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Greta replied to the topic A Writing Game in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 7 months ago
I look up at the stage, where the president is about to start his next “we-can-save-America-if-we-do-this-and-that” speech.
He better have some good ideas this time, I think. Otherwise, America’s doomed.
The president stares down at us thoughtfully, as if contemplating whether to begin his speech or not. Finally, he speaks: “The World as we…[Read more] -
BlueJay replied to the topic A Writing Game in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 7 months ago
Daniel felt the ground rumble beneath his feet. Whoa! He hadn’t been told that this would be happening. He glanced up to ask the director what was going on and saw…no one.
“Help,” he yelled out. The sky began to darken. Just cause he was a bad guy in the movie didn’t mean they had to treat him like one. “Hello! Where is everyone?” He tried to…[Read more] -
Kate Flournoy replied to the topic My First Book Cover in the forum Art 10 years, 8 months ago
The girl and the capsule she’s in are well done @watersnail— take it from one artist to another. And an extraordinarily picky artist at that… But you could definitely stand to work on the background and the font. Just give it more depth— I would say add color to the background behind the steam, preferably dark tones— deep brownish reds,…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic My First Book Cover in the forum Art 10 years, 8 months ago
The girl and the… robot? she’s looking at are well done @watersnail— take it from one artist to another. And an extraordinarily picky artist at that… But you could definitely stand to work on the background and the font. Just give it more depth— I would say add color to the background behind the steam, preferably dark tones— deep…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Song of the Sword in the forum Poetry Critiques 10 years, 8 months ago
The rhythm and rhyme are absolutely beautiful— exceptional work, @hope. The only line I’m not sure about is ‘Falling from air’. It seems to have too few syllables. I would try something like ‘Abides in the air’.
And as far as I can tell, it fits very well with the story. Very well indeed. 🙂
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic You know you are a writer when… in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 8 months ago
Ick… 😛 Kinda like Trump’s ‘Loser’, eh?
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Delayed Character Arcs in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 8 months ago
I haven’t seen Megamind, but I have seen Over the Hedge, and I totally get what you’re saying @writefury. Delaying anything for too long will turn me off— development in relationships, development in situations, etc.— like if they’re just going on and on and on and literally getting NOWHERE I start to get tired. There has to be at least a…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic You know you are a writer when… in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 8 months ago
Does he have the same whiny, braggadocios, bullying insecurity problems @writefury? That would be something… almost a direct copy. 😛
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic You know you are a writer when… in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 8 months ago
Oh yikes. 😛
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic You know you are a writer when… in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 8 months ago
No @writefury I haven’t— is he a Trump type, then? 😛
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic You know you are a writer when… in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 8 months ago
You know you’re a writer when you find yourself seriously considering modelling a villain after Donald Trump.
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic The "diversity" trend in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 8 months ago
Absolutely right @Ivy-Rose. It’s not a big deal. Skin is skin. I might even go so far as to say if we are ‘shamed’ into including minority groups when it wasn’t originally part of the story, it would hurt the story. Just like randomly inserting any story element would.
As for a good way to use diversity in a story, @wordfitlyspoken, I would say…[Read more]
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BlueJay replied to the topic Remembrance Poem-what do you think? in the forum Poetry 10 years, 8 months ago
@dbhgodreigns Yes you are right. Oops 😉
@jadamae and @daeus that is what I’m getting all the time. 😀 -
BlueJay replied to the topic WordPress in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 8 months ago
Thanks @hope. 😉
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic What does my villain want? in the forum Fantasy 10 years, 8 months ago
That is so cool @Daeus. You may be on to something there.
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic What does my villain want? in the forum Fantasy 10 years, 8 months ago
As far as birds go, would it work to have them be symbolic of angels? Now that sounds really wacky, but angels are pretty much messengers, aren’t they? And maybe the bad guy wants to bring down all the servants of the Prince so he can get more directly at the Prince Himself. ?????
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic The "diversity" trend in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 8 months ago
That was a good read, and though for the most part I agree with his reasoning I don’t think it’s maybe such a big deal as he seems to think it.
In my work male characters are decidedly in the majority, but that’s not because I’m ignoring or belittling the importance of women. It’s because I write a lot of battles and quests and adventures and…[Read more] -
Kate Flournoy replied to the topic The "diversity" trend in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 8 months ago
That was a good read, and though for the most part I agree with his reasoning I don’t think it’s maybe such a big deal as he seems to think it.
In my work male characters are decidedly in the majority, but that’s not because I’m ignoring or belittling the importance of women. It’s because I write a lot of battles and quests and adventures and…[Read more] -
BlueJay replied to the topic WordPress in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 years, 8 months ago
@hope I tried to leave a comment (or reply) to the captions challenge but nothing happened. Does my info (email and name) get sent to you and do I receive a password so that I can log in? Is that how it works? I don’t know if this counts but would you mind if I posted my two captions here since I can’t get it to work and it ends tomorrow???
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BlueJay replied to the topic Anna's Savanna by BlueJay in the forum Short Story Critiques 10 years, 8 months ago
Yeah. The more I thought about it the more I realized that you were probably right. I’ll still be leaving it in though. If I base it on my parents, they probably wouldn’t actually talk about it at the dinner table and if my mum did ask, Dad would probably say ‘talk to you later’ But I want Anna to be part of the conversation, so that was my way of…[Read more]
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