Rolena Hatfield

@Northerner This is why it’s better to just avoid on-topic responses around here. They generally never work.

Tagging @GracieGirl because you’re an adorable, enthusiastic INFP who paints cool things and taught me the difference between P/J in personality types. Girlie, you spruce things up.

And @That_Writer_Girl_99 because you’re an awful INFP who is mean to me and has the nerve to like Luke Skywalker.

(Okay, okay, fine. *grudging admittance* I really…[Read more]

@dekreel I have to go now :/ Bye!!

@jenwriter17 Awww, the bees are cute XD This is such a cool thread, btw!

@dekreel your pictures remind me of a “series” I did when I was about seven or eight. It was like a cartoon, where I drew stick figures and those little dialogue bubbles for when they talked… 😛

My first story was called “The Hotel That Burned Down.” I was six, and my…[Read more]

@dekreel I’m catching up on emails and DMs, but that’s writing too, so I’ll stay a little bit XD

How have your stories been coming along?

@gh24682468999 Ooh, nice! I’ll be sure to check it out! 😀

I personally haven’t started a freelance editing business yet, but I’m really hoping to in the future! Right now I’m practicing by critiquing other peoples’ manuscripts for free and taking some courses through The Pen Institute.

@jane-maree recently started her business, so I’d bet she…[Read more]

Also, it’s so hilarious reading back over old threads. We were such babes.

(Even though that was like, only six months ago…)

Aaaaaaaand then there’s @Emma-Flournoy. Making the world a better place, one pancake at a time. XD

@dragon-snapper @kate-flournoy How dare you have a gif war and not invite me.

@dekreel @daughteroftheking @ariella-newheart @emma-flournoy @kate-flournoy @ethryndal

And here’s a flashback to one of the first gif war that lasted 3 pages.
https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/taking-breaks-from-unfinished-books/page/2/ between me, Kate and Ethryndal. *nods*

Kate, why is it that you and I always have to get stuck in gif wars? 😛

Long live the gif wars!!! Guys, these things are so epic.

@Dragon-Snapper Have pancakes. They fix everything, you know. *pancakes*

@His-Instrument Aaahh, you too. Many times over. 😀

@Dragon-snapper yeah. They said it. 😛

@Dragon-Snapper I’m just gonna shove this on you because this taught me almost everything I know about choppiness.

And as far as action/dialogue tags… that’s when things get tricky. Like Daeus said, it’s a complicated dance of changing up the pattern of things. What I’ve found helps is when you take a basic action and elaborate on it. Don’t…[Read more]

@dekreel @skredder I’m signing out now. I really didn’t get that much done. Wrote about 150 words, read some articles about choppy writing, and resolved I need to read more.

@dekreel Well, I was going by the military version. Gamma an Epsilon… I think those are Greek? Or some other version.

I don’t know. That’s just what I’m calling them.

@dekreel Alpha – 1st readers of unedited work.
Beta – 2nd readers of 1st edits
Charlie – 3rd readers of 2nd edits.
Delta – 4th readers of 3rd edits.
Echo – 5th readers of 4th edits.
And so forth. I don’t know if this actually exists.

@warrenluther04 Lol. *pats shoulder* There there. You’re only ah… two months late.

LOL Yes you can read it. BUT, you’ll probably have to wait a bit until I’m done with this round of edits. Then, I’ll ask for another round of beta-readers (charlie-readers). But I will need that kind of people, so I’ll be sure to tag you if you’re available…[Read more]