Hannah Olsen

@Northerner thanks for sharing your story. I started writing when I was thirteen, found KP when I was fourteen, and never looked back. That’s… WOW. O.o Is that four years ago? Yikes…
But yes. Anyway. KP is wonderful and amazing and fantastical and too good to be true and I would probably have quit writing by now if I’d never found them. Thank…[Read more]

@Cloudy I’d love to, but I think I’m going to follow @Daeus‘s example and restrain myself. Thanks for the invitation though. 😉

I’m not finished with my current WIP yet so I’m just sticking with numbers for now. But provided they’re not spoiling anything (such as mentioning a death or a betrayal) I like chapter titles. They can build anticipation and make it easier for me to find my place if I loose it or to reread a favorite section. I can just look for the title that…[Read more]

Ah, that makes sense.

@cloudy This basically a video chat thing?

I don’t think I’ll be on it. I need to discipline myself. Video’s too addicting. I might drop in on rare occasions though.

@emma-flournoy I don’t believe so.

@Northerner We’re glad to have you. 🙂

Personally, I know I would never be where I am without KP.

@Dragon-Snapper *chokes* W-well, I guess… thank you?? 😛 *cough* I’m sorry… perhaps you can write one, eh? *winks**chuckles*

@Dragon-Snapper *chokes* W-well, I guess… thank you?? 😛 *cough* I’m sorry… perhaps you can write one, eh? *winks**chuckles*

@Emma-Flournoy heh… *grins* I popped up unannounced in her google doc and opened the chat and said hi. 😀

@Jess Alrighty, see ya!

@jess I’m here! I have an email I have to get sent out today, so I will be working on that. 🙂

@That_Writer_Girl_99 go do your exam, deary. 😉

@That_Writer_Girl_99 there’s a button at the top of the document with a word bubble on it, where it shows who’s logged in. Just click it. 😉

@That_Writer_Girl_99 *hysterical laughter* It was too good of an opportunity to pass up.

@Emma-Flournoy sneaky! XD I wasn’t ready yet…

@That_Writer_Girl_99 oooh— cool flashback! I love it. *grins* Good job.

@Holly-Nelson-Gray yeah… what they said. 😉

This may be a somewhat random tangent of this topic, but I’ve found that a lot of times body language can be used to replace dialogue and automatically include more description. Instead of ‘Hey, why are you cleaning the fridge?’
‘Because it’s dirty and needs cleaning and I’m disgusted about it, that’s…[Read more]

@Holly-Nelson-Gray If you haven’t yet, check out our recently published articles on writing descriptions. I think once you have a full understanding of the potential of descriptions and dialogue, your brain will naturally sort out how to balance them.

Your problem probably isn’t so much that you have too much dialogue, but that you don’t have…[Read more]

See you guys around! @daeus @Dragon-Snapper