Kate Flournoy

Ooh, that’s a lovely tortoise @David! Do you like working with geometric forms like that better, or just winging it however it flows? 🙂

@overcomer I’m streamlining and rewriting the plot of my newest WIP—seven chapters down, one hundred and eight left to go! 😛

Actually @christi-eaton, it already exists… right here. 😀

That. Is. So. Cute. I love it! *debates whether to fill up the rest of post with grinning emojis. Decides against it*

Fair enough. 😉

Ah… very valid point, @Daeus. I don’t think I’ve ever delved there in my quests for writerly wisdom. 😉 I have to say I agree… wow. I just learned something I was totally missing. Thanks so much! 😀

I’m writing now… tag along if you like. @Daeus @bluejay @faithdk @hope @anyone-who-wants-to…

@gretald I know, right? We know all these awesome techniques, and some of us *gulp* sound so wise and learned, but there’s such a difference between knowing/talking about something and actually implementing it! 😛

@Daeus wow, okay, yeah, I was thinking more like plot-changing reactions. I totally agree about character minor reactions being important too, but I don’t know if you and I are thinking of the same thing when we say that… would you mind elaborating?

Oops, tag: @gretald

Ooh… nice emotional punch in the gut! 😛 The strongest thing, I’m gonna say, is the emotional impact of everything that happened in the story. The story is adorable— very sweet.
I think your prose needs a little work, though. Not the structure of it— but using it to capture all the untapped drama of a character’s inner world.
For instance,…[Read more]

You want it to be timeless? 🙂 That’s a good thing. I do think that’s something very worthwhile to strive for.
But I also think it would help if you included the best of both worlds.

That said, you still did a lovely job. Keep it up! 😀

Ah… I see. Wow, I’ll have to think about it! 😀

You know what, I don’t even know this story… can it be briefly sketched? Or do you know where I could read it?

Awesome! I got 576 words of editing and re-writing done. 🙂 Thanks for writing with me!

Alrighty @gretald. 😉 I’m still with you.

I’m with you all the way, @gretald!

Hey hey hey @gretald I’m in. 🙂

*nods firmly, smothers chuckle* Very sound advice @Daeus.

*grabs maxim, slams inky stamp on it so hard knocks inkwell off table* Writing guru approved. *huge grin*
Honestly I can’t find a single problem with that. I might even make the ratio even more unbalanced in favor of reaction. 99.9 percent of action is reaction, after all. You need one teensy piece of action to start the whole chain going, and…[Read more]