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@graciegirl Yep, it’s self paced.

Hehe! *peeks over a block of cheese as he munches on it* The mini course is just a small teaser. Feel thou teased.

Hi @emily-d!

Rhythm (aka meter) is a great thing to use even if you also use rhyme. The first thing to do is to learn the basic patterns of meter. You can easily learn about those online. I also recommend the book The Roar On The Other Side to learn poetry.

Five rounds of confetti if you can pick it up in a heartbeat. For me, it was a more…[Read more]

I honestly haven’t spent a lot of time on the website, but the Go Teen Writers book was amazing, so In would check that out if I were you. Other than that, my favorites are forgingofstories.blogspot.com and woodlandquill.com (Which may or may not be my own blog. # shamelessselfpromotion). Also, I’ve just started following…[Read more]

When Does Writing Get Easier? The 4 Steps to Mastery

@jess @graciegirl @daeus @winter-rose @jenali @that_writer_girl_99 @northerner @ethryndal I’ll be editing.

Ah, that makes sense.

@cloudy This basically a video chat thing?

I don’t think I’ll be on it. I need to discipline myself. Video’s too addicting. I might drop in on rare occasions though.

@emma-flournoy I don’t believe so.

@Northerner We’re glad to have you. 🙂

Personally, I know I would never be where I am without KP.

@kate-flournoy

‘Hey, why are you cleaning the fridge?’
Bob slapped his soaking rag down on the floor of the fridge, twisted his head, and glared up at her over his shoulder.
She gave a little grin and shrugged. ‘All right…’

Nuts. Now I want to write a story completely based off of that.

@Holly-Nelson-Gray If you haven’t yet, check out our recently published articles on writing descriptions. I think once you have a full understanding of the potential of descriptions and dialogue, your brain will naturally sort out how to balance them.

Your problem probably isn’t so much that you have too much dialogue, but that you don’t have…[Read more]

@Holly-Nelson-Gray
Hahahahahahahaha. Did someone say something about balance?
Lolno. I cannot express how bad I am at this. All the same, here is the little advice I have:
Use dialogue beats instead of tags. Beats always describe an action of one of the speakers, and look like this in a sentence: “What?” Wesley gasped. “No way!” They are to the…[Read more]

@brandon-miller There’s a sci-fi month!!! AAAIII!!! I can’t wait!

@holly-nelson-gray Aloha!
Dialogue I think is probably more important than description, though description is definitely important. Dialogue shows how the characters interact with each other, and it can also add a bit of setting as well. As for description, you can have some, just be sure to avoid info-dumps. I always skip those. I read a book…[Read more]

@jadamae Haha! Yes, I know what you mean. “In Which I Fall in Love” isn’t spoilery at all, is it? (I’ve read a book with that exact chapter title.)

@daeus @graciegirl I’m done for now. My mom and I edited a short story, then I entered it into a contest.

Alrighty! Thanks everyone for your wonderful critiques! I have submitted the final draft into the contest, so we’ll see what happens. I’ll know on the 26 whether I’ve won or not. Again, thank you all!

@dragon-snapper @graciegirl Stopping a bit early. I edited about 2,100 words.

Back.

Have to go again. Be back in a min.