Emily D

@emily-d @perfectfifths Well, the biggest slang I can think of is “ya’ll”, but that’s more of a southern thing. Otherwise, I can’t really think of any either. Really, there are a bunch of different regional accents. Northern, Southern, and Californian.

@emily-d Yes I’ve seen the movie, and I want to read the book 😀

@dragon-snapper Hmm… ‘Merican slang… I dunno. Do you have slang?

@holly-nelson-gray @emily-d Now I’m afraid to answer. 😛
Well, mainly for me, it’s ‘mate’. If you’re trying to sound Australian in America, you use your all’s accent, and then you add ‘mate’ to the beginning or end of your sentence. 😀
Does it ever seem like Americans have slang to you?

@emily-d I think I read that, but I’ve only read it once, and I don’t quite remember 🙂 But I’m sure I would have, because Banjo Patterson 😉

@emily-d @dragon-snapper OOoh, Yes! I love The Man from Snowy River (No, you cannot just watch the movie to know what it’s like – read the poem!) and I also love The Man from Ironbark 😀

@perfectfifths @emily-d Or maybe Americans are the ones using said slang. At least, I don’t think we do…

@emily-d I have no idea if we use weird slang all the time, because to us it wouldn’t be weird slang, it’d be normal, everyday speech! XD

I know we (and by we I mean my family and the people I know) don’t use a lot of slang, and probably don’t “sound” very Australian compared to what Americans might expect. But I have briefly met people who are…[Read more]

Oh yeah. Didn’t see @emily-d ‘s post before. I gotcha.

@emily-d @dragon-snapper Well, I don’t hear kookaburras very often, so when I do, I think it’s cool 😀 And I’ve ever had one snatch a saussie off the barbie 😉

@emily-d XD! Wonder why that is?

Sci-Fi Tips Part 16: The Final Installation

@emily-d @dragon-snapper @brandon-miller @leumeister @holly-nelson-gray @jayniecatgirl08 @sleepwalkingMK @daeus @overcomer @sierra-r

Honestly, I have so much more research I could pour into this thread, but sci-fi month is over so I’ll leave it as it is. Hope you guys enjoyed my rants and raves on…[Read more]

Aaand now that that’s over . . .

For the last week of the month of June, I’ll be posting random tips that might actually be useful (unlike my deconstruction of sub-genres) :). I’ll tag random people so they can follow this thread throughout the last week of Sci-Fi Month and (hopefully) read the sub-genre deconstructions that I posted earlier.…[Read more]

@emily-d There is a quite simple answer to your question. How do you write a fantastic character? I have no idea. *bookmarks page*

@emily-d I shall direct you toward our best resource on creating a truly fantastic character. 🙂 (in case you haven’t read these yet)
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@emily-d I shall direct you toward our best resource on creating a truly fantastic character. 🙂 (in case you haven’t read these yet)

@Emily-d Great question! I am no writing expert, but one thing I’ve learned about creating characters is that quirks are your secret weapon. People in real life always have quirks (perhaps not as crazy as the ones in books, but you get my point), so when you give your character a quirk, it makes them feel real to the reader. It can be something as…[Read more]