Sarah Spradlin

@Hope exactly. Have any of you ever just sat down on a whim and started writing in the most sarcastic voice you could manage? Just thrown caution to the winds and hammered out a poem or a story or just any random piece of writing for the fun of seeing how much you could exaggerate? I’ve done that. It’s incredibly easy, somehow. Easier than being…[Read more]

@Daeus competition always helps. 😉

@Daeus not tonight— other plans, but I am beginning to get back into a semblance of my regular schedule again, so I should be back on this topic frequently not too long from now. 😀

@C-C-Lane It’s great to meet you!
Awesome, I love LOTR, too! I’m reading it for the third time this summer. 🙂

@c-c-lane
Hello! And sorry I’m a little late. 🙂 You sound like an awesome person. I can’t wait to get to know you!!!!! 🙂 Welcome and have fun!

I’ll be writing for the next hourish if anyone else is on… @Daeus, @kate-flournoy

Also, happy 4th of July, everyone! 🙂

@kate-flournoy Similes (or metaphors) should be stated as fact, not comparison. I really like that. There’s been lots of good points made. I’m not thinking of any more right now except, to sum up some of the points… ‘write with confidence’. Leave off the seems and likes and hads and other little words. You know what you are writing. Act like it. 😉

Ah, I’m jealous of you guys who are editing. As for me, I’m still trying out outline. And I need the outline done by the 4th. I’ve a feeling I’ll be figuring out some things as I write this time. 😉

Hahaha! I knew someone would set me straight. 😀

And don’t worry. I wasn’t even considering stopping. I wouldn’t dare. 😛

@Daeus

Will read them tomorrow…probably. 😉

Ugh… I feel you @overcomer. And I don’t even do much prep work. A very basic outline, nothing else. But especially with editing it seems like it’s much easier to decide what to edit than it is to actually sit down and do it. 😛

I shall be very, very glad when I’m done editing this book. For numerous reasons. Not the least of which is I’ll…[Read more]

I do have that problem, @winter-rose ! How about that? 😉
I haven’t come up with a cool name to describe outliners yet, but when I do, you’ll be the first to know.

My projects? They’re coming along, @aella … if not so fast as I expected, they’re still coming along.

I’ve been real busy too, @zoe-wingfeather . I’m just beginning to bury…[Read more]

Keeping things simple is hard, @kate-flournoy ! 🙂

And I keep overanalyzing my storyline. I’m like, “Just write the doggone thing already! It’s only a first draft for goodness sake!” But there are just so many possibilities! I think I’m making progress, though. 😉

Doh! *grimace* Thanks for pointing that out, @Jadamae. I get those two mixed up ALL THE TIME. 😛

That works. I can do that.

@Daeus I agree. One hundred percent. Always live in the moment. Otherwise it pushes the reader off to arms’ length.

Actually you know, I just realized something… the classical authors don’t do that as much. Live in the moment, I mean. Okay, I take that back. They do— but they are forever interrupting their ‘moments’ with flashbacks and info…[Read more]

Hm, yes. I wouldn’t say it’s a requirement for a great writer to be a philosopher, but it certainly comes easier. Heh, just plain ol’ writing comes easier!
Why? Here’s my hypothesis: Writing is a reflection of life. The clearer your understanding of life, the clearer a reflection you are able to reproduce. And thus, the purpose of books is also…[Read more]

Okay… I think I get you @Daeus. If this discussions proceeds and we’re still not on the same page, holler and we’ll try and get it straightened out. 😀

My theory is that it is mostly due to with the organic suffusion of philosophy throughout the book.

This is deep. Pardon me while I go off to my secretest of secret writer hideaways and ponder…[Read more]

Hm… I really like The Fire Ships. There are twelve episodes, I’m pretty sure— all roughly an hour and 45 minutes. It’s been a while since I last saw them, but as I recall The Fire Ships is pretty clean. All the others are running together in my mind, so I can’t remember which ones needed screening and which were fine… but overall the stuff…[Read more]