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    Hope Ann
    @hope
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      So, I’ve been working on a tagline for my site, Writing in the Light. Well, it’s a tagline for me, really. Something I can put everywhere – on my blog, on my social media. Basically, something that sums up me and my writing very well. I came up with a line earlier that I really like:

      Breathing hope into the blackest night.

      It sums up what I want to do with my writing and with my life in general. Besides, let’s face it, the pun possibilities are endless. My main concern, right now, is that my publishing name and the tagline might not quite click because of the rhythm of light and night.

      Writing in the Light: breathing hope into the blackest night.

      Since everyone is brutally honest here, and since, on occasion, you even all agree, I decided to see what you thought, both about the sound of the lines together and just about the tagline in general. Like it? Hate it? No opinion at all?


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      #39809
      Anonymous
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        @hope – I think it works. Especially since it’s a tagline, the rhythm doesn’t have to be perfect.

        When I said it aloud it sounded perfectly fine, but if you are worried about the syllable count, you can shorten the tagline slightly by changing into to in. I’m not sure if you want to do that since it alters the meaning a bit, but it’s a thought.

        #39810
        Jess
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          @hope I like it. The two lines together sound fine together. But the word “breathing” is a little weird to me… I’m not really sure what’s wrong with it, it just doesn’t sound right?

          I like the tagline as opposed to no tagline. I think it fits well.

          #39811
          NC Stokes
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            @hope Brutally honest… that’s us Kapeefers. XD I think your tagline is a good one. I don’t know if this means anything, but in my head I’m reading it as “darkest night.” I like “blackest night” better, but I read it, and remembered it as “darkest.” Probably isn’t important. Forgive my rambling.

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            #39812
            Catwing
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              @hope I like it. Only thing I see that you could do is say Writing in the Light: breathing hope into the blackest of nights. Added ‘of’ Maybe???
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              IMMA KAPEEFER! Til we're old and gray!

              #39813
              Hope Ann
              @hope
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                @daughteroftheking Same here. My first thought was ‘darkest’ but then I switched to ‘blackest’ because I thought it sounded better.


                @catwing
                Breathing hope into the blackest of nights. I like that.


                @jess
                Hmmm… I like breathing. Penning could maybe work too. Penning hope in the blackest of nights. Eh… not sure. Thoughts?

                The main thing is that my family members are looking at me and thinking it sounds too dramatic. XD Though a number of taglines are dramatic, so I don’t mind. But I also have a tendency to think something is cool when it is actually more like… cheesy. XD What do you think, then? Too dramatic, or not?

                INTJ - Inhumane. No-feelings. Terrible. Judgment and doom on everyone.

                #39816
                Catwing
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                  @hope Instead of ‘Breathing’ ideas…
                  Drawing
                  Shining
                  Writing (meh.)
                  Quipping (???)
                  Bringing
                  Coloring 🤔
                  Shouting
                  Living

                  Maybe? Hope this helps!😉

                  IMMA KAPEEFER! Til we're old and gray!

                  #39818
                  Anonymous
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                    I personally don’t think it is too dramatic @hope. I like the word breathing in there a lot. What @catwing said about adding “of” makes it flow a lot better in my opinion.

                    #39819
                    Anonymous
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                      I love it @hope! I like your “penning” idea. It is more explicit. I don’t think that it is cheesy or too dramatic. I know you didn’t tag me, but @josiahdeboer replied…

                      #39823
                      Jane Maree
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                        @Hope Ohh yes I do like this idea. Plus the pun just made me laugh, so PERFECT. XD

                        If you wanted something just a slight bit less dramatic, you could have ‘bringing hope into the blackest night’ just because the word ‘bringing’ is a bit more…ordinary? But in the context it works perfectly well and still does have that ring to it.
                        Another thought was that it’s kind of a bit long? So ‘bringing’ would shorten the ‘breathing’ and you could change the ‘into’ to just a ‘to’ maybe. That way it would grammatically still work, but it might be just that little bit less of a mouthful.
                        But eh, that’s just my thoughts.

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                        Hope Ann
                        @hope
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                          @emily By all means. I want to hear your thoughts whether I tag you or not. We just have a tagging limit of 10 and I’m not on here enough to know everyone’s names… 😉


                          @jane-maree
                          Yes, the to will work, if I have the ‘of nights’ instead of just ‘night’.

                          So… bringing hope to the blackest of nights

                          Or

                          Penning hope in the blackest of nights


                          @catwing
                          Ha. Ha. Ha. *scowls* Like I’ve not heard that and every other pun related to hope before. *coughs* Sorry. We like to indulge in a bit of dry sarcasm every now and then. Yep, we have fun with our name. XD Plus I love the meaning. *nods* It tends to be a theme in most of my stories to some extent. XD

                          @Shannon I still like ‘breathing’ too. Breathing hope into the blackest of nights.

                          So, that’s the three so far. Preferences, guys? They all have slightly different meanings, though they all do work.

                          1. Bringing hope to the blackest of nights
                          2. Penning hope in the blackest of nights
                          3. Breathing hope into the blackest of nights

                          INTJ - Inhumane. No-feelings. Terrible. Judgment and doom on everyone.

                          #39845
                          NC Stokes
                          @daughteroftheking
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                            @hope Hm hm hm… *strokes chin thoughtfully* It’s a tie between 2 and 3. I’m more inclined towards 2, becouse I love how “Writing in the Light: Penning hope into the blackest of nights” sounds.

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                            #39860
                            Snapper
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                              @hope
                              I’m actually more inclined toward the first one because the second two sound really, really dramatic…like something Galadriel would whisper at the beginning of Lord of the Rings…

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                              #39906
                              Northerner
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                                @Hope, I like the first one best.

                                You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation. (Isaiah 12:3)

                                #39907
                                Anonymous
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                                  @hope I agree with @daughteroftheking. I am liking number three best.

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