Hannah

Ha! You need to take math again

What???????? What did I say? What did I do @Daeus? 😛 I didn’t think my horrible mathematical abilities were that obvious…

Give me my gold back and I will bake you one big everlasting cookie.

@Daeus

@Daeus wow, talk about revenge! 😛

Hey… you accidentally left all your cookies in the process of stealing all my gold and making off in your schooner. Can I have them? Thanks. *eats all cookies*

Aye aye, Cap’n— shiver me timbers, but we be editing too. *pauses, takes off pirate mask and squints thoughtfully at word-count*

*wonders if it will be wise to disclose said word-count*

*decides pirates don’t have to worry about being wise, slips mask back on and grins*

1,054 words edited @Daeus.

Har har har? What? Okaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy… whatever. 😛 Nine it is.

@Daeus

@Daeus I am. Let’s go. When do you want to write till?

@spradlin ahhhhhhhhh… yes. That does make sense. Very much sense. 😉 Thanks for your input. 😀

*nods head sagely* We approves of all this most wholetheartednessly. I won’t repeat it all— I’d sound like a broken record. But one thing I noticed about AF (can we use initials please? Thanks) is that because Orwell simply states the facts without making it clear what his true opinion is, the book is more easily molded to suit the worldview of…[Read more]

@Daeus I just remembered that I have something to do at that time. Sorry! 🙁

The rain … it had fallen endlessly at an angle, for … how long? Had it ever begun? Would it ever end? She might be tied to a chair, in a cinderblock, windowless room, with a hairy fur carpet that smelled funny and could have been genuine Wookie, but she could still hear the rain.

The metal screech of hinges announced the arrival of a…[Read more]

The rain … it had fallen endlessly at an angle, for … how long? Had it ever begun? Would it ever end? She might be tied to a chair, in a cinderblock, windowless room, with a hairy fur carpet that smelled funny and could have been genuine Wookie, but she could still hear the rain.

The metal screech of hinges announced the arrival of a…[Read more]

The rain … it had fallen endlessly at an angle, for … how long? Had it ever begun? Would it ever end? She might be tied to a chair, in a cinderblock, windowless room, with a hairy fur carpet that smelled funny and could have been genuine Wookie, but she could still hear the rain.

The metal screech of hinges announced the arrival of a…[Read more]

@Daeus Hmm, maybe…let’s say 3:00 until 3:30? Does that work for you?

@Daeus I have homework to do right now, so I can’t. Will you still be writing this afternoon? I could maybe write then. 🙂

@spradlin Those are some great thoughts to chew on. 😉 I think that Orwell is telling the story for his readers, mostly. His main objective in writing this story seems to be to convince others of whatever points he’s trying to get across in his writing. It’s a little to early in the story to tell exactly what points he’s trying to prove. @Daeus…[Read more]

I like that, @anna-brie Thanks.

Legendaires it is! Thanks guys. 😉

@jadamae Good point. I definitely agree with you about that. 🙂

Interesting thoughts, everyone!
As far as writing goes, I noticed that there was a lot of telling in the beginning, too, but as you said @daeus, I don’t think that it was necessarily a bad technique. As a reader, I was engaged the entire time. And that’s really all that matters, right? 😉
The characters are great. Each animal has a strikingly…[Read more]