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@dragon-snapper Okay, goodbye!  Do come back later and challenge me to a write-off.  You’ll be sure to win, but I need the work. 😀

@Dekreel EVERYTHING should be done over pizza. I agree with this characterized version of myself. XD

@dragon-snapper Yup, they live in the future.  It must be weird for @seekjustice to post a message and then realize I read it the day before she posted it! 😀  Time travel!

Oh, do you like cliffs?  They’re very convenient dropping off points. 😮

@Jenwriter17 yes same! I thought of that too actually.

Something else I thought of was that the king just handed over his signet ring to his second in command (now Mordecai) and like DUDE, DIDN’T YOU EVEN LEARN??? I mean, luckily it was fine, but still. XD

@dragon-snapper Oh, what an unfeeling character! 🙂 😀

*whoop* I think I’ve almost gotten past the bridge part and to the excitement!  I do believe one of my characters is about to fall off a cliff.

@seekjustice Good morning Australia!  Have you got that idea figured out for me today?  (Don’t worry too much about it, though, since I’m working on…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper Ack!  Sometimes it’s like a knife they’re sticking into you:

“What do you mean, I wasn’t consistent?!”
“Well, in the last scene they drove here in a car, and now they’re walking back home.”
“Are you serious?” *runs to look it up* “Aaaah! How could I have done that?”

(Fortunately, that one was a pretty easy fix, as all I had to…[Read more]

@ethryndal Thank you!  Yes, it’s basically all about timing now.  We want the kids to be able to come home as soon as possible, but have to finish all the extra paperwork first. 🙁

It’s so amazing to know all these prayers are with us!

@dragon-snapper Well, of course I get ideas and plan in my head for my books, but I’ve never really written more than a paragraph-long synopsis of my plans before starting to write.  And plans often change during the process of writing.

It worked really well for my kids series, but I think my time travel novel could have used a little more…[Read more]

@Rochellaine That. Is. So. Messed. Up. Good gravy. I’ll definitely be praying for you guys, and I’m glad everything is working out alright.

@Daeus Hey, not sure how I missed it, but I was just reading back through several pages of this thread and I saw the request you made about depression. It really struck a bell, because I’ve been feeling…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper And even though it’s really boring to write, you can’t let the readers know you’re bored! 😀

I’ve preferred typing to handwriting for a long time, but I also never have planned out or outlined any of my works before, and am just deciding that I need to do at least a little bit of that to make my western turn out well.  So while I…[Read more]

@Dekreel

@that_writer_girl_99 I think @catwing did something similar with her WIP, Firebird, so she might like to talk about it. 🙂

@that_writer_girl_99 Oh, dear. Sympathy is not really my strong suit. Maybe it will get better? It will probably get better. Yeah, it will get better.

Boy, I wish I knew more about this.

I suppose though this isn’t much different from coming up with a brand new story idea though, is it?

I might follow a process like this.

• Get #1 really…

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@dragon-snapper When I get to a place in my writing where I’m on the roll and can write several pages in a row I write very fast, but when I get to a “bridge” place in between interesting sections I sometimes will pout and leave the work entirely alone for a really long time.  Which practice is not at all conducive to completion of my stories!

I…[Read more]

Yo, I just became an Eccentric Mentor.

@That_Writer_Girl_99 Oh gosh, I feel ya. This has happened to me several times, except it was my plot that left the characters nonexistent, not the other way around. So lessee:

First of all, are you completely positive that Evyn’s role in the story needs to change? If the entire plot hinged on her being a royal, then perhaps it would be better to…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper Actually, that’s a great idea since I have a huge problem with buckling down and focusing on one project. 😮 🙂

If I wasn’t working on the ministry website I would definitely take you up on that, though I would probably lose. 😀

@dragon-snapper And I guess it’s my place to ask: What way is that, exactly? 😀

@dragon-snapper Oh, that’s not what I meant. 😀  It’s just a joking excuse that we use when we get too distracted.  We always come on here with the intent and purpose of writing, but when we get distracted we’ve got to have a reasonable excuse. 🙂

Because like you said, getting distracted here is way too easy!