Lightningmouse

Thanks, I see what you mean there. 🙂
But, I don’t see a problem with scootch. Does the rhyming not fit? Or are you just against its validity of being a word?

Not officially joining. But I’m still trying to finish my book within the month of November.

Yay, @IvyRose! Good luck for us both! I’m so excited!

@Amanda: Those lucky 3rd-5th graders! I wish I had something like that at their age! Good luck with your story!

You’re having a crisis over your existence, to break it down simply.

@daeus: I had that moment too. It’s actually about a color blind person in a dystopian world divided by colors. I wouldn’t do a Google for that, though. It probably wouldn’t come up. Though if you look up his name, you should find a website.

Whoa, Ezra… I’m bummed it happened too. It is a decision I do not fully understand.
But that was not…[Read more]

Actually, the lack of words there makes Ezra’s point. 😛 Leave them wanting a vital piece of the story that you didn’t give them. Something should be missing/in question at pretty much any given part of the story.

Thanks, @kate-flournoy! 🙂 Yeah, both those lines were not sitting quite well. I’ll make those changes.
Do you think there’s a better word with the same syllables I can use instead of “harmless”?

@David: You don’t have to be signed up through YWP to participate in NaNo, I hope? It would be a lot easier for me to do it independently. I don’t see why I would need to sign up to do it.

Just curious.

@David: I am not on the YWP site. I’ll check it out ASAP! Thanks for the alarm tip. I’ll be sure to try it out!

@Daeus: Thank you and I will! I never thought about exercising to help me concentrate with writing. I guess it makes sense though, not being so sluggish and wishy-washy.

There were two that I made when I was around 7 or 8. One was, I quote: “THE GiNENT: A TALE ov FAiTH”.
It was about 2 guys who were walking along and see a giant (the titular “Ginent”). The guy who doesn’t believe in God runs away and the giant stomps on him. The guy who does believe in God stops in his tracks, kneels down and prays.
After the…[Read more]

Will do, Rolena! 🙂

Because the people in my mind are too awesome to ignore.