Research questions to make sure we get our stories right
 

I thought this would be a good thread to ask advice on topics, so we can get our stories correct and not make obvious howlers where say the rules of physics are violated needlessly (I know magic does from time to time -, the art of magic, not the poster known as Magic that is)

If you want a good movie where the producers just about got everything wrong, see Armageddon - I will produce the link later


My question is about identical twins. :cheer::cheer:

In a set of twins is there always a dominant twin and a submissive twin? I remember that with the Marchant twins, Sam was supposedly the dominant one, but in BB8 it seemed to be Amanda.

Anyone here an identicle twin

I am researching to get the dynamics right of identicle twins for the next chapter as it were of my Mystical Realms franchise, to be later in the year or early in the new year.

My next offering though will be from another franchise I did many years ago, but more of that later.

TiBB Tales is all based on real TiBB stories :hugesmile:

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Anything on twins dynamics?

Also, does anyone know what rail prices are like on long distance train travel in the Irish Republic as opposed to domestic flights with in the Irish Republic? Do they have the same anomallies as we do here, when it may be cheaper to fly than take the train?

I thin you shoul rename the title to any twins here? or something lol. It might help lol :hug:

But this thread is for other people to ask questions to help get their stories right to avoid any howlers.

As far as reference to twins, I am not talking about the Marchant twins from BB8

Still wondering about what the comparative prices are for internal flights in the ROI compared to rail travel.

Anyone know of relevant booking websites.

Then again I may just gloss over that.

For season 8, I have been delving in to details about the UFF, Greek Mythology, M-Theory a certain programme from the National Geographic channel and United States Senate commitees, if that is not too much of a spoiler.

Last time for season 7, it was the space programme of the former Soviet Union.

Why not bend the truth a little, I mean its not as if thousands are reading our stories.

I like the "twins" idea - when I submit a story on this board I might have twins as central characters!

Sorry but I sort of beat you to it, although they were not exactly main characters

I am trying to establish a timeline here, so here is a twins related question.

If you are not using ultrasound, when is the earliest that you can confirm a woman is having twins?

Can I point you to? http://multiples.about.com/od/pregna.../aatpsigns.htm

Doppler heartbeat count seems to be the most common, and you have that around 12-15 weeks (though it's my understanding practitioners don't use this til around 20 weeks?).

Thanks, looking at the list and considering that the pregnancy did not occur in a technological society, options one to four are out.

It looks like it is five, Measuring Large for Gestational Age, is there a timescale for this measure as to when it is an indicator?

They do the fundal measurement at about 20 weeks. I'll try and find a source for this to confirm.

Edit: Got it: http://www.gynob.com/fh.htm
Near the bottom it says:

"Generally, the pregnancy is halfway (about 20 weeks) when the fundal height is palpable (felt) at the umbilicus. For every finger's width above the umbilicus the fundal height reaches, you can add a week. Likewise, below the umbilicus, subtracting a week. But this relationship is only applicable between 15 and 25 weeks. Before and after that this relationship goes out the window.".

20 weeks is about five months.

So could we say that it is in the bounds of possibility that a woman only starts working out she is having twins as she comes up to six months?

One other question, pregnancy related, without access to the kind of pregnancy tests we have, what is the earliest, a woman will suspect she is pregnant?

Yes, 6 months is a realistic time that she'll realise she's having twins, and even a lot later.

The very earliest depends on when she was due on her menstrual cycle, but usually 3-4 weeks after conception, sometimes up to a month and a half. (All depending on when she was due, whether she's regular etc).

The scenario I am working on, is that the mother two characters from previous sagas who are twins, was only just showing the signs she was having twins, when the mother of another character, who is also the friend of the mother of the twins, informs the father she believes she is pregnant.

This is about eighteen years prior to the action that takes place.

Using the figures given, woman having twins is six months gone when the other woman is one month gone, a difference of five months

In the previous storyline, my season eight the twins are billed as being 17 years old or at least they have yet to reach their 18th birthday. Would my other character have to be no younger than 17 as well?

edit I was envisaging that this character was 16 going on 17, but maybe this is not possible, although I am not sure it is plot critical

The other issue which is germane is a person considered a minor in the US until they reach 18?

If that makes sense

Thinking on this over night, suppose the woman is seven months gone when she is revealing her suspicions she is having twins to her close friends, are we still in the realms of credulity.

As for the other female character, off screen as it were I may end up having her find out about her condition through some non standards means yet to be devised, although I may still stick to the three to four week time frame.

BTW does anyone else go to this trouble in researching their stories? :blush:

Do people READ your storys sticks ?

Definitely still within the realms of incredulity. Some women don't know they're having twins until they're born - and that's even using modern-day equipment.

PS. The other character finding out by a non-standard means can be interesting, so long as it's not completely unreal :laugh: Things like this always add a new element to a story.

Yes. Newsflash: PEOPLE ENJOY READING.

Brand new research question

Again my rider as to when I next get back to writing, something major in my life is happening from 18 May for a month and of course it is the last UK Big Brother, plus I am away from the UK mainland from 09-Oct to 19 Oct, so not sure when this will happen if - Assuming we still have TIBB after the end of BB UK

I have been having some early ideas about the next story, if I get the chance to write it, which leads to this question concerning the range of the protagonists who will come from contemporary youth culture.

Q. In terms of today's youth culture, are the ages of those who go clubbing, night clubs, raves (also possibly those experimenting with designer drugs) in the same age bracket of those into Play-stations X-boxes and hacking into such devices and playing online games like World of War craft and general computer hacking?

If so what age range are we talking about?

Would this be about the age range of some of the younger members on this forum? i.e to those of that age range visit forums such as these or are they mostly on social networking sites.


I hope this is not too much of a spoiler for the latest chapter in my mythologies :whistle:

I'd say they're the same age bracket, I have friends my age (18) that do one, the other, or both

Age ranges, I'd say 16-...21? Maybe a bit younger for the techie type.

This evening I was trying out something I have my protagonist doing in an episode one I have been drafting, which resulted in some re-drafting. Nothing major, exotic or illegal, just a very minor detail about an action coupled with dialogue, but I tend to be a perfectionist on some things.

Sometimes I will also say dialogue out loud, to see if it is natural or forced.

Anyone else do that to make sure of realism?

Still not sure when I will be publishing as other things have been happening in the real world