Greta

Hey guys @Daeus @Hope @Jadamae @Gretald @Bluejay @Emma-Flournoy @anyone-else-who-was-on-this-topic, what do you think of the title ‘The Way Not Taken’? I know, I know, it’s not one word, but I kinda like it just the same. I’d forgotten about it until today, when a friend brought it up in a letter that I’d been considering that as a title. What do…[Read more]

@gretald heehee… 😉 Thanks for the votes. I’m still wavering on the fence, actually. :/ I’ll figure it out one of these days.

Hmm, it looks like maybe a few people got busy this week and forgot. Busyness is all cool, but if it’s just plain old forgetting, I’m on a mission to remind. Here goes.

@christi-eaton @faithdk @gretald @belegteleri @spradlin @hannah-c @sarah-h @overcomer @dbhgodreigns @zoe-wingfeather @hannah-olsen @writefury @anna-brie @hannah-krynicki @hislittl…[Read more]

Thanks, @kate-flournoy , I will. 🙂

Just as a heads up, in case any of you want to join me, @daeus , @aella , @zoe-wingfeather , @spradlin , @writefury, @rolena-hatfield , @sarah-h , @bluejay , @faithdk , @hope , @gretald , I’m participating in a 100 for 100 Summer challenge Go Teen Writers is having. You can sign up now, but it begins June…[Read more]

Thanks, @kate-flournoy , I will. 🙂

Just as a heads up, in case any of you want to join me, @daeus , @aella , @zoe-wingfeather , @spradlin , @writefury, @rolena-hatfield , @sarah-h , @bluejay , @faithdk , @hope , @gretald , I’m participating in a 100 for 100 Summer challenge Go Teen Writers is having. You can sign up now, but it begins June…[Read more]

@gretald I cried; I cry at very few books, but the end of the Wingfeather Saga was one of them. ;(

@gretald See, I wish there’d been an extra line or two to the Giver, to tell me it was real and not just his imagination…even though I am pretty sure it is real. When I read stories, I want to read to the very end, not be left with an implied happy ending but not knowing for sure if the MC gets better or stays dead, for example. 😉

@gretald There’s lots of new characters in the second series. Percy is one of seven characters, so he’s in it (starting with the next book) but not as much. As to are they worth reading…I’m glad I read them once, and they are funny and well written, but I’ll probably not read them again mainly because they’re so long.

I think…I don’t know.…[Read more]

@gretald I really enjoyed Magnus Chase, though it was different. The Norse gods aren’t quite as polished as the Greek ones. 😉 I did read Heroes of Olympus. The writing was good, but I felt like it was too long. So many things happened, but it took forever to get somewhere. Also, since Riordan isn’t a Christian, the lifestyle and morals of minor…[Read more]

@gretald Ah yes, Percy Jackson. I just finished reading The Hidden Oracles and I liked Magnus Chase too, but I still think Percy is my favorite. Rick Riordan is such a good writer…It’s just too bad he’s not a Christian writer. 😉

Do you mean hooks @gretald? That’s what I’ve always heard them called (though there are many names for everything). You mean some sort of exciting first line/paragraph that really catches people’s attention, I assume.

I guess I’m not obsessed with them, since, of the two books I’ve ever written, my novella started off with a setting description…[Read more]

Some of the best authors (like Jane Austen) begin their novels horribly…

What?! @gretald I think the beginning of Pride and Prejudice is one of the very best opening sentences of all time! ‘It is universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife’— what’s left to be desired? 😛
Oh well. To…[Read more]

@gretald Alright, that’s fine.

@gretald That should work.

@gretald, @dbhgodreigns, and @hannah-krynicki

His main objective in writing this story seems to be to convince others of whatever points he’s trying to get across in his writing.

I agree that Orwell has some points to get across to the reader. We’ll find out what those points are pretty soon. 🙂

@spradlin Orwell is telling the story for his audience. If he was writing for himself, he would vent his own opinions a lot more- think of Victor Hugo’s dissertations in Les Miz. I also believe that he’s slowly working in an allegory. @daeus You’re right that a person who hadn’t heard of communism before would not recognize it, but I think he’s…[Read more]

@gretald I would agree. I also agree with Daeus that Orwell got his point across (I’ve also read Animal Farm before)
@Daeus I think the allegory is what makes Animal Farm neat.