Mallory O'Bier

@cloudy Well, I’m not very good with meter either and I hardly remember any of their names. I know iambic meter is the easiest though, so maybe go with that.

I find it hard to be real scientific about meter, so I basically just familiarize myself with examples, try to write rhythmically, and read my poetry to myself several times and tweak it…[Read more]

@cloudy The thing that stood out to me is that I think it would do a lot better with a meter.

@winter-rose you’ll probably be done by the time I can write, but once I finish baking bread this afternoon, (I have to start by 2:00 p.m.) since the weather is spectacular, I’ll be in my favorite spot mapping out my children’s story. 😀

Thanks for the feedback everyone! We’re going to schedule this for April 13th (that’s this Thursday) from 3-4 PM EST. I know this time doesn’t work for everyone, but I hope to see many of you there! Check your emails later today for the link.

@audrey-caylin @dragon-snapper @ethryndal @overcomer @aella @hope @anne-swiftblade @gideon-sowdon @anna-br…[Read more]

Thanks for the feedback everyone! We’re going to schedule this for April 13th (that’s this Thursday) from 3-4 PM EST. I know this time doesn’t work for everyone, but I hope to see many of you there!

@audrey-caylin @dragon-snapper @ethryndal @overcomer @aella @hope @anne-swiftblade @gideon-sowdon @anna-brie @jane-maree

@feedingmygoldfish Oh, neat. I’m trying to remember if I’ve read either of those poets in my college courses (I’m currently finishing up a degree in literature), but am coming up blank. =P Poetry has never been my strong suit, so I have a much harder time remembering what poets I’ve actually read and studied. xD

Today I reviewed Matthew 6:1-4. It’s funny how when I first memorized that small passage, it took me about half an hour but now it would take me about 10 minutes. Memorizing just gets easier and easier guys!

Awesome, @clairec! That definitely is a major step. Now for my answers

1. I’ve written an extended outline, but I’ve made some changes to my first novel so I have to rewrite my extended outline. 🙁 Personally, I dove straight into a first draft and then (after finding nuggets of gold in the sea of trash) I started intense theme/character/story…[Read more]

Now if somebody comes on the forum whose name is winter-rose, but their handle is @gabrielle . . .

@winter-rose I tagged you above as @gabrielle. Stupid me.

Well, it’s been about a week. And I don’t think anyone else will read the article so . . .

@daeus Thanks, man. How antiheroes were treated in the past is probably a little more speculative than most of my findings (I’m not that old, right). I just found that the popular figures in Greco-Roman mythology were classical heroes (Hercules, Achilles,…[Read more]

@clairec
*confetti and pats you the back and shakes your hand vigorously*
1. How do you write extended outlines? — Usually, I write a three point outline, beginning, middle and end, and off of that I’ll write it chapter by chapter. While I’m doing the three point outline, many ideas for scenes will pop into my head, so I just write them down on…[Read more]

@feedingmygoldfish Ah; nice. So Fitzgerald, Hemingway and the like?

@feedingmygoldfish Welcome to the forum! Glad to have you with us. Do you have any favorite literary time periods as a quasi-English major?

Ack! Overcommitted. Sorry, I like beta reading.

Wahoo! An outline’s not easy work. Congratulations on starting your first novel too.

1. Extended is a little relative. With my current WIP, I had all the plot points K.M.Weiland talks about outlined (minus one or two minor ones) before I started writing. Also, before every chapter, I spend at least an hour figuring out how the chapter is going to…[Read more]

@ClaireC *slaps you on the back enthusiastically* GO CLAIRE, THAT’S GREAT!!

1. I’m a bit of a recklessly slap out a rough outline and then dive straight on into the writing. It works for me.
2. My outlines usually only take me a month at most when I’m just roughly plotting it out and not going into any huge depth or anything. (For example, I…[Read more]

@clairec *pats you on the back* Much congrats, girl! 😀 That’s super exciting!

As for your questions:
I don’t do extended outlines, because I find if I plan too much, I lose inspiration and motivation for that story. So I just stick with having a basic plot, a few planned ideas, and mostly winging it. Recently, however, I have revived a story I…[Read more]