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@anne-of-lothlorien I feel ashamed that I’m not very well read on poetry. I have a few recommendations though. Two of my favorite poems are 1. Recessional: a victorian ode, and 2. Excelsior. I also like that one by Frost that I can’t remember the name to, but I think it it’s something like “riding through the woods on a snowy evening.” I also like…[Read more]

@that_writer_girl_99 Yikes!

@kate-flournoy No, it was probably good for my nerves actually.

@emma-flournoy Yep. How it works is you start off in charge of your own education with your parents not monitoring you hardly at all. Then, you make the educated decision that it is no longer worth your time to continue doing math. Therefore, you stop it. Then, your parents figure out a year later that you stopped doing math (even though you had…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy @graciegirl Hey, I don’t hate math either! I actually like it a small bit, it’s just the two hrs a day it took me that I didn’t like. *frazzled face*

I actually quit math my last year of high school. One of the best decisions I ever made.

@bethanysinkyroses Quick answer: It’s okay to portray anyone unrealistically.

Long answer:

I think what’s going on in your example (not having read it) is that the author is trying to shine the spotlight on Christianity by making it idealistic in their story.

This isn’t really doing what they think it is though. The spotlight is focused in…[Read more]

@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]

When Does Writing Get Easier? The 4 Steps to Mastery

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.

@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]

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

Back.

Have to go again. Be back in a min.

@dragon-snapper I’m back.

@dragon-snapper Just a moment. I’ll be back in 5.

@winter-rose @delightinlife @that_writer_girl_99 @ethryndal @jess @audrey-caylin @dragon-snapper @graciegirl I’m writing till 9.

@emily-d You don’t have to read a mountain of books. The more you can read the better, but 5-10 could get you by. Reading sci-fi to learn about it is different than writing yourself into it. You’ll never know the full potentials of your genre or be able to avoid the way overused cliches unless you read the genre.