Louise Fowler

@perfectfifths 1. Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply, 2. that picture is hilarious! XD

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oh peacocks are easy to get, we have never owned any but the hatchery we get our chickens from sells them as chicks, and full grown adults.

@perfectfifths Hurrah! Yes they can be a bit preachy but they are still fun. 🙂

@catwing Hi Catwing! Woohoo! I have listened to a couple of songs from Mandisa and some from Hollyn, and they are quite good. I have a song from For King & Country, and that is good-haven’t really heard much of them though. I have recently started listening…[Read more]

*Flys in through the window that’s always there and always open* Hello birdie. What window have you been flying to? *grins showing her sharp feline teeth* *purrs* [ @perfectfifths I will jump in to!]
@emily-d I don’t know of any of those books. But I do like listening to Newsboys, Britt Nicole, and Hillsong Young & Free. (Also Toby Mac, Hollyn,…[Read more]

@perfectfifths Good to know! My to-read list is ridiculously long, but I’ll see if I can fit that somewhere on it. xD

@perfectfifths Cool; to expand that a bit, putting otherwise-unsympathetic characters in sympathetic relationships can be really crucial for building empathy between the characters and the audience. If a sympathetic character likes an otherwise-unsympathetic person, it’s easier for the audience to like that person as well, which sounds like what…[Read more]

@perfectfifths Ah; I see. Yeah, I would probably fit it into the positive arc then. Here’s a question to consider that you may find helpful: if you were going to go through and revise Sutcliffe’s book, how would you change the story/the protagonist’s character arc to make the story more enjoyable to you? I find that when I do this with books I…[Read more]

@perfectfifths Oh–I may have read that book myself a long time ago! I forget, but I know I’ve read a fair number of Sutcliffe’s works. Whether or not its a complex arc depends on how long it takes. If the initial negative arc is just a couple initial chapters or a prologue or something, I would probably say it doesn’t count since that’s just part…[Read more]

@perfectfifths So just to clarify, currently the midpoint represents a backsliding for Amrei? Backsliding can be a very effective tactic to take; however, generally that kind of moment like you’re describing happens better at the third plot point (I get into that in lesson nine on weaving theme into your story structure). I’d recommend choosing a…[Read more]

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Okay, so I say “like,” like, ALL the time. Seriously. I don’t like saying “dude” too much, it gets a bit OTT after a while. I’d rather say “mate.” Which some peeps would consider sounding kinda rough.…[Read more]

This is for all the wonderful Aussies on the forum… *mischievous grin*

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Cat Pic

I’m on…working on…a thing.

*coughs* I’ll be on, until I’m not.

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@perfectfifths @Shannon. I wouldn’t recommend vegemite chocolate. Vegemite was made for toast NOT chocolate.
@f5a8c3e92 Actually yeah, thinking about it, it doesn’t sound so bad. It might even be nice.

@perfectfifths Vegemite is wonderful when taken in small doses. otherwise…urgh.
@jane-maree, we’re really an odd bunch aren’t we? We are ridiculously proud of our convict ancestry and people like Ben Hall and Ned Kelly and the Breaker. I wonder what’s wrong with us.
@Shannon you might be interested to know that a year or two ago Cadbury…[Read more]

@PerfectFifths hehehe okay that makes sense. XD *pats* I forgive you. 😛

@f5a8c3e92 Yass I heard that a while ago. *nods* IT WASN’T OUR FAULT. It was the fault of our wonderful criminal ancestry and probably most of the convicts never had a decent education or learnt ‘proper english’ even as it was at that stage.
@PerfectFifths no weetbix??? Or Vegemite?? SHAME ON YOU. XD

Everything @Northerner and @perfectfifths said! It can also depend on what genre you’re writing, what kind of resources you use, how much research you do…

Historical: This genre usually has a lot of research to make it period accurate, so a lot of authors include works cited as a kind of… credentials? Proof they did their research and know…[Read more]

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Okay thank you! I hate citing works (for some reason it’s hard for me) so that is a relief.
I think I’ll probably keep a list of books/websites for future reference thanks for the idea!

@Graciegirl, @perfectfifths the Christ figure in Tolkien discussion is a very interesting one :). He did say he disliked allegory wherever he smelt it. But he also said that, not during the first draft, but in the revision, LotR was a consciously Christian and even Catholic story. He did say he liked what might be called applicability, the way…[Read more]