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Ooooh, this sounds so fun, @ClaireC!

I’m terribly sorry, but I don’t think I have time to participate right now.
Y’all have fun though. 😀

@ClaireC

I’ve put a video on the forum once; I think I just copy-and-pasted the link, and the video popped up. I didn’t specifically mean for it to, but it did.

@Anne-of-Lothlorien

Mine’s sunlight on little white flowers at the edge of the woods.

@BlueJay

I like the second one best. 🙂

Wow, @BlueJay, you won second in the competition! Good job.
And is ‘Paperclip Productions’ your ownest company?? Wow.
I like this. Is the story taken directly from the Chuck Black story?

@BlueJay

Rumplestiltskin

The Simpleton

Jack and the Beanstalk

Little Red Riding Hood

St. George and the Dragon (or is that a true story?)

Or are all of those too like childrens’ nursery tales?

That is hilarious.

I would say what Daeus said on his post about the first poem—the meter/cadence could use some evening out; though I know with a list of words that must be used, there’s only so much you can do for rhyme and cadence.
And also, ‘a yelled of surprise’ is not grammatically correct. 😉

That’s really funny. 🙂

@BlueJay

I actually haven’t read any…according to a trusted source (ahem, @Kate-Flournoy), I may not. *shrug* What’s the use, if they’re not AMAZING?
But I know everyone has differing opinions, which I respect. 🙂
What’s supposed to be THE BEST one?

@Corissa-Maiden-of-Praise

My birthday is January 11th, and I’m late.
Wait. That wasn’t the punchline.

😉

I’m 15.

@Anne-Swiftblade, so sorry for being so very terribly late. I was tagged, but I was gone. 🙁
Happy birthday anyway!

Me too, @Jess. 🙂

Hey, that’s @BlueJay ‘s name! 🙂 🙂 🙂

@Mark-Kamibaya @Jess

Remember: Premise is what makes the readers pick up the book. Plot is what keeps them reading. Character is what makes them pick up the book a second time. And for the record I find that I always remember the characters most.

Yes, yes, yes.
So much this.

Gotcha @Jess.

I’m thinking that instead of the typical overthrow, they reconcile in some exciting, entertaining way.

That is an extremely creative idea! That could be so good; I can’t recall having seen it in a story before.

And I 200% agree with your philosophy for dealing with your ideas already being taken—‘Well, I’ll just have to make min…[Read more]

@Jess, that sounds like a terribly wonderful idea about the inventor. I love it!!

And being a “let’s see how this goes” type of writer is great sometimes, because sometimes neater ideas come as you go, rather than all planned out. 🙂

And if I know what, tell you? Where the inventor is?
Haha, well that’s for you to find out, I guess. 😀

So how l…[Read more]

@Jess, that sounds like a terribly wonderful idea about the inventor. I love it!!

And being a “let’s see how this goes” type of writer is great sometimes, because sometimes neater ideas come as you go, rather than all planned out. 🙂

And if I know what, tell you? Where the inventor is?
Haha, well that’s for you to find out, I guess. 😀

So how l…[Read more]

This sounds really neat, @Jess.

Question: do all five of the kids each have all five abilities? I didn’t think so, but the way you said it in this post made it sound that way.
Also, why are there only five kids? If the original testers have had kids, did they only have one each—and how many years has it been?
If there are only five, why would…[Read more]

Oh nuts. That’s too bad.
There are only so many names in the world, though; sometimes you can’t help using the same ones (if it just fits too perfectly, of course)! :

You could try looking up on Google names beginning with the letter you want, if you know what linguistic origin you want; i.e., ‘danish names starting with p’
That can be really…[Read more]