Jackson Graham

@dragon-snapper

Those songs are great! What genre of music were you thinking of? The second song definitely describes me. I love the woods. 🙂

@gretald, @bluejay, @writefury, @daeus, @hannah-olsen, @mark-kamibaya, @Sarah-H, @kate-flournoy, @emma-flournoy, @dragon-snapper, @michael-stanton

I know this topic has kind of gone dead, but I was wondering if y’all could give me some advice and ideas. I’m currently writing this song about rebelling against the culture and sticking to God’s…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper

I’ve been using MuseScore for the past several weeks for a composition. It has been ENORMOUSLY helpful.

Jackson E. Graham

@daeus

Probably a mix of #1 (exhausted) and #3 (not satisfied with ideas). I also heard you have published your book! Congrats!

@kate-flournoy

Thanks for the advice! I find it difficult to not obsess over how something should be written.

@dragon-snapper

Thanks for the advice! Your profile pic looks cool too. 🙂

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@daeus

Probably a mix of #1 (exhausted) and #3 (not satisfied with ideas). I also heard you have published your book! Congrats!

@kate-flournoy

Thanks for the advice! I find it difficult to not obsess over how something should be written.

Jackson E. Graham
http://jacksonegraham.wixsite.com/jackson-e-graham

@his-instrument

From my research, it seems that slamming your shoulder into the wall is going to do worse damage, not make it better. I would suggest your character get help to put it back into place. If that’s not possible (as it was in mine), I suggest you do some research and find a single person method that has been tested to work and works…[Read more]

@michael-stanton

Great question! I totally support keeping the narrative focused.
As for the scientific element, I don’t explicitly call it what it is, but the reader should definitely be able to tell. Also, the scientific things that I need to research affect the character’s being able to survive in my world. At this point, he would die if he…[Read more]

@aratrea
Yeah. Some things you don’t want to know by life experience… 🙂

Jackson E. Graham
http://jacksonegraham.wixsite.com/jackson-e-graham

@anne-of-lothlorien

Yes, the person in my profile pic is me. 🙂 I usually do fictional characters, but I thought I might switch it up a bit.

Jackson E. Graham
http://jacksonegraham.wixsite.com/jackson-e-graham

@dragon-snapper

I totally agree with you. I wasn’t trying to defend swearing, just trying to find a way to help Daeus with this. 🙂

@daeus

I understand what you mean by:

“My point isn’t to say that swearing is necessary (it isn’t) but that including it in a book is not the same as doing it yourself.”

However, from the reader’s per…[Read more]

@daeus

“The first is from an antagonist, though not quite villain. He curses another man. It’s not at all necessary to make him appear bad, but it does play an important role as a foil and, more importantly, as a major set up piece for a plot point.”

I’m not sure I understand how you are going to use this cuss word to be a foil. Can you e…[Read more]

@daeus

“The first is from an antagonist, though not quite villain. He curses another man. It’s not at all necessary to make him appear bad, but it does play an important role as a foil and, more importantly, as a major set up piece for a plot point.”

I’m not sure I understand how you are going to use this cuss word to be a foil. Can you e…[Read more]

@daeus

Alright, here we go…

First things first. We all agree that coarse language is to be frowned upon, so I have a few questions.

1. How necessary is it to your character portrayal? Is it something that your villain would totally unravel your villain’s portrayal in your story?

2. What words are you using? The D-word, or something worse? I…[Read more]