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@That_Writer_Girl_99 *hysterical laughter* It was too good of an opportunity to pass up.

@Emma-Flournoy sneaky! XD I wasn’t ready yet…

@anne-of-lothlorien THREE BABIES!!! How fun! I’ll definitely pray for your aunt—my mother wasn’t able to have children until she was older, either. And of course I’ll pray for your mother and other aunt. And happy root canal, which I just realized is happening today. I be praying.

@Rolena-Hatfield I like a variety of stuff—I wouldn’t like it all to be only on one subject. Not even writing. 😉 I love the philosophical musings sort a ton; the occasional story; and OF COURSE the bloggers whose blogs are personal.
@Ethryndal‘s blog is my current favorite; this is another one but she‘s not very active yet. Finishing school…[Read more]

@Anne-of-Lothlorien This sounds very ignorant, but—what’s a root canal? Is it some sort of tooth thing?
And yeah, I’ll be praying. 😀

@That_Writer_Girl_99 oooh— cool flashback! I love it. *grins* Good job.

@Holly-Nelson-Gray yeah… what they said. 😉

This may be a somewhat random tangent of this topic, but I’ve found that a lot of times body language can be used to replace dialogue and automatically include more description. Instead of ‘Hey, why are you cleaning the fridge?’
‘Because it’s dirty and needs cleaning and I’m disgusted about it, that’s…[Read more]

@Holly-Nelson-Gray If you haven’t yet, check out our recently published articles on writing descriptions. I think once you have a full understanding of the potential of descriptions and dialogue, your brain will naturally sort out how to balance them.

Your problem probably isn’t so much that you have too much dialogue, but that you don’t have…[Read more]

@brandon-miller There’s a sci-fi month!!! AAAIII!!! I can’t wait!

@holly-nelson-gray Aloha!
Dialogue I think is probably more important than description, though description is definitely important. Dialogue shows how the characters interact with each other, and it can also add a bit of setting as well. As for description, you can have some, just be sure to avoid info-dumps. I always skip those. I read a book…[Read more]

See you guys around! @daeus @Dragon-Snapper

@jadamae Haha! Yes, I know what you mean. “In Which I Fall in Love” isn’t spoilery at all, is it? (I’ve read a book with that exact chapter title.)

@daeus @graciegirl I’m done for now. My mom and I edited a short story, then I entered it into a contest.

Alrighty! Thanks everyone for your wonderful critiques! I have submitted the final draft into the contest, so we’ll see what happens. I’ll know on the 26 whether I’ve won or not. Again, thank you all!

@dragon-snapper @graciegirl Stopping a bit early. I edited about 2,100 words.

Back.

Have to go again. Be back in a min.

@Daeus @Dragon-Snapper Hi-ya! I’ll be outlining.

@daeus Hi again. 😀

@dragon-snapper I’m back.