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Ben Powell replied to the topic Rook's Book Blurb in the forum Novel Idea Critiques 6 years, 10 months ago
@winter-rose I like it overall, but I’m confused on a couple of points.
First of all, the reason he doesn’t want to guard Amy… from the first line, it seems that he doesn’t like the Slate family. From the second line, it seems that he specifically doesn’t like Amy. From the third line it seems that he just doesn’t like girls in general.…[Read more]
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Ben Powell replied to the topic If KP was Edible… in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 10 months ago
@mariposa Impressive! I’ve never even gotten a gingerbread house to stand up, let alone look that good!
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Ben Powell replied to the topic The Show Don't Tell Me Rule in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 10 months ago
*squints*
Did @daeus put you up to this to get free advertising?
Nah, just kidding! 😉
Yes, I got the email, but I haven’t had a chance to do the course yet. From your stellar recommendation, though, I definitely will do it soon. One of my weaknesses is relying on telling, especially when I’m writing in third person.
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Ben Powell replied to the topic The Last Jedi in the forum Film 6 years, 10 months ago
@sam-kowal Yeah… Luke mentioned that Kylo took some of his students without killing them, so I wonder what happened to them? Is he training them in the dark side?
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Ben Powell replied to the topic The Last Jedi in the forum Film 6 years, 10 months ago
@sam-kowal Luke was just amazing. I could watch an entire movie of Luke doing his everyday life, and I would find it fascinating.
@alia Well, actually, J. J. Abrams kind of hinted that Rey’s parents weren’t important, and Daisy Ridley said she thought it was obvious after TFA.
Yeah, I agree that Finn was a bit boring. Oh, and Finn’s number was F…[Read more]
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Ben Powell replied to the topic Ice cream and Raspberries in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 10 months ago
@inkling-for-christ @sam-kowal
As far as I know, the LOKD is the original source. But I’m not 100% certain. You’d have to ask @dragon-snapper.
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Ben Powell replied to the topic Greetings, Fellow Writers in the forum Start HERE 6 years, 10 months ago
@abby1 Hello, and welcome to the Kingdom of Pen, the only place where dragons talk, words are worth their weight in gold, and raspberries might as well be the official currency. 😀
Ah, New Zealand… you’re lucky. 🙂
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Ben Powell replied to the topic The Semi-Grand Return of the Ink Rose in the forum Start HERE 6 years, 10 months ago
@bethanysinkyroses Welcome back!
I haven’t been on here long enough to remember you, but for some reason you sound EXACTLY like a character in a book I just read. (Daryl from the Time echoes trilogy by Bryan Davis.) I guess your writing style is similar to the way the author wrote that character. (Fortunately, she was one of my favorite c…[Read more]
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Ben Powell replied to the topic The Last Jedi in the forum Film 6 years, 10 months ago
@inkling-for-christ You just click of the “forum” button at the top of the page and navigate to the category you want to post the thread in, and then click “Create new topic” at the top of the category’s page. It’ll give you a text box to write the first post in.
(Luke in The Last Jedi: “It was a cheap trick.”) 😉
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Ben Powell replied to the topic The Last Jedi in the forum Film 6 years, 10 months ago
Let us all have a moment of silence for Luke Skywalker…
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Ben Powell replied to the topic What Stan and I did on Christmas in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 11 months ago
@sam-kowal I am truly honored. I have been featured in the first Kapeefer Literature Christmas Special.
I’m sorry to have ruined your Christmas, though. I could have at least waited until January 1 to collect your rent!
XD 😀
Okay, That was hilarious! Somehow I had missed the fact that STAN CAN TALK! You and him make very good book c…[Read more]
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itisastarrynight and Ben Powell are now friends 6 years, 11 months ago
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Ben Powell replied to the topic The Last Jedi in the forum Film 6 years, 11 months ago
@introvert_girl Hmm… that’s an interesting theory. It makes sense. When Kylo Ren is more in his “Ben Solo” mood, he’s actually fairly likable.
@itisastarrynight That’s interesting, because my favorite part (besides the boy at the end) was when Luke faced off Kylo Ren (as a Force ghost.) I thought Snoke was killed way too easily and that ther…[Read more]
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Ben Powell replied to the topic Pinterest in the forum Publishing & Platform 6 years, 11 months ago
@daeus Yeah, I’d vote for #2 as well
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Ben Powell replied to the topic Poems by Alfred the Great in the forum Poetry 6 years, 11 months ago
@daeus Okay, I know this topic is ancient (it’s the second oldest in “recent forum topics” at the moment), but this is actually pretty cool! Alfred the Great sounds like a good guy, and his poems are pretty good. I was skimming through the book, and I found it interesting that the translator inserted notes about Anglo-Saxon language. I have alway…[Read more]
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Ben Powell replied to the topic Quote That in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 11 months ago
@perfectfifths I’ve heard it somewhere but I don’t remember where…. but then it might not even be the same one you’re thinking of.
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Ben Powell replied to the topic The Last Jedi in the forum Film 6 years, 11 months ago
They are called porgs! (If my spell checker will let me type it 🙂 )
Interesting fact: the reason there are porgs is that the real island that they filmed the movie on was covered in puffins. They found out that it was impossible to physically remove them all, and digitally removing them would cause problems, so they digitally…[Read more]
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Ben Powell replied to the topic Hey, everyone! 😀 in the forum Start HERE 6 years, 11 months ago
@notawriter Welcome to the Kingdom!
You’re an artist? Cool. I wish I could draw or paint or something, but nope. Maybe that’s why I turned to writing – to express things in words that an artist would with a picture.
I really couldn’t say one favorite Bible verse, but some of my favorite books of the Bible are Eccclesiastes, Daniel, Hebre…[Read more]
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Ben Powell replied to the topic Hello there! in the forum Start HERE 6 years, 11 months ago
@itisastarrynight Your username made me think up a story…
It was a cold December night. King Daeus and a small group of his most trusted knights hiked through the deep snow blanketing a thick forest. Their breath was easily visible in the freezing air.
The king held up a hand, signaling a stop.
”What is it?” asked Kate. “Troll thing…[Read more]
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Ben Powell replied to the topic My Favorite Music. What's Yours? in the forum Music 6 years, 11 months ago
Ooh, Helen Jane Long’s music is beautiful. I listen to a lot of instrumentals while writing, especially The Piano Guys, TSFH, and film scores. Also whatever is on “Classical for Studying” on Pandora. 🙂
Ludovico Einauldi… never heard of the guy. I’ll give him a listen.
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