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Jaybird replied to the topic Pitch Critique! in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 5 months ago
Ooo! Pitches! I love these things.
- You wielded your words with accuracy, letting each strike with full implications. This definitely makes me curious about the story itself.
- The whole thing is imaginative and makes the reader ask some intriguing questions: who died? What is a circus world? What is going to happen? Why are…
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Jaybird replied to the topic Do you Prefer Classical or Modern Literature? in the forum Topic of the Week 4 years, 5 months ago
Oh!!!
Riffles for Watie by Harold Keith
A Little Princess by F. B. Burnett
And if these last two count:
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Scout by somebody-who-I-can’t-remember-but-it’s-a-Dutch-name.
I knew I’d forget some!
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Jaybird replied to the topic Do you Prefer Classical or Modern Literature? in the forum Topic of the Week 4 years, 5 months ago
I know, right? XD As long as we stay on the path I don’t mind if we take time to smell the flowers.
I do love the descriptions. Of course after reading them, my own seem very unimaginative.
Oof. That’s a fun question!
The Chronicles of Narnia, and Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
Sir Gibbie, The Princess and the Goblin, The Pri…[Read more]
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Koshka replied to the topic Do you Prefer Classical or Modern Literature? in the forum Topic of the Week 4 years, 5 months ago
Classical. I grew up on it, so the older vocabularies don’t bother me. The depths in story, the mixture of poetry in prose, all the types and shadows… I feel more at home with classics than modern literature.
But I haven’t read much truly old stuff beyond Pilgrim’s Progress, some Shakespeare, and Canterbury Tales (which I do not…[Read more]
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Koshka replied to the topic How do you draft/write the "first" document? in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 5 months ago
Welp, I love revising. Writing itself is difficult and obnoxious.
Let me rephrase that; I enjoy writing, but I struggle turning off the strong-minded inner editor who then destroys all my work because it’s in first draft stage and therefore terrible. However, as rewriting is my favorite part of writing in general I usually don’t…[Read more]
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Jaybird replied to the topic I'm giving you permission to rant about your WIP in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 5 months ago
Thanks!
And yes, but it’s all for their own good, right?
Wow, how awfully specific. XD That sounds interesting though.
Oh but yes! Back stories are some powerful things. The fire happens before the book too, but much of the story will be coming into those places of fear and shining the Light on them (totally acting like I didn’t just…[Read more]
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Jaybird replied to the topic How do you draft/write the "first" document? in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 5 months ago
Drafts? Ugh.
First, may I say that what you’re doing sounds wonderful? You are writing it out!!! Keep it up!!!
(Okay, that sounded weird. Let’s see if I can explain myself.)
If we are talking novels, and not poetry or essays, then:
I think. The I write. Then I think some more. Then I start a timeline but never finish it, etc.…[Read more]
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Jaybird replied to the topic Do you Prefer Classical or Modern Literature? in the forum Topic of the Week 4 years, 5 months ago
Classics. I love them. In fact, most of the more modern fiction that I read is in the same vein and are often called classics. (for example, The Green Ember. 😉 )
Also, I think that having been raised on them, I am not bothered by slower paced books. (Although, if the author jumps down bunny trails that have almost no connection to…[Read more]
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Jaybird replied to the topic Characteristic Lines in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
Welcome! 😊
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Jaybird replied to the topic I'm giving you permission to rant about your WIP in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
Definitely a lot of trauma. Enough that although he is only about four at the time, he has some pretty vivid memories.
That makes sense. He will definitely deal with fear of those things, and I think that maybe it’s one more reason he is afraid to help lead in the Retaking; if he associates that horror with “politics”.
Oh,…[Read more]
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Trahia the Minstrel replied to the topic I'm giving you permission to rant about your WIP in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
Um … yeah, that would probably be quite a lot of mental trauma. Enough to give him a pretty severe fear of fire, dogs, and soldiers. Children are very impressionable, and having a memory of those things in a tragedy like that would give him a negative association with all of the above.
I speak from half-experience — I don…[Read more]
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Trahia the Minstrel replied to the topic What's Your Favorite Relationship Type in Fiction? in the forum Topic of the Week 4 years, 6 months ago
I love Phineas and Ferb! And that song with him and Isabella … “What might have been …”
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Jaybird replied to the topic I'm giving you permission to rant about your WIP in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
Hello!
I have suddenly found myself feeling some guilt for the trauma one of my characters is going to deal with.
You see, as a young child he and his siblings are narrowly rescued from a burning city. And yeah, I think he suffers some burns. Nothing too bad, but since children are susceptible to heat, he has some nasty 2nd degree burns.
Then I…[Read more]
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Koshka replied to the topic Wingfeather Saga in the forum Book Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
Thank you!!!! They’re doing such an awesome job of it, I might actually try to watch some when it comes out!
And that probably sounded strange. Explanation; being someone blessed with an extremely vivid imagination I find myself disappointed by movie adaptations of books I perhaps only skim read.
But this looks good, so I…[Read more]
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Jaybird replied to the topic Writer's Corner #505 in the forum General Writing Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
Exactly! XD
Although, I don’t think I’ve ever tried redeeming a villain. Probably because they usually die in the end of the original series.
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Jaybird replied to the topic Wingfeather Saga in the forum Book Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
Wow, thank you for telling us! (I love that clip of Nia, the dear, brave heart.)
It’s good, different, but good. It also has a dangerous tendency to pull you into it’s world and not let you go! XD
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Issabelle Perry replied to the topic Wingfeather Saga in the forum Book Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
AAAAAH THAT LOOKS AWESOMEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have just SO GOT to read this series even more now! Like enough putting it off, I need to get a copy of these books!
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Trahia the Minstrel replied to the topic Wingfeather Saga in the forum Book Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
YouTube:
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Koshka replied to the topic Wingfeather Saga in the forum Book Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
Aha! Where do I find it?
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Trahia the Minstrel replied to the topic Wingfeather Saga in the forum Book Discussions 4 years, 6 months ago
The Wingfeather teaser trailer is out!
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