Emma Flournoy

@emily-d  I got through like a third of the book before I… got bored of it. It’s intriguing, and very well-written, but there’s barely any action, just talking. And talking. And talking. Is suppose if I read the rest of it I would change my mind…… But it’s been awhile, and I think I’d have to start over at the very beginning.

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@emily-d 😀 Yeah, I have read it

I was at first expecting to completely hate it

But, I actually really like it

Elizabeth is a great character, and the plot is interesting, and Jane Austen’s writing is really sophisticated and intelligent

It’s lacking all of its dragons, and 100% percent of its epic battle scenes, but it’s still quite…[Read more]

@winter-rose I love the updated one

I think there needs to be something more connecting the first sentence with the second, though.

It would work great early on to have

Another bodyguard would give anything to protect a lady from the Slate family.

BUT Cocky Rook Warren is afraid of girls, or at least that’s what his fellow bodyguards a…

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@inkling-for-christ

Yeah, what @sam-kowal said. 😛

@inkling-for-christ  Everything that the course teaches about showing and the techniques to use it more effectively, for example, body language, can be transferred into first person just by changing what the character says, for example

“I walked down the hall slowly, feeling nervous (telling)

would change to

“I shuffled down the hall, my hands…[Read more]

All KeePers and Kapeefers alike, I can also seriously recommend this course. Click it. Sign up. Do the thing.

@Winter-rose perfect. 🙂

@dekreel @aislinn-mollisong I’m glad you guys enjoyed it at much as I did. 🙂 So much love and work was poured into that. I enjoyed the credits rather immensely. (Especially when the last two names in the special thanks section are new friends of yours 🙂 )

@inkling-for-christ First person and third person really aren’t that different. Mood setting descriptions, body language, sensations — they all still work. If you have trouble telling in a first person story, it seems you have a telly-y narrator. If your narrator is constantly telling how he/she feels or giving too much information about the…[Read more]

@winter-rose eh… close enough. ;P

@jenwriter17 well first of all, I must have somehow missed your introduction cuz I don’t remember saying hello. Hello, and welcome. 😉 I’m an old timer here, but I haven’t been around much lately due to crazy life. I’m so pleased to see new faces filling in.

Writing goals… *whimpering laugh*

Oh boy.

1. FINALLY get the third draft of the book…

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@catwing

Actually…

If you provide me a character reference sheet, preferably with hard inked edges for reference (could be done in GIMP or Photoshop fairly easily), in a T-pose, in at least three different angles (top, front, left or right, and if you can, the back) with the fingers, elbows, and knees bent slightly, with a neutral expression,…[Read more]

@Winter-Rose nineteen this coming March… how close are we? 😛

@eamily I’ve yet to read it, but my friend loves it, and none of her recommendations have fallen short, so I have good reason to believe I’ll enjoy it. 🙂

By the way, thanks for including me in these books discussions. I love talking books! 😀

@emily I think I’ll have to read it again. I don’t remember much of it, but I do think I know what you mean about not connecting with the characters. But I think it was a fun read, very different to stuff I’d read before.

Also, let me try Mariposa’s tag… @mariposa

@catwing

Oh cool! If it’s still around, I’d like to see it! 😀

That’s true. There are a lot of fans of anime, and though I like the style, I’m not into it.

Mindstorms is a robotics system that LEGO made, with computers built into LEGO bricks (and this pretty big by LEGO standards), which you can program in a linear fashion (I think) using…[Read more]

@inkling-for-christ I just randomly stumbled across this forum topic, and I’m so glad I did! Definitely signing up 😀

@inkling-for-christ Haha! 😀 I don’t think I’ve ever seen a “show don’t tell” review before. Good job.

@mariposa *blinks* Stop torturing me.

@inkling-for-christ

😀 I got the same email

Stan and I got the course, too

I’m really liking it so far

I’ve watched about half of Part 1

All I can say is, @daeus thanks for making such a good learning tool available for free, and great job