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Madness:
10 Can't Miss, Surefire Secrets Of Torturing Fictional People
mrganondorf:
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I was peculiarly touched by a torture part in Abercrombie's Best Served Cold:
(click to show/hide)Part where the northman gets one eye plucked out. Really impacted me emotionally!
Madness:
Lol... Yeah. It wasn't actually the torture scene that bothered me most in his books. Though I've not yet read Red Country or The Heroes.
Francis Buck:
Really good link Madness. Despite it's title, this really serves as a way of teaching (or reminding) writers of how important conflict is. This can be anything from the most extreme example -- torture -- to something mundane, like a literal roadblock. Not just reaching goals, but being changed by the path to get there.
This here is one of my favorites, really in depth and just a great source of wisdom on a variety of topics. Even though it's technically devoted to fantasy, any writer working in any genre can benefit from "Limayaael's Rants".
http://www.forresterlabs.com/limyaael/titlelistall
Wilshire:
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--- Quote from: Madness on April 03, 2014, 11:10:54 pm ---10 Can't Miss, Surefire Secrets Of Torturing Fictional People
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I was peculiarly touched by a torture part in Abercrombie's Best Served Cold:
(click to show/hide)Part where the northman gets one eye plucked out. Really impacted me emotionally!
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IMO not as good as Glokta's remembered tortures , but that was pretty intense. Most of Abercrombie's stuff was intense for a fantasy.
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