Christine Eaton

Goodbye Morgan! *heroically sniffs back tears* I wish you godspeed on your perilous journey. *shakes your hand solemnly* We shall meet again.

@anne-of-lothlorien *gives goodbye handshake*
Ah, I understand. Life and all. Good luck and goodbye. Hope to see you soon!
-Dragon Snapper

@PerfectFifths Looks like you’re in good hands. 😀
To your last question though—that sounds like it’d work, as long as you don’t make it too long to begin with and then don’t want to cut so much.

I hope you win. 🙂

@GabrielleMassman I haven’t read that. *despairing expression* So many good books to read and not enough time! But I’ll remember it. 🙂

I haven’t seen the musical, or any of the movies (yet, at least). But I’ll take your word for it. 😉
And I love that moment too. Combeferre is so sweet, and that was so sad.

@Overcomer @ClaireC I’ll sure be praying for both of you. I know how hard it is to play an instrument in front of lots of people.

@PerfectFifths um… well… what they said. 😛 Thanks guys.
I’ll come back if I think of anything else. 😉

What @dragon-snapper said. Focus on vivid verbs for writing. Here’re some initial thoughts, @perfectfifths . . .

–The plot will be prime in a super short story.
–Characters have to make choices.
–A short story is like a one-act play or a short film. Every moment escalates the story until you reach the climax at the end.
–Keep dialogue sparse.…[Read more]

I shall return. Never fear. *disappears in a poof of smoke*

@perfectfifths

Um…Well, I can honestly say that I don’t know too much about writing short stories, especially not 1,500 word short ones. Yeah, that definitely is crazy. Probably why there is a reward in the first place. 😛 I had to write a short story once that was only 1000 words, and I managed to keep it down to 900. I really just wrote down whatever came…[Read more]

@northerner @ethryndal I think I’m going to be done now. I wrote 167 words. /Not the best, but better than nothing, I suppose. Thanks!

@northerner Great!