LivGiordano

@livgiordano As the others have said, basically you have to change the full character arc into a tiny little three-scene structure. That condenses it down to a small space, but still has the general idea. For example:

– Goldilocks wants eats the porridge because she doesn’t think taking someone else’s stuff is bad
– The bears come back and chase…[Read more]

@livgiordano I actually did that with a story I submitted to KP. It was originally 70,000 words long, but I condensed it to 4,000 (except it was a story long-since abandoned and one I’d given up as a book, but I thought I could at least salvage it into a decent short story).

Anyway, back to the issue at hand. 🙂 Whether it takes away from the a…[Read more]

@livgiordano Maybe I can offer a wee bit of advice. In my experience in writing short stories, they are too short for a full character arc. If you try to do a full arc in such a short time you have to eliminate great parts of the story. Instead, I see short stories as just a snippet of the overall arc. To me they tend to focus more on one aspect…[Read more]

@livgiordano Oh, really?! Cool!

@livgiordano *grins* Yep! Hey, you’re in the fantasy group too?

@livgiordano Nice! What’s your name on it so I can follow you?

@livgiordano If that’s what you like, please go ahead 🙂

@seekjustice Ah, yes. I love cover art.

@livgiordano @skredder Yes, good books end waaaaay too soon

@rochellaine Great topic idea!

Oh! *faints* that quote makes so. much. sense. it’s beautiful 😊

Here’s a quote I found.

I don’t know who Charles de Lint is, but I really like this quote. We each have a unique voice and style, we just have to embrace it.

I’m gonna tag more people: @jane-maree @mariposa @dekreel @daeus @aratrea @radically-surren…[Read more]

@rochellaine Great topic idea!

Oh! *faints* that quote makes so. much. sense. it’s beautiful 😊

Here’s a quote I found.

I don’t know who Charles de Lint is, but I really like this quote. We each have a unique voice and style, we just have to embrace it.

I’m gonna tag more people: @jane-maree @mariposa @dekreel @daeus @aratrea @radically-surren…[Read more]

@daeus The survey was fun actually! I’m gonna tag some more people just in case they don’t know about this.

@mariposa @jane-maree @radically-surrendered @skredder @livgiordano @jessi-rae @sarah-anson @sam-kowal @seekjustice @rochellaine @dekreel @warrenluther04 @dragon-snapper @daughteroftheking @notawriter @that_writer_girl_99 @kaya-young @waterl…[Read more]

@livgiordano

I sometimes read my books aloud to my siblings, but whenever my mum or dad walks in, I stop and awkwardly try to make conversation about something totally random until they go away. I don’t mind my mum reading my stuff, I just hate it when she hears me reading it aloud. Whereas all my small brothers and sister think I can do no wrong…[Read more]

@seekjustice ooh, I like Percherons too

@livgiordano Lol, I totally got a picture of you and your brother dead silent staring off into space as your mom walks in!

I should probably tag at least some people @sam-kowal @dekreel @livgiordano @catwing

@gh24682468999

Great job on this! As a missionary kid, this hits very close to home. Ouch, but I needed it 😛 So thank you. I saw myself in Caitlyn, and definitely understand her situation, missing friends and trying not to make new ones just to get hurt all over again. And the emotions coming even when she could get Megan’s email address e…[Read more]

@mnvalentine Yes! please do, they are really good! I would especially recommend his Kingfountain books.

@rochellaine History is my favorite subject! I enjoy several different time periods/places; in particular the Irish potato famine, Egypt, the 1800s, and the trail of tears. What about you?

@aratrea Yes, it’s amazing how Austin was able to…[Read more]

Thanks everyone for the welcomes! 🙂

@clairec I’ve been writing for at least 6 or 7 years, and I am from the beautiful state of Oregon.

@aratrea There is a website called the Odyssey, which is primarily a platform for college students to share their thoughts on all sorts of subjects. My school, Corban, has its own community of writers on the…[Read more]

‘ello @livgiordano did you get this all figured out?