THE SMELL OF CORDITE IN THE AIR OF INACCURACY. By John Ramsey Miller I have been guilty of having the smell, or swirling of, Cordite in the air after gun play. The other night watching TV I heard one of the techs on CSI (someplace or other) saying that she smelled Cordite in a room, which is more than unlikely since Cordite hasn’t been around since WWII. There is no Cordite whatsoever in modern ammunition. With modern ammo you can smell the pungent Nitroglycerin after firing. Modern powder is basically sawdust soaked in nitro coated with graphite. In very simple terms, the shape and coatings control the burn rates. To smell Cordite you’d have to have people firing very old ammunition. We’ve discussed accuracy in fiction here before, and maybe it’s worth a second go-round. Modern gunpowder is slow burning and non-explosive until it is put into a confined space to allow compression and a spark is introduced by a primer.
All handguns have some safety mechanism. You will hear over and over that "Glocks do not have safeties. " The Astronomical Unit - Astrocrud - Flaws of Argumentation. Not astronomical as such, but pseudoscientific argument is a tactic of those who use spurious astronomy. What follows is due to Dr Rory Coker of the University of Texas, posted by one of his students on USENET in November 1994, and used here with his kind permission. Dr Coker has also written this aid to the exposure of pseudoscience. ---begins--- We have not tried to list here every type of fallacious argument, logical fallacy, and flaw of argumentation found in pseudoscience (ps) books, but have simply listed the ones most commonly encountered. 1) Error of fact: Ps books contain large amounts of factual error, pointing to carelessness or indifference rather than honest mistakes. 2) Contradiction: Because of the carelessness and indifference to fact in most ps books, one part of the discussion often contradicts another part directly. 4) Irrelevant data: Ps books frequently digress to present chapters full of material that has not stated connection with the supposed topic of the book.
Monomyth. Joseph Campbell's monomyth, or the hero's journey, is a basic pattern that its proponents argue is found in many narratives from around the world. This widely distributed pattern was described by Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949).[1] Campbell, an enthusiast of novelist James Joyce, borrowed the term monomyth from Joyce's Finnegans Wake.[2] Campbell held that numerous myths from disparate times and regions share fundamental structures and stages, which he summarized in The Hero with a Thousand Faces: A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.[3] A chart outlining the Hero's Journey.
Summary[edit] In a monomyth, the hero begins in the ordinary world, and receives a call to enter an unknown world of strange powers and events. The 17 Stages of the Monomyth[edit] Writing advice: Nuts and Bolts: “Thought” Verbs - You Want Proof? Mycuppatea: Translations // naughty German pillow talk for saramichiru. Some naughty German pillow talk was requested, regarding Weiß Kreuz fanfiction. "I've wondered what the master seducer would sound like toying with crooning to his victim partner in his native tongue.
So I was wondering if you would be able to do me a favor? Something along the lines of listing off a bunch of interesting phrases in this venue, anything you can come up with, from sweet to sultry to sadistic... After all, what he'd say would depend on if his prey partner is Brad, or Youji, or Aya, or Omi, and what position they have... " Ahh! First of all, IMO german pillow talk sounds terrible. German sex terms are partly quite mechanical, the prime example being "Geschlechtsverkehr" (gender/sex traffic o_O;;) for "intercourse". - Those flowers suit you.a) Diese Blumen stehen Dir gut. B) Diese Blumen passen zu Dir. . - I bet you wish you knew what I was saying, don't you?
B) Du wüßtest wohl gerne, was ich sage, hm? - Let me hear you beg for it.a) Ich möchte hören, wie Du darum bettelst. PERMISS - Table 1-1: Table of Penalties for Various Offenses. "Fanfic": force of nature. Destina: Useful information for writers. Seven Common Character Types. Seven Common Character Types by Terry W. Ervin II Fiction writers employ a variety of characters while weaving their tales. Beyond the standard definitions of protagonist (the main character in a literary work) and antagonist (the main character or force that opposes the protagonist in a literary work), recognizing the types of characters and the parts they play while reading an interesting story can add to the experience. In addition, a fuller understanding of the character types and their uses can increase a writer’s effectiveness in weaving his own fictional tales.
Confidante- someone in whom the central character confides, thus revealing the main character’s personality, thoughts, and intentions. Example: In a story, Melvin Sanders is a detective on the trail of a serial killer. In this example Chops is a confidante. Dynamic Character - a character which changes during the course of a story or novel. In this example Ebenezer Scrooge is a dynamic character.
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