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Scott vs. Darcy
« on: December 20, 2014, 09:58:03 AM »
So I just finished Afterworlds and I couldn't help but wonder how much of Darcy's character and the conflict she goes through as a writer (ie her relationship with Imogen and interactions with other authors) are similar to what Scott went though as an author? I mean I'm not calling him out for being a Mary Sue or anything but I just think its would be a cool question to ask or to pick his brain about.

THoughts?
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2014, 10:54:43 AM »
I'd imagine that at least parts of it must come from his own experience. But a lot of it also couldn't. Like the worries about using a deity for YA hotness. I'm pretty sure Scott never used a deity for YA hotness until Afterworlds.
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2014, 01:16:22 PM »
Technically speaking, Scott didn't use a deity for YA hotness. He used a deity to portray an author using a deity for YA hotness. In terms of Scott's purpose for using the aforementioned deity, the YA hotness was more or less a by-product.

Um, what was this thread about again?

Scott specifically said that some of Darxy's experiences reflected his own, and some didn't. I'm pretty sure the authors Darcy met were loosely based on real-life writers Scott has met.
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2014, 01:36:10 PM »
YA hotness was a byproduct? XD
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2014, 03:32:41 PM »
Yes. A mere-side effect.
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2014, 04:31:23 PM »
I think your hyphen teleported.
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2014, 05:06:09 PM »
Curse my iPad! First Westerfeldia and now teleporting hyphens!
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2014, 05:12:18 PM »
I wonder what a mere-side effect would be?
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2014, 05:18:31 PM »
It sounds like the sort of term that would be used in time-traveling thought experiments.

Or something relating to meerkats.
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2014, 05:34:59 PM »
Or meerkats being used in time-travelling thought experiments.
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2014, 05:37:29 PM »
Like how they used to send monkeys into space. But meerkats. Maybe it'd be sort of like the butterfly effect..
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2014, 05:45:28 PM »
Perhaps. Perhaps XD
I've been meaning to read A Sound of Thunder. It's short, I don't know why I haven't :P
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2014, 05:49:07 PM »
Me too! I did see a special about it on TV today, though.
Do you know if I can find it online?
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Re: Scott vs. Darcy
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2014, 05:55:04 PM »
No idea :P
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