Katherine

@ethryndal I grant you pardon, so long as you commit no such wrong again 😉 I shall play around with ideas and see how it goes – I have a lot of time for this, which is nice 🙂

@ethryndal Ha, I got emailed this time 😉

Heeeeyy… that’s pretty good! I might be able to do something with that! I now remember a little story I read about animals at the beginning of the world, and the world was all in darkness, so the different animals travelled to get the light. It was also like one of those stories that explains why some…[Read more]

@ethryndal No worries there; I saw your comment 🙂

As for what my story’s going to be about, I’m not sure at this point. I started with a small idea about a candle and the different meanings lighting one could have, but I wasn’t feeling. I do have a half-written piece about how and why light and darkness are representatives of good and evil,…[Read more]

@ethryndal All I know is that the closing date is April 19, so I have quite a bit of time. I don’t know when the winner will be announced or anything.

I shall copy-paste the requirements – I am open to any and all suggestions at this point 😀 I just want to point out I don’t believe this is a Christian magazine or contest, so I am going to avoid…[Read more]

@daeus All right, Thanks, that sounds good. When I actually start on the story (and now that I have someone editing/”keeping me accountable” I will probably get that done sooner 😉 ) Thank you!

@Aratrea Right. Physical consequences. I keep picking themes/messages that are mainly internalized, so outward actions are generally good in and of themselves beforehand. Good, but with the wrong reasons behind them. It makes physical consequences (and before and after character actions) a bit tricky.

Although I guess I do have some physical…[Read more]

@daeus And you counted them? I let my excitement show sometimes. But I shall refrain myself in the future. I do have a reputation to maintain.

@aratrea Well, if your rambling consists of more great information, then all you need to do is just create extra lessons. 😉

@daeus And you counted them? I do let my excitement show sometimes. But I shall refrain myself in the future. I do have a reputation to maintain.

@aratrea Well, if your rambling consists of more great information, then all you need to do is just create extra lessons. 😉

@daeus I don’t see why not. Thanks! How would that work? 😀

@emma-flournoy Huzzah!

@emma-flournoy @ethryndal Thanks, guys! 😀 Normally I wouldn’t go for this since it’s such a small word limit, and I struggled to try one that had 1,7500 (2,500 more words than this) but the prize is… extremely generous and I do have something that I actually need it for. 🙂

@Aratrea @Daeus

Experiments in Living:
1. One is victorious if they are able to protect their family and friends.
2. One is victorious if they have control over all those who wish them harm.
3. One is victorious if they can gain the ability to live in freedom from physical tyranny and oppression.
4. One is victorious if they can serve others and…[Read more]

@aratrea While working out my experiments in living for the next section, I realized that victory would work better than either of the others options I had. So I’ve tweaked my question and message slightly to ‘what constitutes true victory?’ and ‘Victory is not measured by if we win or lose earthly battles, but rather in our relationship with…[Read more]

@aratrea

Can I just say I am loving this course SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!! Basically, everything @kate-flournoy said. It’s lesson 4 and already I’ve learned so much. I also really like how the lessons are fairly short so I can take the time to sit back and think about it and apply what I’ve learned to my various works in progress.

And yes; tragic…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy No smoke? That was anti-climatic 🙁 😀

@daeus Coolies; I should probably check out her blog more. Any posts you recommend reading in particular?

@kate-flournoy No smoke? That was anti-climatic 🙁 😀

@daeus Oh, and the blogger is a Christian. Bonus! I always love finding Christian writers – it’s a wonderful mix, isn’t it? 😀

@daeus Wow, that article on Boba Fett was, wow 😀 I never realised before you can develop so much character with one line/thought/action/look. Thanks for that!

@dragon-snapper (Having just seen the BFG, your name sounds like something he would say 😉 ) Yes, I have gotten the advice of keeping minimum description, etc, that is something I will keep in mind as I write.

@kate-flournoy *waves away smoke* *cough cough* I look forward to it!

@daeus Ah, I hadn’t thought of that before, writing a scene rather…[Read more]