Hannah Olsen

@kate-flournoy So I’ve finished book two now. I know you said it get’s better, but how much better? You see, I’ve almost lost interest in the series at this point. I know, I was just saying how I planned to finish the whole thing, but I guess I can change my mind quickly. One reason is that the books would take me a while to get through, but I’m…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy So I’ve finished book two now. I know you said it get’s better, but how much better? You see, I’ve almost lost interest in the series at this point. I know, I was just saying how I planned to finish the whole thing, but I guess I can change my mind quickly. One reason is that the books would take me a while to get through, but I’m…[Read more]

@his-instrument

Thanks for the advice! I try to use scripture whenever I can in songwriting. When you’re trying to help teach people about life in song, why not use the words God gave when he was giving us advice about life? 🙂
I probably will pick key and melody when I’m finished tying up all the rhyme schemes, etc. I used to start with chords…[Read more]

@mark-kamibaya

I think you’ve pinpointed a certain problem a lot of beginning songwriters have:

Saying more than one message in the song.

For example, lets say that you are intending to write a song on how God is all powerful.
You might reference both His justice and His goodness, but you will be focusing on one thing. Otherwise, your audience…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy Being the helpful person that I am, I both don’t know and I don’t know.

@emma-flournoy Well, the movie gave the date for his death, so I assume he was real.

@anne-of-lothlorien

I haven’t seen you around until now. Funny how our paths haven’t crossed yet, since I’ve been here for at least half a year or more…

The song I’m writing is going to be an upbeat, guitar driven song (in the southern rock/blues/country style).

Jackson E. Graham
http://jacksonegraham.wixsite.com/jackson-e-graham

@Anne-of-Lothlorien it’s from a very famous comedic fantasy that practically everyone has watched.

@The-Bean according to my observations, yes. But I don’t think it necessarily follows that one must be an introvert to be a writer. Introverts simply come to that more naturally. It’s a ‘safer’ way for them to make their voice heard.

@Anne-of-Lothlorien no, I don’t think I’ve ever based a character off a family member or someone I know. Just…[Read more]

Heyyyy, you beat me to it @Hope.
But we knows the answer to that one too. *nods sagely* Edmund to King Miraz.

‘Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.’

Ha! Little siblings can be so creepy. 😀

@WarrioroftheRealm hm… my favorite genre of music is probably traditional Celtic/Scottish/Nordic, though it’s really hard to find genuinely beautiful arrangements of traditional tunes.
And… I don’t have a favorite band. I just dig through stuff and find things I like the sound of. 😛

@Dragon-Snapper um… keep it to myself. 😛 Trying to explain awesome story ideas or plot twists to non writers just never really works. If it’s just too amazing to not tell anyone, I’ll tell @Emma-Flournoy because even though she’s not a writer herself she understands. 😉 I also write it down in my little pocket notebook. I have at least three…[Read more]

Yes @Jess. I’m praying.

@gretald, @bluejay, @writefury, @daeus,@Sarah-H, @kate-flournoy, @emma-flournoy, @dragon-snapper

I live in Idaho, so Thanksgiving is actually the 24th, but we were celebrating it one day earlier because my Dad is working the night of the 24th.

@mark-kamibaya

Haha! I have a pet-peeve of repetition too. 🙂 I don’t understand why people like to…[Read more]

@Mark-Kamibaya Probably because his inner struggle was more intense which is always interesting. It could also be to seem less pushy with the theme. As in, “Look, we’ll prove this to you with your own guy.”

@Mark-Kamibaya They focused about equally on both the main characters, though I guess the foil’s POV was used more. You could also argue though that Eric was the bigger hero.

@Mark-Kamibaya

(isn’t the theme a bit like Frozen’s? Like the theme of “Who needs guys?”)

That is hilarious. I have seen both Maleficent and Frozen, and that take on either theme did not even remotely cross my mind. I guess you could mayyyyybe see that with Maleficent, but the biggest takeaway I got from Maleficent’s theme was ‘there are other l…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy Yes He is. *nods emphatically*

That’s great Tessa. God of the little things as well, isn’t He? 😀

@Bluejay