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@kate-flournoy Yep

@Daeus I am… till 9:00?

@kate-flournoy, @hannah-c Sorry I’m late. Are either of you writing tonight? Either way, I’m off to get a bit of editing done.

*throws cookie in trash can*

@kate-flournoy I very well might just spam that post.

*throws cookie in trash can*

I very well might just spam that post.

Chocolate chip.

@Daeus WHAT?! No m&ms?! *throws cookie in trash can* you can have the rest of mine.

@kate-flournoy Chocolate chip.

Oooh, that thing about what the character wants. You said it already, but it’s just so good I have to say it too. It really isn’t about the world, it’s about what’s the world to your character.

Yeeeessss! I love that quote by Lewis. So true.

So true in fact I need to eat a cookie.

@Daeus I would put my stamp of approval on that entire post, but I’ve had some trouble with that in the past, so I think I’ll leave it un-stamped…
Awesome post just the same. Very good points, both you and @Ingridrd.

On the topic of theme and endings, I have found that working a story simply for the purpose of presenting a clear theme can be…[Read more]

@ingridrd Oh good, you joined in on the fun.

Generally, you do want to fulfill what the reader expects. I don’t think this always needs to be the case though. In my novella, I had this guy who was probably my most prominent character who ended up deserting everybody at the end of the book and basically leaving them to die and I never say what…[Read more]

Oh yes, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde… actually you know, I think it’s more like a novella. I don’t remember the precise length, but it definitely wasn’t a full fledged novel. I highly recommend it.

I don’t know where everybody else is @Daeus… but hey, I guess I don’t mind hogging it either. 😉 *eats cookie of her own, chokes, squints, eats second cookie and swallows with gulp, dusts fingers off on skirt*

I will be back with an intelligent post for this topic later. If the cookie monster doesn’t sue me first.

Yes @sarah-h, that’s one of the most important things about writing. Writing anything, not just something you’re not sure about. 🙂

Where is everybody else? Sometimes I wonder if they have an internet filter for all the really good discussions. Tough I guess I don’t mind hogging them all. *eats another cookie*

@kate-flournoy I haven’t read that Jekyll-Hyde thingy. Is it a short story or a novel?

Mmm, good point about the character controlling the feel. That really is so true. Crazy us, we can get people to fall for anything. The thing is though, it really is true, just no one would ever believe it outside of fiction. Silly us. Silly people. *eats a cookie*

@anna-brie @bluejay Thanks for writing. I got 942 words of editing done. Actually pretty good for me.

Oh! Oh oh oh, I remembered something else I was going to say. There’s a way to take an ending that would be completely bitter and add an element of sweet into it without reducing the bitterness.
I’m thinking specifically of one of my own novels here, but there have been countless others to employ this tactic. ToTC, to name just one.
The trick is…[Read more]

Oh! Oh oh oh, I remembered something else I was going to say. There’s a way to take an ending that would be completely bitter and add an element of sweet into it without reducing the bitterness.
I’m thinking specifically of one of my own novels here, but there have been countless to employ this tactic. ToTC, to name just one.
The trick is…[Read more]

Okay @Daeus I will grant you those are all very valid points. I actually do agree— the ending of tLotR really doesn’t have near as much meaning by itself as it does if you read all the trivia and history and world-building that made that departure significant. Which is too long to go into here… 😛

A good example of the bittersweet (actually…[Read more]

Okay @Daeus I will grant you those are all very valid points. I actually do agree— the ending of tLotR really doesn’t have near as much meaning by itself as it does if you read all the trivia and history and world-building that made that departure significant. Which is too long to go into here… 😛

A good example of the bittersweet (actually…[Read more]

Alright @anna-brie and @bluejay, @kate-flournoy, @hannah-c if you can join ……

I’m ready. Till 9 then I suppose. I’ll be editing.