Rochellaine

@rochellaine

It was pretty discouraging to keep going with it, honestly, so I’m kinda happy to be starting again 😛

Yes, I’m prepping for Christmas, to my chagrin. (that sounds dramatic). My overexuberant brothers and sister have already put up the Christmas tree and mum’s making us do lists…

And every time I walk into a shopping centre,…[Read more]

@valtmy Is there a particular reason you have Saturday services? Is it a denominational or cultural thing, or is it just practical?

so yeah, I was busy Sunday and then I was up in Sydney all day yesterday, so I didn’t really get anything done then.

@seekjustice

😛 Aw… Did you miss me that much?

I spent much of Sunday (like, almost all of it since I found myself waking at 2.30am for some strange reason) on KP but you didn’t turn up and I know @rochellaine dropped by but we missed each other. 🙁

Haha it’s ok, I know Sunday’s for church. (I think I’m the only one who has service on Saturdays).

@valtmy

Saturday was a long time ago.

Like…a whole three days ago.

@seekjustice

I just talked to you last Saturday. 😛 But it has been a very, very long time since all three of us were on the forum at the same time. Man, what I’ll give for a more flexible schedule.

@rochellaine

Ah, yes. Last-minute panic is an excellent motivator. 😛

Haha I have absolutely no idea how many parts there will be for QOD. I am…[Read more]

@rochellaine

NaNo went fairly well. I got the 50k (just)…

but as I was telling @valtmy the other day, I’m going to…uh, start my novel again?

@rochellaine @valtmy

Hellooooo!

I feel like it’s been a really long time since I’ve talked to you two 😀

(Congratulations on 10k, Rochellaine!)

@rochellaine

Do I get a prize for guessing which is claiming more of your interest? 😛

(Gives Rochellaine a round of applause)

As I told Seekjustice, I’ve been readying QOD Part 3 for upload.

@rochellaine

Hi! I won’t be here long but it’s been a while since we talked, hasn’t it?

What’re you working on? 🙂

@rochellaine

Are you still around?

@seekjustice @rochellaine @jenwriter17

I’ve woken up way earlier than planned so I suppose I should make use of the time to do some writing. I guess I’ll be here today. 😛

@valtmy

I need to go too 🙂

I’m not sure whether I’ll be on tomorrow or not, since I’ll be at church and may end up doing other things as well, we’ll see.

Bye for now

@seekjustice

Ah, I see. I guess that might also tie into your worldbuilding as well.

All right then I shall aim to meet your expectations and surprise you at the same time. 🙂 (That was a very weird sentence that I think only makes sense in storytelling).

I will need to make a move now. Do you think you’ll be on tomorrow?

@valtmy

A lot of people said that they wanted more descriptions of the settings, in particular. They had trouble visualizing what they looked like.

I think so 🙂 but of course I can always be surprised.

@seekjustice

Oh. I must have misunderstood then. 😛

As one of your betas, I don’t think I gave you any feedback regarding your descriptions. Because I am the last person who should be doing that. Was that a common issue the others pointed out?

Yes, it’s amazing how these stories are as much of a learning experience for our characters as it is…[Read more]

@valtmy

Ah, no…I was still thinking about abrupt endings. Apparently the conversation had moved on 😛

Me too, as my astute betas have continually pointed out. I obviously need to work on it as well 😀

😛 I can always use a good dose of humility. I can get a bit up myself on occasions.

@seekjustice

Oh dear. You got an impression of my extreme discomfort with descriptive writing just from reading some of my writing? I really need to improve. 😛

It’s just that I see everything so clearly in my head so it’s hard to figure out how to convey all that to the poor readers who don’t see. I’m the sort of reader who skips descriptive…[Read more]

@valtmy

I could just be imagining things, but that’s the impression I had 🙂

Yep, I understand. I think it helps keep us humble and reminds us that we really aren’t as great as we think we are 😉

@seekjustice

All right. I’ll just leave myself a note there. I’ll have to think of how to make it less abrupt since I really had nothing else planned for that scene. The first idea I have is to just put in some description of the ambience and zoom out into the night sky but that works better for movies, I think. I always get the feeling that I’m…[Read more]