Jane Maree

@perfectfifths  Ohhhh, I hate that!

Sometimes, for me, I finish drawing the body, but the head is too big, so I make it smaller. But that means I have to make the neck longer, and it ends up being like a giraffe! ARGH!

I think that happened when I was drawing my current profile picture, actually XD

Thanks! Yes, mine often end up small, too.…[Read more]

I’m making notes for characters in the KPA and I have some specific questions. If you don’t want to be in the KPA, you don’t have to answer these questions

For those of you who are new, I’m writing a story about us crazy people/creatures/aliens. It’s code named “KeePer Adventure,” or KPA

@waterlily  Do you want to be a mermaid?

@skredder  Do y…[Read more]

@dekreel No, I mean if I have to re-draw the head (because the neck is “attached” to the body), sometimes I don’t draw it on in the right place and it’s not centred or something.

Oh, that’s some really good advice. 😀 I should do more eye practise. My other problem is I make my drawings so small, it’s often hard to do details like that.

@skredder  Yeah? Well I have written NOTHING so far! XD

Then again it hasn’t been an hour XD

@perfectfifths  You mean the neck is always bent…?

I discovered that if you want to make your characters more expressive, focus on the eyes. The eyelids, the shape, the pupils, the eyebrows, everything. For example, I discovered that if you want your character to look excited, happy, or even scared, the pupils need to be fairly small, and they…[Read more]

@dekreel Probably. I’d just move the face though, if everything else about the head is all right. Oftentimes the neck doesn’t like up right on the head. XD I’m also not very good at profiles, though I’m working on that, and I don’t think my characters are as expressive as they could be. 😛

@skredder  @aislinn-mollisong  @dragon-snapper  @winter-rose  @jane-maree  @seekjustice  @anyone

I’m writing. Hopefully. I might get distracted. Again… X)

Congrats, Aislinn! Hooray for inspiration! *high five*

@perfectfifths  That happens with me, too. Do you ever have to adjust the chin or jaw because it doesn’t line up with the nose or mouth? I have to do that all the time!

@dekreel Oh yeah, I usually do the head first too, to get a general idea of the size, but because my proportions are usually off, the head size usually ends up changing.

@sarah-anson That is how I’d like to draw my manga. How do you do that?? 😀

@aviantrail I get ya. Ugh, school.

I’ve played piano for 8 years and over the past year have been trying to teach myself guitar. That’s going so-so, ’cause I can never remember to practice.

@waterlily

First, I love your profile pic! Are you a horse lover?!

I see you’ve already got some good advice and seem to know what you’re doing, but I thought I’d give some input, if you don’t mind that is😊….When I’m outlining, I usually don’t think about chapters until I have the book mapped out the way I want it. I’ve heard of some experts…[Read more]

Hey @naomijackson,

I’m not really sure what you’re asking here, but I’ll answer two things-

One: I try to give each of my chapters a word count consistent with that of my other chapters, but if a chapter is a few hundred words shorter than the others, I don’t sweat it. Any amount of changes can happen based on how I feel about the chapter by the…[Read more]

@naomijackson I don’t think it’s best to just insert chapter breaks wherever there is a cliffhanger. You want chapters to be fairly similar in length with just a handfull of short and long ones thrown in there. I believe writing chapter breaks in the first draft helps me craft nice chapter breaks and more cliffhangers because I’m planning for the…[Read more]

@waterlily 🙂 Looks like you already got some great advice, but I’d say, if you actually don’t naturally add them, go ahead and just do what you’re doing.

I actually haven’t even thought of not adding chapter breaks, I usually have it at least roughly planned in my mind where things will be divided up.

@mariposa Oohhh… I wish to read this novel.

Here’s one I just made for a character in the third book of my trilogy. He’s eight.

@skredder Still Embers. But I have made PROGRESS!

@everyone all of the above.

@dekreel Yes. He’s become my “rational” side. Either him or Aislinn27.

I’m here. Finally. Actually writing. WRITING, I TELL YOU!

Ahem. Apologies. I just haven’t written more than a couple sentences in two weeks, so I’m a little excited. @catwing @dekreel @ingridrd @skredder

@GracieGirl Coolness.

YES I love Mere Christianity. *flails* I’m glad you’re reading it. Have you read The Screwtape Letters too?
I’m reading a true WWII rescue account called The Forgotten 500 right now. It’s pretty cool. In the fiction realm, one of the things I’ve read recently which I liked quite a bit was the Mysterious Benedict Society…[Read more]

@aviantrail  Oh, and here you can find a chart of the Doctor Who seasons overall. It’s under “Series overview”

And here is a list of the names of all the Doctors since the chart only gives you their ordinal number:

• First Doctor — William Hartnell
• Second Doctor — Patrick Troughton
• Third Doctor — Jon Pertwee   (recommended for c…

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