Michael Stanton

Fine indeed.

So does anyone else have anything to say on cliffhangers?

Good.

Now let’s move on to cliched titles. I didn’t originally plan to discuss this on this topic, but I glanced at my title for the topic and noticed that it mentioned cliched titles. So.

What does anyone have to say on cliched titles? Anything? Who wants to give a list of…[Read more]

Oops…

Okay. I think I got it. 😛

I respect the Constitutional right of every American citizen— um wait. That won’t work. Heehee…

I respect the basic human right of every human being to have an existential crisis.

There. I said it.

A Short Story

‘There was a business run by it’s CEO. There was an employee in this business. This same employee wanted to start his own business as a kickoff of his employer’s business. The products were similar. So they gave it a shot.
The employee’s business got a lot of good publicity from his employer’s well known business. They were off to…[Read more]

Oh dear.

What does that mean, anyway? Existential crisis? What IS that?

Your mom is in the kitchen preparing to can her special recipe of cinnamon apples.

You come into the kitchen and notice the brilliant red solution she has prepared to soak the apples in.

Your first thought is POISON.

You know you’re a writer.

Hm… try giving the floor a character. Benign. Gentle. Winning. Peaceful. ‘Don’t be fooled by the floor’s peaceful looks…’

I don’t know, what do you think?

Makes sense. Got it completely.

Hm. But I thought that was all a given.

It is, after all, called… get this… a cliffhanger.

That pr-etty much sums it up.

In my opinion.

Which has been wrong on more than one occasion. 😛

But how much is too much and how tense is too tense?
I don’t think you should leave off with absolutely NOTHING…[Read more]

*Bites nails, hovers on edge of seat and tears and frazzled hair* Come on Ezra! What were you going to say? Huh? HUH!? Tell me!!!!!! I WANNA KNOW! Don’t leave me in suspense!!!!!!!!!!

OOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… wait. I get it now.

It was a cliff hanger. 😛

XD. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice, Ezra.

Perhaps you would condescend to enlighten me, Daniel.

@Daeus— no, it’s actually by an author who has a lot of similarities with Douglas Bond— John J. Horn. Have you heard of him?

Okay, thanks for explaining your cliffhanger. That makes sense too. I see what you’re saying.

Thanks for joining us, @Ezra-wilkinson! Ahem… I trust you have something to contribute…?

😉

Good thoughts, @hope!

@Daeus, it sounds like you might be talking about ending on a cliffhanger right in the middle of an action scene. That’s probably not a good idea, because everything has been going at such a fast pace that an end will fall on you like a thunderclap and leave you screaming without any motivation to go on. Because, if anyone…[Read more]

Oh my, this brings back so many memories! I used to do this ALL THE TIME when I was younger, only it wasn’t lava— it was a river full of poisonous leeches. 😛

I noticed a few lines that could have flowed better. For one,

Balancing on the wall trimming works for a bit

Try ‘To walk on the wall trim will work for a bit’

Also,

Guys, that…

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Yes! I am. Word limits are the bane of my existence, but it’s good to practice squeezing as much meaning as you can into as few words as possible. It’ll improve us in the end.

At least, that’s a good thing to tell myself.

You got it. That works great.

Okay. I’ll play around with it and see what I can come up with. Thanks!