy had roast beef, this little piggy had none..." So if galaxy were rhyming with lie or why, that would count as an approximate rhyme.

    And then there's feminine rhyme, which is a rhyme that ends on an unstressed syllable: "There once was a man from Calcutta / Who had a most terrible stutter." (Actually, that one happens to be an approximate rhyme too, depending on one's accent.)

    Hope this helps! :)
     
  16. mavjade

    mavjade Former Manager star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    :oops:
    Findswoman is correct. I have no idea what I was thinking, other than an imperfect rhyme and slant rhyme are the same thing. :p
     
  17. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    Thanks both!
    Does this mean that in English poetry you don't have different names for a rhyme where only the very last sound rhymes (e.g. me/galaxy) vs a rhyme where several of the last sounds rhyme (e.g. skylight/highlight)? I was able to find that in French, the former is called a "poor rhyme" (rime pauvre) whereas the latter is a "rich rhyme" (rime riche), doesn't that distinction exist in English? (French doesn't have stressed syllables like English or Greek, so I understand that there's a basic difference there, but I was looking just at the phonetical match in this case.)
     
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  18. Findswoman

    Findswoman Fanfic and Pancakes and Waffles Mod (in Pink) star 5 Staff Member Manager

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    Indeed we do have such a distinction: "skylight"/"highlight" is an example of a feminine rhyme, as described above, and when it's only that one, final, accented syllable that rhymes, it's a masculine rhyme.

    One can get even more detailed with feminine rhymes: if it's two syllables that rhyme ("skylight"/"highlight," "motion"/"ocean," etc.), that can be called a "double rhyme." If it's three syllables that rhyme ("fortunate"/"importunate," "higgledy"/"piggledy"), that can be called a "triple rhyme." And, at least in theory, so on. :)
     
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  19. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    :oops: Okay, my first foray into the technical terms of English poetry is taking me much further than I expected.

    Am I correct to understand that me/galaxy is not a masculine rhyme because the last syllable of galaxy isn't stressed? (because that would work for my story too)
     
  20. Findswoman

    Findswoman Fanfic and Pancakes and Waffles Mod (in Pink) star 5 Staff Member Manager

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    Chyntuck, sorry I'm making this complicated! "Me"/"galaxy" is indeed a masculine rhyme because it's a rhyme on a single final syllable—and yes, the final syllable of "galaxy" isn't usually stressed, but in a rhyming situation like this it will usually gain a little extra emphasis in order to bring out the rhyme: "To take each moment and live each moment in perfect harmony / Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me."

    (Note the way "Ga-lax-ee" is written in "The Spacer's Song" in order to emphasize that—there I was following the lead of Gilbert and Sullivan, who did that kind of thing a lot in the scores and scripts of their musical theater pieces. It's by no means absolutely necessary though.)
     
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  21. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

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    Thanks heaps Findswoman [:D] (And you certainly shouldn't be sorry! I learned something new today thanks to you and I'll therefore go to bed less ignorant, which is always a win.)
     
  22. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    Can I use the word "cock" where it clearly means "male bird"?
     
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  23. Briannakin

    Briannakin Former Manager star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Yes. Cock is only disallowed when referring to genitalia. All other uses (ie for a bird or cockpit) are allowed.

    And I just want to say, English poetry is as much of a bastardization of poetry as English is a bastardization of other languages.

    RULES? THERE ARE NO RULES THAT MAKE SENSE IN ENGLISH!
     
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  24. Snocone

    Snocone Jedi Knight star 1

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    It has been said that "English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and rummages through their pockets for loose grammar."
     
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  25. A Blind Prophet

    A Blind Prophet Jedi Master star 4

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    and then breaks it repeatedly before turning it over to it's boss. >_>
     
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