RaeMarie

@overcomer *dashes to the rescue* *stumbles over own feet* I’ve written several novels, so let’s see what I can do. *rubs hands and grins*

I like to write chapter by chapter outlines if my work is bigger than a novella. That way you already know how the story is laid out, how it flows, etc. Though even with an outline, don’t worry if parts of…[Read more]

Yes! Count me in! I already carry around a notebook and pen. And try to watch people. This will help me remember to write down what I observe. 😉

Miss Morton is really the model client. She has small things she can present, even though they don’t make any sense to her. She’s kept notes and letters… And she’s calm. Probably calmer than Watson with his jumbled phrases and mixed up medications. 😉 She has a steadying influence on the story. One fairly calm figure amide the other extremes of…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy and then, maybe, if the Prince is mentioned in future novellas (like when He comes back) I’ll use capital pronouns. But I don’t want it to seem like He became something else by dying…

Here’s the deal, when I talk about the King, I have His pronouns capitalized. In the next novella, I’ll have the allegorical equivalent of the Holy Spirit and those pronouns will probably be capitalized. However, in my current novella, I’d like it to be subtler. The Prince is the Prince, but he’s among his people as a general. He’s there to serve…[Read more]

@overcomer Oh, I know. 😉 And yet, I find that quite a bit (not always…he’s wrong sometimes) the most likely thing is really the thing to have happened does happen. But there’s plenty of other stuff he does which is very clever. I love how he gets people to tell him things…though that’s later in the book. 😉

Hmm, Sherlock’s detective style. I like the cold, hard, logical approach as opposed to some detective stories where quite a bit of it is a hunch. That being said, there are many things Sherlock figures out which I think are quite lucky guesses. Don’t get me wrong, he’s very smart and there are lots of things people can figure out by observation…[Read more]

I’ll be writing for the next hourish if anyone else is on… @Daeus, @kate-flournoy

Also, happy 4th of July, everyone! 🙂

@kate-flournoy Similes (or metaphors) should be stated as fact, not comparison. I really like that. There’s been lots of good points made. I’m not thinking of any more right now except, to sum up some of the points… ‘write with confidence’. Leave off the seems and likes and hads and other little words. You know what you are writing. Act like it. 😉

Ah, I’m jealous of you guys who are editing. As for me, I’m still trying out outline. And I need the outline done by the 4th. I’ve a feeling I’ll be figuring out some things as I write this time. 😉

Will read them tomorrow…probably. 😉

@Kate-flournoy Not a philosopher, I just love logic. And paradoxes. 😉 I thought I figured it out, then I realized I hadn’t and then I had to figure it out. It took me about twenty minutes I was supposed to be spending on writing.

@Daeus I will attempt to solve the paradox.

If non-existence does not exist, then it does
If non-existence does exist, then it does not

Non-existence is an idea. It doesn’t exist in the first place, rather it is the lack of existence of some other idea or item. So if the lack of something’s existence doesn’t exist, then that thing does indeed…[Read more]

@c-c-lane Welcome! *bows officially*

I love writing medieval fantasy too! And Tolkien. Reading Tolkien that is, not writing it. 😉

@Kate-flournoy I keep thinking about something gardeny too…though I was more thinking something symbolic. Like roses? 😉 Perhaps using the garden/sanctuary (our equivalent of a church) for their own purposes?)

@c-c-lane Hmm, that’s a good idea about the kids having been in the Prince’s castle. I’m not sure if they’ve actually been there, but I…[Read more]

@Jadamae I see what you’re saying. It’s been a bit…I couldn’t remember when he discovered it the very first time.

@anna-brie What cabin are you in? Or do you need me to give you my username? I’ve only done this once, so I can’t remember how it all works.

@Jadamae I’ve read those books. They’re not my favorite books, but I didn’t think they were too bad.

I didn’t mind him changing shape because it is in a different dimension, so different rules likely apply. And it’s not as if he does it with ease every time. He does have to fight at times, and sometimes the disguise slips because he’s not strong…[Read more]