Yes, I need you again.
Ian, a guy from 2008, is searching a factory with Charles Dickens to find three teenagers who are also from 2008. But, I have ten thousand more to write until anything else can happen.
Any ideas what I could do?
Bit more info: the factory is owned by a man who kidnaps children. everyone knows, but he is too powerful for people to do anything about. the teenagers are locked up inthe factory and they are prettyclose to being found. but apart from that i have no ideas.
Please help.
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Nov 25, 2008 - 14 12
Charles Dickens would ramble on and on for a couple hundred words about one object. Try that and see how much it ups your wordcount.
----------Don't do anything stupid? Who the hell is he talking to? A bunch of morons who volunteered to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. Can you get any more stupid that that?
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Nov 25, 2008 - 14 54
Editing my own post, because Charles Dickens =/= Charles Darwin.
*bangs head on keyboard*
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Nov 25, 2008 - 19 16
Yeah, Dicken would tell your character about the fog and the river for several pages. Since they're in a factory, maybe Dickens can tell your character about factories in general for a chapter or two. Also, maybe Dicken could talk about a great Chancery case or tell your character about some of his interesting new characters for a books he wants to write.
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Nov 26, 2008 - 12 48
Thanks, it's worth a try.
I was trying to make him quote Shakespeare and make out that was from one of his own books, but I can't find a way to fit that in.
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Nov 27, 2008 - 12 08
Have the character ask him about the ending of his last book - I think it's called 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood', but don't quote me on that. IIRC, it was never finished.
You could probably squeeze the Shakespeare quote in there as good old Dickens rambles on about his other works. ;)
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