Hannah Whatley

Thank you guys, this is very helpful. I tend to struggle with my characters blatantly telling everything in their dialogue, like Daeus said with his problem of having the characters talk too much, which basically makes the characters boring, uninteresting, and not anything like real people as they basically just state was is obvious to everyone…[Read more]

@Daeus, YES, THIS IS SO HELPFUL. Thanks for sharing, Daeus! I struggle with “telling,” too, and it’s nice to know that I’m not the only one. 🙂

*shrugs into huge furry usurper’s cape, swirls it dramatically, scowls at topic and adjusts massive golden crown* Topic— I have come to usurp you.

I guess the most important thing I’ve learned editing my WIP is a little difficult to put into words. The key symptom is over-describing things, but that’s not really the problem. Or rather it is,…[Read more]

Your game sounds like a story I tried to write. It was an attempt to do a fairy tale spin off by putting Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel all in the same book as sisters. Their parents left on a journey and their evil uncle tried to take over the throne.

@rolena-hatfield, Ooo, that’s a great story idea! 🙂 That would…[Read more]

@Rolena-hatfield that is lovely! Oh boy, I may take you up on that one… *rubs hands delightedly* Oh, that would be so fun… 😀

I’m going to be writing for the next little bit if anyone would like to join.

Anna’s Savannah was a recent Critique right? I read that one and loved it so far.
And I will most certainly have to post more art.

@ingridrd Oh please keep talking! Thanks for jumping in and sharing! That is a scary dream though. Aren’t dreams weird. Especially the vivid ones. Oh my, I just remembered a dream I had that I thought would make a fantastic story! A young woman had just married a man and they had moved out west, but he was unjustly accused of some horrendous crime…[Read more]

Squirrels. I love squirrels. Especially black ones! I had to look up the Fennec Fox and you’re right they’re totally adorable! We do have a lot of pets. Cats. A parrot. A dragon. A gecko. A dove. Ducks. Chickens.
Hey if you have any more art projects that you’ve drawn, you should post them under the Art topic in the forum. I’d love to see more of…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy This topic is officially usurpable.

Signed and sealed, this the year of our lord 2016. (Big fat red seal goes here)

AWESOME TOPIC @DAEUS. I agree one hundred percent with everything you said. Do you mind of I ‘usurp’ 😉 your topic and share some things I’ve learned through editing as well?

@rolena-hatfield Thank you. I’ll see if anything comes of it. 🙂

I once had a story idea about a boy whose father leaves to head to the other side of the mountain to become king. He leaves his wife and son behind. The boy goes after him. Along the way he makes friends with a wolf (who is the main character, he’s the narrator) and ends up saving…[Read more]

@christi-eaton If you like giraffes jump to this topic Anna’s Savanna by BlueJay (Under short stories) and have a read of my story for me and let me know what you think.

I have a thing for elephants, and giraffes amaze me. Fennec Foxes are adorable. I just like animals especially sea life. I have a dog, her name is Lucy and my brother has a turtle and some gigantic goldfish and other fish in his massive tank in his room. What about you Rolena?

@kate-flournoy
That would be an awful dream!!! How sad and horrible! I have to admit though I laughed only because I managed to read the story wrong and so thought that you had put your “mouth” over the “hand” of the gun instead of vice versa. It made for a humorous picture see, with your mouth over the gun and then you saying “I saved the…[Read more]

@bluejay haha! I’ll not copyright it! Besides, even if we all wrote a story from the same idea, they would all turn out so different it would be incredible 🙂

And I just found this written on a piece of paper I keep in my little stack of papers of stories I never wrote…

Once there was a tale of an old ship which sunk and over time the sea…[Read more]

Hearty hello to you @christi-eaton! Glad you have you a part of the forum!
I’m trying to think of a really creative get to know you question… but I’m not getting anything more creative than what’s your favorite animal? :p (animals are so fun!) Do you have any pets?

@sarah-h You ever read Structuring Your Novel? I bet that would help you. Of course, there are a gazillion books on plot. That’s the only one I’ve read, but it’s pretty good.

Hahahaha… not quite that impressive, I’m afraid. 😉 I will! Thank you for the invitation! 😛 😉