Kate Flournoy

@kate-flournoy It certainly could be, though I think you would need more descriptions. (i.e. Makes quick tugs at sleeve that create snapping noise + has confident look)

@kate-flournoy Yes, only I’m not sure I would find that fascinating. Maybe if there were a supporting quality with it *question mark?* You got the idea, though.

@kate-flournoy Well, first, you are only looking for traits that are fascinating, attractive, or charismatic. This could be an action, expression, trait, etc. You only need to catalogue whatever it is though. Nothing else is important about that person. The exception is if the quality that makes them fascinating, attractive, or charismatic…[Read more]

I’m glad you liked it, @kate-flournoy . 🙂 I almost didn’t post it because I thought it might be too weird … and I kinda cheated because the prompt reminded me of an idea I had had before for a Sci Fi story so, I really just wrote a new scene based on it. The leaves were my favorite part. 😀

I’m glad you liked it, @kate-flournoy . 🙂 I almost didn’t post it because I thought it might be too weird. I kinda cheated because the prompt reminded me of an idea I had had before for a Sci Fi story so, I really just wrote a new scene based on it. The leaves were my favorite part. 😀

I’m glad you liked it, @kate-flournoy . 🙂 I almost didn’t post it because I thought it might be too weird. I kinda cheated because the prompt reminded me of an idea I had had before for a Sci Fi story so, I really just wrote a new scene based on it. The leaves were my favorite part. 🙂

I’m glad you liked it, @kate-flournoy . 🙂 I almost didn’t post it because I thought it might be too weird. I kinda cheated because the prompt reminded me of an idea I had had before for a Sci Fi story, and I just wrote a new scene based on it. The leaves were my favorite part. 🙂

@daeus, @kate-flournoy Yay! Now I know how to grow mushrooms. But there’s even an easier way. Let the weather do it. Sun + rain = mushroom. And big ones too. 🙂

@kate-flournoy Well, I’ve never used sawdust before. I believe if it were fresh it would already be sterile, but if it were aged it would have been infected with competitive spawn. I can’t be quite sure of that though. Most times things are sterilized by heat.

@kate-flournoy *smirks* Yeah, well, it’s a rather abnormal thing. Mushrooms are grown on a lot of things, but primarily logs, straw, sawdust, wood chips, and compost. Different varieties grow very differently. The most important thing is that the substrate (what they grow on) be fresh and sterile. They also need lots of moisture and often some…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy No, I’ve had some very good quality tomatoes I’ve grown myself, but still… I am however a salsa maniac. I do expect to like raw tomatoes some day, but it might take a little while. A long road to a far away place.

Say, you ever tried growing mushrooms? It’s not that hard. I’m growing shitake right now and they’re turning out quite well.

@kate-flournoy I used to wonder if things looked and taste totally different for different people. Of course, green would always be green for one person, but that green would be radically different from another person’s green. I think this idea arose from the fact that I didn’t like raw tomatoes while other people did and I wanted to justify…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy and then, maybe, if the Prince is mentioned in future novellas (like when He comes back) I’ll use capital pronouns. But I don’t want it to seem like He became something else by dying…

@kate-flournoy Hey, that’s good news. It’s been down for a while. I still write of course, but it’s funner with others.

@bluejay @kate-flournoy Either of you writing tonight?

I’ll be writing for the next hourish if anyone else is on… @Daeus, @kate-flournoy

Also, happy 4th of July, everyone! 🙂

@kate-flournoy Similes (or metaphors) should be stated as fact, not comparison. I really like that. There’s been lots of good points made. I’m not thinking of any more right now except, to sum up some of the points… ‘write with confidence’. Leave off the seems and likes and hads and other little words. You know what you are writing. Act like it. 😉

Sticky hands … sticky hands …….. STICKY HANDS!!!!!!!!!!

Yes @kate-flournoy, press on. This is something worth fighting for. It’s actually not much different from writing the first draft. In fact, you’re basically just doing the exact same thing you did before (and enjoyed!) only you’re doing it better.

But here’s the best part. Low points…[Read more]

Keeping things simple is hard, @kate-flournoy ! 🙂

And I keep overanalyzing my storyline. I’m like, “Just write the doggone thing already! It’s only a first draft for goodness sake!” But there are just so many possibilities! I think I’m making progress, though. 😉

@kate-flournoy Oh, you are at the best part.

Hmm, yes, maybe I will get around to talking about actual prose some day.

Oh, here’s one little thing to add. Avoid words like “had” which give a past separate feeling to the prose. Also, wherever possible, introduce a new scene through the eyes of a POV. That also has a large effect on the…[Read more]