Kate Flournoy

@kate-flournoy I didn’t have a problem with Tauriel as a character either. Especially since she never talks to Bilbo, and since the book is told entirely from his perspective technically she could have been any one of the unnamed elves in the story. I also acknowledge that it was hardly fair of her to reject Legolas’s love over a dwarf’s crush……[Read more]

I’m going to do a little writing/editing. Do any of you want to join me? @daeus @winter-rose @dragon-snapper @kate-flournoy @bluejay , anyone? 🙂

I agree with @Kate-Flournoy for the mental gymnastics. I’m excited but daunted to do this with my other main characters. 😛

Start: Protagonist believes she can overcome any hardship by simply pretending nothing is wrong. She thinks that if she doesn’t let others know something is wrong she won’t feel any pain from the events happening around her.…[Read more]

@daeus Man, three themes at once… I guess you always have been an overachiever. 😉 I like the idea of using two themes as supporting/complementary themes to the main one. Moving your protagonist to a different EiL each time could work; the one challenge would be picking experiments where it does represent a positive arc (even though he’s ending…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy Nice count. I went through a couple of notes my dad made on my book and proofread my first chapter again.

@kate-flournoy I’m late, but I’m here.

@kate-flournoy, I’m so glad to find people who don’t like that triangle! It annoys me so much. . . first of all, I’m something of a Tolkien purist and since I believe good books make bad movies (with extremely rare exceptions) I wasn’t about to watch any Tolkien movies. Then the Hobbit ones started coming out, and people who’d seen them, and knew…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy Looks good. It might be clearer to phrase the theme as “man’s state,” but that’s minor.

I agree with @christi-eaton, you should write an entire article on this, @kate-flournoy! I’d love to hear your thoughts on the love triangle inserted into the Hobbit movies, and the Christine/the Phantom/Raoul triangle in the Phantom of the Opera if you’re familiar with it 🙂

@kate-flournoy Sure, I don’t think I have anything tomorrow.

Thanks, @kate-flournoy . 🙂

Sticking with one rhythm is a good idea, but I probably won’t be able to rewrite it that completely. :/ Still, I’ll see what I can do. 🙂

In a way, three stanzas that each have their own rhythm is a type of rhythm if they have a connection. Maybe if I tweak them a bit it’ll fix the flow problem.

If not, then I’m…[Read more]

@Kate-Flournoy I was actually talking about the one between John Chivery, Arthur, and Amy. I kind of forgot the one between Pet and Arthur. 🙂 Probably because I didn’t like it that much either…

I got 69 too, @kate-flournoy.

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@Aratrea and @Kate-flournoy excuse me? We have another INFJ in the world? XD #infjsareawesomeorganizers 😉

@kate-flournoy You got me.

@kate-flournoy Ah, too bad. I should be able to make it tomorrow.

@kate-flournoy I’m back to write now. I’m thinking I’ll go till 9:45 tonight, barring any catastrophes.

Brilliant forum post @kate-flournoy, I enjoyed reading this one. You should write a whole article on this topic. It would be great! One of my strongest pet peeves from a love triangle is when the main character cannot possibly seem to choose between two guys and just keeps leading both on by continuing to flirt with both and even kissing both.…[Read more]