Kate Flournoy

Wow Greta! Hm… who did you play in Charlotte’s Web? Or did you direct? 🙂

Back in the days of sibling skits, I usually directed, produced, and played all major and several minor roles myself. 😛

The only play we’ve done as a family was a play of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’. That was fun, only I wanted to be St. Nick and I had to be the…[Read more]

Murtagh. 😀

Well, I’ve actually never been in an official play, but I’ve organized countless (and better forgotten) skits with my siblings, and since those days my love for the dramatic and for acting has only grown. How about you?

That’s great! Keep it up with the calligraphy. It comes slow at first, but practice will make perfect.

Who was your favorite character in the Inheritance Cycle? Mine’s somewhat of an odd choice, so I’ll tell you after you tell me yours. 😛

What art forms do you most enjoy? I love painting with oils, acrylics, and watercolors. I also woodburn, do calligraphy, and have recently taken up digital art.

Hey there, Greta! Welcome to the Online Home for Nutcases.

There. I’ve warned you.

But welcome just the same. 😛

You like a lot of the things I do— drama, LotR, fantasy, art… and writing, of course. And before anyone else jumps on here and bashes the Inheritance Cycle, I’ll tell you I also enjoyed it, no matter its shortcomings. I didn’t…[Read more]

Yep, it was Dumas. 😛

I don’t think it’s bad at all to steal other author’s styles— it’s a definite feather in your cap if you can pull it off.

I can’t.

So I’m stuck with inventing my own style.

Ho-hum.

😛

Yup. Light you know.

What? What did I do?

Thanks David. I’ve got it now.

When your five year old sister asks you, out of the blue, ‘Why are all writers crazy?’…

… you know you’re a writer.

Hey, we could turn this thread into a book. ‘The Aspiring Writer’s Guide to the Ins and Outs of a True Writer’s Life— are you, or are you not?’

Here I am at last, Daeus! Sorry— busy day.

As a whole, this passage is much, much better. You seem to be great with dialogue— wonderful for a beginner. I love the whole thing about doing things and doing nothings— so fun. This guy telling the story is a great character.

I would definitely work with the commas, as you pointed out, and as…[Read more]

First, let me say I really liked it how you took a Dickensian twist to the street and identified each house or building by its shrubbery. That was so cool.

Most of what I have to criticize (that’s such a harsh word) has to do with style. Now. The butchery.

I had a lot of the problems I’m seeing here when I started out, so I was able to recognize…[Read more]

Oh… ow ow ow ow… reading through this thing has given me a thinking-headache. Numbers… are not my forte. Whew!
Y’all have no idea how much power you have to be able to understand these convoluted mechanical and mathematical formulas.

I think I’ll stick with atoms, neurons, protons, electrons, ions, and molecules. They’re so much simpler.

Can I ask a question?

What exactly IS NaNoWriMo? I know it’s basically when you try to write 50,000 words in one month, but what IS it? Where did it get its start? Is it a competition? Is it a curriculum?
I’ve only just really recently started hanging out with other writers (primarily on this forum and a few blogs) and I’ve heard some great stuff…[Read more]

Fine indeed.

So does anyone else have anything to say on cliffhangers?

Good.

Now let’s move on to cliched titles. I didn’t originally plan to discuss this on this topic, but I glanced at my title for the topic and noticed that it mentioned cliched titles. So.

What does anyone have to say on cliched titles? Anything? Who wants to give a list of…[Read more]

Oops…

Okay. I think I got it. 😛

I respect the Constitutional right of every American citizen— um wait. That won’t work. Heehee…

I respect the basic human right of every human being to have an existential crisis.

There. I said it.

A Short Story

‘There was a business run by it’s CEO. There was an employee in this business. This same employee wanted to start his own business as a kickoff of his employer’s business. The products were similar. So they gave it a shot.
The employee’s business got a lot of good publicity from his employer’s well known business. They were off to…[Read more]

Oh dear.

What does that mean, anyway? Existential crisis? What IS that?