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Tagging @GracieGirl because you’re an adorable, enthusiastic INFP who paints cool things and taught me the difference between P/J in personality types. Girlie, you spruce things up.

And @That_Writer_Girl_99 because you’re an awful INFP who is mean to me and has the nerve to like Luke Skywalker.

(Okay, okay, fine. *grudging admittance* I really…[Read more]

*also backs out* What…even happened.

@gh24682468999 As Audrey mentioned, I am a freelance editor. Getting started is a matter of (as Audrey also said) critiquing and editing friends’ and other writers’ manuscripts for free. If someone wants a beta or alpha reader–put your hand up! You’ll get practice and experience and also you’ll get your name out there as an editor.

Other than…[Read more]

@Jenwriter17 oh my wooooord that’s so cute. XD I love it.

@Jenwriter17 I was away for the weekend but I still read the first 2 chapters of Esther and all. 😀 I noticed that too! Esther was beautifully submissive.

@dekreel I have to go now :/ Bye!!

@jenwriter17 Awww, the bees are cute XD This is such a cool thread, btw!

@dekreel your pictures remind me of a “series” I did when I was about seven or eight. It was like a cartoon, where I drew stick figures and those little dialogue bubbles for when they talked… 😛

My first story was called “The Hotel That Burned Down.” I was six, and my…[Read more]

@dekreel I’m catching up on emails and DMs, but that’s writing too, so I’ll stay a little bit XD

How have your stories been coming along?

@gh24682468999 Ooh, nice! I’ll be sure to check it out! 😀

I personally haven’t started a freelance editing business yet, but I’m really hoping to in the future! Right now I’m practicing by critiquing other peoples’ manuscripts for free and taking some courses through The Pen Institute.

@jane-maree recently started her business, so I’d bet she…[Read more]

@rochellaine Just an irritating plot bunny-type story that won’t leave my head. *shrugs* *pets said bunny*

@dekreel Aww, it hasn’t been that long, has it?

@rochellaine Hi! I saw it! Thanks! *grins*

Hello, peoples! I’m here. Working on a thing. @dekreel @rochellaine @who-else-is-on-anyway

Also, it’s so hilarious reading back over old threads. We were such babes.

(Even though that was like, only six months ago…)

Aaaaaaaand then there’s @Emma-Flournoy. Making the world a better place, one pancake at a time. XD

@dragon-snapper @kate-flournoy How dare you have a gif war and not invite me.

@Dragon-Snapper I’m just gonna shove this on you because this taught me almost everything I know about choppiness.

And as far as action/dialogue tags… that’s when things get tricky. Like Daeus said, it’s a complicated dance of changing up the pattern of things. What I’ve found helps is when you take a basic action and elaborate on it. Don’t…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper I’m not really an expert on this, but the thing that’s helped me most is mixing things up — variety.

Variety in sentence length. I like to mix long, short, and medium sentences in a fairly even blend.

Variety in sentence openers. Too many subject openers in a row can get choppy. Try to throw in some -ings,…[Read more]

@his-instrument Ah, that’s awesome. 🙂 I’m very proud of you.

@kate-flournoy *SLAP* That was for Loki

@dekreel Oh, thanks. Yes, I am friendly to everyone. lol. Perfect timing. 😛

@kate-flournoy It’s sap 2.0. It’s the sap of the new age. Loki would drink it.