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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Revision of Ice: in the forum Short Story Critiques 3 years, 10 months ago
Thank you so much!
In what ways did you like the original ending better? I want to keep Fabian alive, and I am trying to foreshadow he’s not dead (I may keep him dead, I don’t know, what do you think?), and I don’t know if I’m getting it across.
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Revision of Ice: in the forum Short Story Critiques 3 years, 11 months ago
The next thing Jade knew, he was squatting beside the frozen peaks, his breath coming in trembling gasps. The blizzard had passed, and everything was buried except the anti-freeze ocean. He hit the side of his helmet and the glass changed to clear, the stars in the periwinkle sky glared at him. He tried to rub his face before forgetting he was in…[Read more]
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Revision of Ice: in the forum Short Story Critiques 3 years, 11 months ago
For a few minutes after he woke up, Jade laid in bed pretending to sleep. In of the possible moves he could take; he was trapped until Fabian decided he should leave. Jade shifted again, pretending to slowly wake. I may as well enjoy what I can of Fabian’s hospitality.
“Marning… Jake.”
Jade sat up and feigned a yawn, “Is it morning?”…[Read more]
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Revision of Ice: in the forum Short Story Critiques 3 years, 11 months ago
A sharp bang crashed Jade into consciousness. He stared at the metal ceiling, it looked so like the one he stared at on his ship every morning he didn’t remember that he wasn’t home until another clank dug into his ears. He cringed and shut his eyes as his neck rotated his head. He had asked the surgeons to make his face and neck look the way the…[Read more]
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Revision of Ice: in the forum Short Story Critiques 3 years, 11 months ago
I divided the story into individual posts so that every time there would be a *** I start a new post.
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Ice</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>By Dawn Robin (ScoutFinch180)</p>
He had never killed a monster before. Not that he wasn’t used to killing. On occasion, he would kill people who stood in the…[Read more] -
Scoutillus Finch started the topic Revision of Ice: in the forum Short Story Critiques 3 years, 11 months ago
Hello @Gracie-J, @GodlyFantasy, @devastate-lasting, @nova-21 @anyone-else.
Here are some questions I have:
- Do you like Jade? I know he’s really a horrible person, but is he at least interesting?
- Would the scene where Marian and Jade are talking be better if I had Fabian trying to convince Jade that he is his brother in that scene?
- Is there…
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Hey fellow writers! in the forum Start HERE 3 years, 11 months ago
Hi, @issawriter7!
I am @ScoutFinch180.
Your books sounds so cool! I have never dabbled in spy-fiction, do you enjoy reading it? I personally also write speculative fiction and am working on a sci-fi short story.
How long do you want your novel to be?
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Writers' Corner 01 in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 11 months ago
Thanks for the compliment!
That makes sense. I was thinking that I could, after a while, have Jade and Fabian meet and be in the same area, but Fabian and Jade would still have a while before they reconciled.
And IF I was to make this into a novel, do you think I should open the story a little earlier than these events?
Also, I think…[Read more]
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Writers' Corner 01 in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 11 months ago
That’s so cool! I didn’t know that they could come in different colors besides the tan/black/white.
I have a wire-haired terrier mix (she’s my contact photo on here) named Scout and an old boxer-lab. they are inside dogs and shed profusely.
By the way, I added the D word (as in beaver-house) in one exclamation that Jade says, would that bother…[Read more]
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Writers' Corner 01 in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 11 months ago
Merry Christmas to you all too!
I’m glad your beagle are doing alright, how many do you have? Are they outside dogs?
Alive it is, then. I was wanting to see what y ‘all’s opinions were before I decided to keep Fabian alive. I have been thinking of extending the story into a novel, and I realized that one of the ways…[Read more]
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Writers' Corner 01 in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 11 months ago
Also, do you guys have any opinion on Fabian staying alive throughout the series (if I do it)? I think that if I made a sequel(s) to this one story or turned it into one novel I’d have to keep Fabian alive because he could keep the story going.
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Writers' Corner 01 in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 11 months ago
Also, how are your beagles doing?
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Writers' Corner 01 in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 11 months ago
Happy holidays to you too! How’s your book going?
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Prologue Critique! in the forum Novel Critique Requests 3 years, 11 months ago
You’re welcome!😊
It is SO exciting to run into characters that really live to you! I have several of my own I feel that way about and i do hope to make all of them pop out too.
Maybe Corvina and your MC encounter each other and your MC has to get away? Does Corvina influence any events that happen to the MC?
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Prologue Critique! in the forum Novel Critique Requests 3 years, 11 months ago
This is very interesting.
I like how Corvina isn’t just a faceless servant of evil and is easy to feel pity for. I do find myself wondering if we will always have scenes this deep in Corvina’s head because of this opening scene. How much focus is on Corvina? Is she this prevalent over the rest of the story?
I like how you appear to be setting…[Read more]
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic WIP Chat! in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 11 months ago
Thanks!
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Scoutillus Finch started the topic Sci-fi Galaxy Map? in the forum Sci-Fi 3 years, 11 months ago
Hello, everyone!
I am wondering if any of you had experience in mapping a sci-fi world? I am going to be delving into this, and I am wondering if you have any tips/advice? I will probably be writing this out with pen and paper. If you have sci-fi worldbuilding tips in general, I’m all ears.
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic WIP Chat! in the forum General Writing Discussions 3 years, 11 months ago
Totally alright, I once wrote skin instead of sky, so that turned out unwell for me. What is a blurb?
Your idea sounds so cool! What is the modern world like?
I am planning on expanding my Short Story’s world and maybe making a few sequels. As I am revising I keep on noticing ways I could expand the story. But one catch for me is making a whole…[Read more]
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Scoutillus Finch replied to the topic Describe your writing process in 3 words. What are they and why? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years, 11 months ago
- Messy
I usually have a thousand thousand ideas all over the place scribbled on scraps of paper, index cards, and sticky notes. I have been trying to organize things, but it is going a little slow, but i hope i’ve got it under control
- unexpected
I get too excited about one after doing a vague outlining and i just jump into the story, which…[Read more]
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