Emma

@Daeus looks great. The only thing I noticed is a typo at the very end— in the money back section, you said ‘every’ when you meant ‘ever’. Other than that, it’s lovely. 🙂

@Daeus everything looks great. 🙂

@Daeus *raises hand*

Random social stranger at a random social function: “Oh, you write books? Cool! What’s your book about?”

Me, randomly trying to function socially: *stilted grin and shivering, nervous laugh* “Here, let me… let me…” *digs out notebook with a triumphant flourish* “I wrote it down!”

XD

@Dragon-snapper

@Dragon-Snapper ugh I am so sorry. I have no idea why it does that to you. *offers you conciliatory chocolate*

Yeah… trying to pitch your book on the spur of the moment is torture. Especially if the person is just trying to make conversation and you can tell they really don’t care. And then you walk away from the encounter and think of a dozen…[Read more]

@jenwriter17  my most memorable and embarrassing writerly moment will always be the time I had to explain to the chiropractor that my hip was out of place because I slipped on our hardwood floor choreographing a fight scene… he was very nice about it, but the startled, slightly skeptical sidelong look he gave me, and the funny little laugh,…[Read more]

@Bella-D *salutes* Happy to be of service! 🙂

@Bella-D it would appear I have been summoned. Thank you @daeus.  🙂

Let me see… there are a number of potential answers to this question. The one that ended up being the answer for me isn’t so much about changing the side of the character that is reserved, brooding, and unresponsive, but about developing a second side to balance it— the one…[Read more]

@gh24682468999

Thanks for the links! I’ll definitely check them out!

@livgiordano

They’d probably be great friends. XD

Thanks! I’ll check it out.

Wish me luck, as I’ve got to have *something* ready for him tomorrow…

@Sam-Kowal I know! Crazy. I love it. 😛

@daeus

Thanks. Finding what matters to him. hmm…

@radically-surrendered

Awesome!!

I was planning on articles, but have found out he thinks they are awful… so we’ll see how a few go over.

I think he’ll grasp it quickly… *if* he cares like you said.

@that_writing_girl_99

Pretty much, unless it’s math, the kid zones out.

Aaah, yes, I use the word kid loosely. He’s fifteen.

Pretty much where he is seeing chaos, I’m having trouble explaining how, there can be, if he uses it, order.

I don’t really understand either. I believe they want me to kind of… coach him through writing the novella?…[Read more]

@Aella yikes… I do not envy you. 😛

Well… oh boy. If this was my task, I’d probably take a mathematical approach, since communication is all about presenting the material in the way your audience is already used to thinking.

First, I would explain the purpose of fiction— how it’s use is to touch people on the heart and make them think…[Read more]

@waterlily I would!

@Sam-Kowal I actually think about that more than I probably should… 😛 The possibilities are just so fascinating!

@warrioroftherealm Haven’t been on here for a while (thanks college), but I decided to give my two cents.

Yeah, elemental powers may seem pretty cliche at first glance. But there are many amazing stories that use potentially “cliched” premises as starting points. Cliche is usually a relative term. For example, revenge plots and the lovable…[Read more]

If you had not tagged me and I’d missed the opportunity you’d have been in serious trouble.

@Daeus yes!