Rolena Hatfield

I used to ONLY write third person, and I had no idea if it was omnipotent, or omnipresent, or whatever. Still don’t quite remember those. @Daeus what are those things?

But now I write mostly in first person. I like focusing on one person personally better, and it lets me put in weird thoughts that I probably wouldn’t if it was third person.

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I used to ONLY write third person, and I had no idea if it was omnipotent, or omnipresent, or whatever. Still don’t quite remember those. @Daeus what are those things?

But now I write mostly in first person. I like focusing on one person personally better, and it lets me put in weird thoughts that I probably wouldn’t if it was third person.

But…[Read more]

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@rolena-hatfield Ah, yes. I don’t think any of my smilies have that problem, but it’s a good point.

@Daeus I would never read a curse word from a script, whether play or book. Something you could consider (though it’s kinda minor) about whether or not to put the words in your writing is, what if someone were to make an audiobook or movie out of your story (pretend for a minute that’s likely to happen. 😛 Ya never know!), they’d have to say the…[Read more]

@rolena-hatfield

Ah, I see. Scraps from life in a book. A scrapbook. Scrapbooking! 😛

XD LOL, I must be a pretty good baker then! XD

It’s mostly satire and comedy, but he has done a few serious books. His most famous stories are about Jeeves & Wooster, a butler and a rich upperclassman, respectively. His golfing short stories are great too.…[Read more]

@rolena-hatfield

Ah, I see. Scraps from life in a book. A scrapbook. Scrapbooking! 😛

XD LOL, I must be a pretty good baker then! XD

It’s mostly satire and comedy, but he has done a few serious books. His most famous stories are about Jeeves & Wooster, a butler and a rich upperclassman, respectively.

@rolena-hatfield: Hey, thanks for the welcome! 😀

Oh, okay. I was just amazed to see a forum with no activity for a year. XD

I do read a bit, although probably not as much as I should. 😛 I don’t think have a specific favorite book, but I’m currently reading P.G. Wodehouse at the moment, and I enjoy his books.

Baking and singing! 😀 I like…[Read more]

@rolena-hatfield: Thank you! Oh, and thanks for the link, I’ll be sure to check it out!
As for violin, I have been taking lessons by the best teacher ever! (She’s actually from the States) We do it in her home (now, not at first) and we all have such a good time we usually go over half an hour. She’s picky, especially about me playing loud, but I…[Read more]

@rolena-hatfield Bingo. Edna Mode may be one of my all-time favorite Pixar characters.

“I have just met you, and I love you.”

@kate-flournoy This is kind of like, really cool to be on at the same time as someone else. It’s like I’m having a real conversation.

Everyone else, is there anyone in your family that you have based a character off of? My only one would be my cousin’s cousin, Hans, who is 15. He’s a guy who would try and jump a fence to see if he could and end…[Read more]

@rolena-hatfield Ah. Unfortunately, I don’t know about that. 🙁

@rolena-hatfield I’m no expert in jousting, but I do think flails were sometimes used in jousts. The advantage of a flail is that it can whip around an opponent’s shield, but they are hard to wield and bad for defense. Anything specific you wanted to know?

@Rolena-Hatfield you’re welcome. 🙂 It was either you could unhorse them with a blow to their shield or knock their helmet off. Unhorsing by the shield is most common and most convenient, as the jousting helmet is designed specifically to turn such blows. There is no flat surface to land a solid blow save for a tiny tip where all the slopes of the…[Read more]

@Rolena-Hatfield you’re welcome. 🙂 It was either you could unhorse them or knock their helmet off. Unhorsing is most common and most convenient, as the jousting helmet is designed specifically to turn such blows. There is no flat surface to land a solid blow save for a tiny tip where all the slopes of the helmet come together just beneath the…[Read more]

@Rolena-Hatfield I don’t know the answer to that specific question, though I suspect it very much depends on whether it was a formal joust (or even a royal joust) or a rougher, livelier joust hosted by a baron or some other ‘petty’ lord. ‘Country’ jousts were rough and probably a lot less organized. Royal jousts were merely for the show of it,…[Read more]

@rolena-hatfield Have you ever seen The Sword in the Stone? It’s not entirely about jousting, but it has a scene or two with it. I know that squires keep all of the Knight’s items and anything they need. When a knight is dismounted, they move onto sword-fighting. That’s really all I know… Sorry I couldn’t be of more help.