Faith Kindred

Numbers; problems. That’s all they ever write in me. Multiplication; addition; subtraction; division. I’m so tired by the end of the day.
Sometimes I end up with a really bad case of chicken pox. Do you know how horrible that is?
I wish they’d write stories in me instead. Battles; romance; westerns; fantasy. How much nicer that would be.
Words;…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper Oo I love medieval as a genre. My only problem is that my characters all speak modern day English.
Tell me, do you like flying????

@daeus Sorry, missed you again!!!!!!!!! So out of practise and really busy.
However, is there anyone who wants to write now? @overcomer; @jadamae; @daeus; @kate-flournoy; @clairec; @anna-brie; @anyone-else-who-I-haven’t-thought-of

Ok people, this is like my topic, so I might just say a thing or two.

As I already mentioned, rewriting is, in my opinion, the most educational thing a writer can do. Forcing yourself to fix major problems teaches yourself so much about how you actually write and how it should look in contrast. Here are some of my biggest lessons.

POV matters.…[Read more]

Ok people, this is like my topic, so I might say a thing or two.

As I already mentioned, rewriting is, in my opinion, the most educational thing a writer can do. Forcing yourself to fix major problems teaches yourself so much about how you actually write and how it should look in contrast. Here are some of my biggest lessons.

POV matters.…[Read more]

@Daeus good idea. Okay people— so near the beginning of the book I had it so one character would be teaching another to sword-fight. I spent quite a bit of time developing their relationship prior to that— one character is so stubborn he wouldn’t have let the other character teach him if they hadn’t known each other for quite some time. So…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy Actually, I would say there is no better way to learn writing, period.

Now I’ll have to be gone for just a moment because guess what I’m doing? Yep, rewriting.

By the way, you might want to give some more detailed examples of your lesson for people who aren’t familiar with your book.

@kate-flournoy Actually, I would say there is not better way to learn writing, period.

Now I’ll have to be gone for just a moment because guess what I’m doing? Yep, rewriting.

By the way, you might want to give some more detailed examples of your lesson for people who aren’t familiar with your book.

Ha. Anything, of course. 😉 No limit.

Yes. Besides reading, there’s almost nothing that can better prepare someone for writing than rewriting. Which may sound a bit counter-intuitive, but it’s true.

Only one thing? Oh, dear. 😉

I’ve done a lot of rewriting and it’s a super enlightening process. I’ll have to think about this a bit and come back.

@dragon-snapper Yeah, well, one can only handle so many dragons and then it all breaks down into chaos.

So, @daeus and @anna-bria, this is what I have now. I like most of it, I’m just not sure about the final line in the first and third stanza. The line in the third stanza, by the way, needs to hold the idea that the nation will be destroyed if the victor (from the line before) doesn’t unite the countries.

Ancient sign, bitter fate,
Scar and oath…[Read more]

*gasp* You’ve got to read Lord of the Rings, @anna-brie! They are so good!

I had Steelheart from the library, but returned it because I didn’t have time to read it. I might pick it back up again sometime. But the next book on my list are the Inkheart trilogy. Joy is reading them and she really likes them.

@dragon-snapper Welcome, dragon captain. So, do you tame dragons, hunt them, or…umm, are you a rogue dragon who somehow slipped past the moderators?

@Dragon-Snapper awesome handle. Is there a story behind that?

Oh yeah— welcome to the Realm of the KeePers of the Kingdom. There are *ahem* a few dragons on this forum, myself included… it would be greatly appreciated if you refrained from doing any… erm… snapping? 😉

Where do you hail from?

Glad to have you here. *salutes* Captain. 😉

Hullo @bluejay. Are you writing tonight?

Howdy Dragon Snapper. Nice way to cruise on in. Looks like there’s a good forecast on the forum. Should be nice travel.

@dragon-snapper *stares at post with open mouth. Reads command at the end and obeys* **Applauds**
Welcome to Kingdom Pen the bestistest place on earth.
*Gasps* *I’ve always wanted to fly* Dreams do come true.
So…tell us about you. How long have you been writing? Favourite authors? Genre?
And I’ll say it again………..welcome. 🙂

I like it, Hope. But I’m not that good with poetry. There are a few bit’s that don’t quite flow well, in particularly this line: The sign reveals Firstflowing’s tomb.
Perhaps you can incorporate some of what Daeus has done. I like what he’s done with the third stanza as well.