@emily-d
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Mariposa Aristeo replied to the topic Beginners' Tips For Writing Science Fiction in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 5 months ago
@emily-d Basically, science fiction is what it says: fictionalized science. Sometimes you don’t have to read a lot of that genre to write that genre (although it is a good idea). Reading a bunch of books won’t make you a master. A person could read tons of books and still not know anything. If you do your research and do your best work, it won’t…[Read more]
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Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic Beginners' Tips For Writing Science Fiction in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 5 months ago
Hey @emily-d ,
No, I haven’t read the Winds of Light books, but they look interesting. 🙂 Have you read any of Chuck Black’s other works?
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Brandon Miller replied to the topic Beginners' Tips For Writing Science Fiction in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 5 months ago
I have been tagged.
Again.
Which is fantastic, because even though I don’t find a lot of time to spend here, this is the topic I want to spend it in. Also, I think that my lack of actually showing up for this discussion has made me into something of a legend. (@Mark-Kamibaya “master of science fiction” Thanks, that’s really sweet of you but…[Read more] -
Snapper replied to the topic Just Chatter #2 in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 5 months ago
@emily-d Good. I can’t stand soccer or football. 😛 The US has the NFL, but I never watch it. Actually, I don’t really like sports at all. On par with cats. 😛
Fortunately, I don’t know many Beatles. ‘We all live in a Yellow Submarine.’ Just why?? 😛
Techno music gives me a headache from time to time. 😛
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Mark Kamibaya replied to the topic Beginners' Tips For Writing Science Fiction in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 5 months ago
Sci-Fi Research Part 1
So the first thing I did was research what science fiction actually is. I looked for a whole bunch of definitions. Many went something like “science fiction is a genre that deals with futuristic science and technology” or “it’s merely a setting.” Personally, I found the “dealing with technology” definition to be quite…[Read more]
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Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic Beginners' Tips For Writing Science Fiction in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 5 months ago
Some Christian sci-fi books I can personally recommend are The Robot Wars series by Sigmund Brouwer, and Cloak of the Light by Chuck Black.
I don’t really have any tips that I can think of, @emily-d …
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Leumeister replied to the topic Beginners' Tips For Writing Science Fiction in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 5 months ago
You’re welcome. 🙂 I’d love to give you more tips if you need them. What did you think about that speed of light acceleration thing? Pretty foreign to what we see in the media, huh?
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Louise Fowler replied to the topic Just Chatter #2 in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 5 months ago
@emily-d Lol, you’re welcome 😉 It was annoying me, for sure, because I never knew if people were tagging me or not 😀
@JaynieCatgirl08 lol, I think my dad tried it once and it didn’t work either. It could be that cats think the cucumbers are snakes, and as far as I’m aware, our cats have never seen a snake.
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Louise Fowler replied to the topic Just Chatter #2 in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 6 months ago
@emily-d The crazy thing is, my horse was an oldie – about 12, I think. And so everyone was very surprised he bolted. In fact, he was the one I rode all the time because he was old and placid. They didn’t think he would be capable of doing what he did.
And I have to say, it’d be a very vague idea 😉 I’ve never had a bad sprain, but I bet it’s…[Read more]
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Mark Kamibaya replied to the topic Beginners' Tips For Writing Science Fiction in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 6 months ago
KP is gonna kill me . . .
Yo, @emily-d (and @dragon-snapper for that matter). Here’s the thing. I said I was writing an article for the Sci-Fi month at KP, but I never actually submitted it. So instead of wasting all the research I put into it, I’ll just post my findings on this thread.
And, yeah, I do have a blog, but I don’t have dedicated sci…[Read more]
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Snapper replied to the topic Just Chatter #2 in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 6 months ago
@rolena-hatfield Mostly movie soundtracks and music by people like Audiomachine. Epic soundtracks are my main writing songs.
Once, when I was on a horse for the first time, it bucked. And I thought that felt like flying. 😛
@emily-D Don’t worry. I like Newsboys too. Especially the song Save Your Life. I really like a variety of music, though I…[Read more] -
Rolena Hatfield replied to the topic Just Chatter #2 in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 6 months ago
@emily-d @holly-nelson-gray
Hey girls! We should finally be free of technical difficulties here.Emily, I bet that 90 quad bike is adorable! Yay, another person who likes to go fast!!! We have a track in our backyard (did I already say that?). It’s on a small hill, so it’s fun to go slowly down the bumpy side and then gun it on the flat stretch…[Read more]
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Rolena Hatfield posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
Okay, *takes a deep breath* I’m testing a theory, gals. @emily-d @holly-nelson-gray. Let’s see if we can go reply like normal if the comments are so full. (don’t worry I saved our sweet get to know you party convo here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VnOe1uyhAAUku8pO_tyeTEsIQAebm0RJzJdx7S4u4js/edit?usp=sharing if you wanna see our previous…[Read more]
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Rolena Hatfield posted a new activity comment 7 years, 6 months ago
@emily-d She’s here!!! (brings in a couple of pounds of gelato) I’ve never had gelato before, but if someone likes it even better than ice cream, it’s gotta be great stuff!
Yay for books! I know it’s terrible to ask for just one! You have a great list there and I’m sure you could go on and on (me too! 😉 )
I am all for randomness! I’ll be…[Read more]-
Ooo and Emily… I read your previous missing reply in my emails and it said you’ve been published here on Kingdom Pen! Was that a short story, poem or something else? (I wanna go back and read it now that I personally know the author 😉 )
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Hmm… @holly-nelson-gray This is odd. I’m checking into it.
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It won’t let me post many words either 😀 Is it doing that just right here in the public messaging or on the main forum page as well?
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Maybe there’s a limit to how much we can post in the comments under a personal profile update?!
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Another thought, sometimes when I try to post in the forum, it won’t show up right away but will pop up like an hour later (slow processing I guess).
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Rolena Hatfield posted a new activity comment 7 years, 6 months ago
@holly-nelson-gray @emily-d
Okay, I know that Emily replied to this (cause my email notifications say so) but her reply hasn’t show up on the KP screen yet. 🙁 I’ll see if I can get that reply here… But while I’m working on that… I see you both are working on a dystopian book. I know I’ve recommended this author to Emily, but you should check…[Read more] -
Rolena Hatfield posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
@holly-nelson-gray @emily-d
Hey girlies! Welcome to the get to know you party! *blowsbubblesandballoonseverywhere* You two know each other right? 😉 Great! (Rolena hands out ice cream. You both like ice cream, no?!) There, now that the party’s been started, it’s time for the games to begin. By games I mean, I’d love to get to know you girls…[Read more]-
Hurray! My first guest has arrived! *surriesaroundtryingtolookbusyashostessofthisparty* Well you may have ALL the chocolate ice cream that you’d like here! (I’m more of a vanilla bean/strawberry girl myself 😉 ) Awww!!! That’s so great you’ve been friends since then <3 Lemme guess that if you've been can't remember a time when you weren't writing…[Read more]
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Opps. A couple of mistypes in that last comment 🙂 Typing too fast I guess. Oh! And is that you in your profile picture?? @holly-nelson-gray Also, I’m sending your sister Trinity an email right now about her account 😉 I figured when I saw her application that you two were sisters!
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*mouthhangsopen* That’s awesome! My mom grew up riding horses, but I’ve barely sat on top of one for more than ten minutes. I also have a friend who’s training to be an Olympic rider. I love watching people ride though! Do you compete?
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/Sci-Fi Dystopian. It’s about these 10 kids/ Nice! Those 10 kids must be the multiple characters you were talking about that you’ve been character profiling. That is a lot of characters! But that means you’ll have lots of different and fun personalities to work with! Do you have one main character who’s the prime narrator?
I shall have to look…[Read more]-
@holly-nelson-gray @emily-d
Okay, I know that Emily replied to this (cause my email notifications say so) but her reply hasn’t show up on the KP screen yet. 🙁 I’ll see if I can get that reply here… But while I’m working on that… I see you both are working on a dystopian book. I know I’ve recommended this author to Emily, but you should check…[Read more]
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Hey There!!!
Avid reader and horse-lover here.
So sorry I’m late: but please don’t rub it in. Okay, fav authors: Sigmund Brouwer, Rosemary Sutcliff, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, C. S. Lewis Mathew Harding, etc. Favourite books *checks Rolena’s temperature and pulse* Rolena, how can you have ONE favourite book??? I know I can’t! So, some…[Read more]
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@emily-d She’s here!!! (brings in a couple of pounds of gelato) I’ve never had gelato before, but if someone likes it even better than ice cream, it’s gotta be great stuff!
Yay for books! I know it’s terrible to ask for just one! You have a great list there and I’m sure you could go on and on (me too! 😉 )
I am all for randomness! I’ll be…[Read more]-
Ooo and Emily… I read your previous missing reply in my emails and it said you’ve been published here on Kingdom Pen! Was that a short story, poem or something else? (I wanna go back and read it now that I personally know the author 😉 )
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Hmm… @holly-nelson-gray This is odd. I’m checking into it.
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It won’t let me post many words either 😀 Is it doing that just right here in the public messaging or on the main forum page as well?
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Maybe there’s a limit to how much we can post in the comments under a personal profile update?!
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Another thought, sometimes when I try to post in the forum, it won’t show up right away but will pop up like an hour later (slow processing I guess).
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Rolena Hatfield posted a new activity comment 7 years, 6 months ago
Hey Emily! ( @emily-d ) Well besides this one :p (KP is my favorite!) Most of my favorite sites (usually blogs by authors) were mentioned in my blog thread on the forum 🙂 My favorite right now is Nadine Brandes http://nadinebrandes.com/ She has some wonderful thoughts for writers and really has a mindset to minister to everyone she comes in…[Read more]
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Haha! I didn’t see that you had started a thread about this in the forum 🙂 So I basically echoed quite a few people. But they do say if more than one person says it’s good you should definitely check it out!
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Daeus replied to the topic Poetry Rythm in the forum Poetry 7 years, 6 months ago
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]
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Rolena Hatfield replied to the topic Beginners' Tips For Writing Science Fiction in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 6 months ago
@brandon-miller writes sci-fi. Perhaps he has some tips. (yes, I’m putting you on the spot :p)
@Emily-D as Mark said, in June here at KP our monthly topic is Sci-Fi! So watch for articles next month that will be a good resource!
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Mark Kamibaya replied to the topic Beginners' Tips For Writing Science Fiction in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 6 months ago
Yo @emily-d! I’m currently writing an article on this very topic that will hopefully be published by KingdomPen. The topic of the month of June is Science Fiction so that’s when my article will (fingers crossed) be published.
Right now, all I can say is quality over quantity. Research the genre, analyze books, break down movies, talk to people .…[Read more]
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Ahhhhh!!!! It won’t let me post more than three words…. 🙁
Actually that was more than three words wasn’t it :p
I’ve never encountered this before… *tapschin*
Annnnddd now I’m talking to myself…
Perhaps, Holly and Emily, we’ll have to use some other source of communication to continue our convo or we’ll have to shorten our posts to a three word question followed by a three word answer…
That would be most difficult being the writers that we are :p
Ooo, how about this?! I’ll change the google doc in the link above and then you can reply there and use as many words as you want! (Only if ya’ll would like 🙂 ) Let me know if you’d like to continue chatting this way, cause I’d need your permission to add your email to the doc to allow you access.
Hi! @rolena-hatfield Yes I love quads! I have a 90 (way off, Hols! lol) It’s adorable. It fits on the back of my best friend’s dad’s Toyota Hilux (in other words, it’s tiny!) Yes, I love going fast. I like to go full speed. Though on my bike that’s probably only about 35 kilometres per hour. Sorry Rolena that this is all very Australian lol.…[Read more]
Make that MASSIVE music lover 🙂
PLUS isn’t there an easy way to fix this communication thingie? I mean, we’re sending public messages anyway. Can’t we just make a new forum called Emily Rolena Holly Chat (or whatever) and talk on there????