Story Embers | audrey.the.author | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/audrey-the-author/activity/ Activity feed for audrey.the.author. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:40:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 0d67897987e89943fd0baca9713492cb audrey.the.author started the topic Said: Dead or Alive in the forum Apprentice Island Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/said-dead-or-alive/ Sun, 20 Jan 2019 04:55:33 -0400 I have seen arguments from both sides of the debate about the word ‘said’.

One school of thought says “said is dead”. People on this side tend to be against the use of the word ‘said’, preferring to use descriptive dialogue tags such as ‘explained’, ‘shouted’, ‘pouted’, ‘whispered’, ‘fretted’, and so on.

The other school of thought appreciates…[Read more]

]]> 0 6ec154f07cda38dbc648e7fcff529986 audrey.the.author replied to the topic New Year Resolutions! in the forum Apprentice Island Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/new-year-resolutions/#post-69945 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 03:37:40 -0400 @ads_forest You’re welcome! I agree. Excellent! Have you decided on where you will attend college?
My availability to write depends on the quarter. I also think it would depend on the person taking the classes. Personally, I have found three classes to be excruciating, and my writing was limited to jotting down every inspirational or poetic thing…[Read more]

]]> 0 36959b999c3a36c25dc9080cb7bc64a2 audrey.the.author replied to the topic Greetings! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-3/#post-69937 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 03:18:06 -0400 @evelyn Oh, I see. Well, for the record, I do not hate NCFCA. I think some people take “friendly rivalry” a liiiiittle bit too far.

Nice! I hope you can join the Stoa club next semester or next year.

I competed mostly in Interpretation (Dramatic, Open, Duo, Monologue (a wildcard)), with an Original Oratory on the side in my last year. All…[Read more]

]]> 0 39c5a336ee2427479e84d6ecbab526e2 audrey.the.author replied to the topic New Year Resolutions! in the forum Apprentice Island Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/new-year-resolutions/#post-69933 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 03:05:29 -0400 I have not been one to make New Year’s resolutions, and I still struggle to understand why that is the case. However, I tend to sit down before each college quarter and make some bullet journal pages about health, homework, writing, and such. This time (school starts tomorrow), I took things a little further and made several pages of focus points…[Read more]

]]> 0 d5dd6e2f2f524b9ae33e8e9e2da0774c audrey.the.author changed their profile picture https://storyembers.org/activity/p/37689/ Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:43:14 -0400 0 66ed067ed6aa7786d13f990972d23d7f audrey.the.author replied to the topic Greetings! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-3/#post-68456 Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:40:13 -0400 @the-fledgling-artist Thank you! My lovely friend pointed me to the introductory post in the series about writing tricky topics, and it was exactly what I needed to read. I am hoping to join a guild in the next acceptance cycle.

@trufflehunter Thank you! Agreed. I have not seen his cat poems, but I will look for them.

@dekreel Thank…[Read more]

]]> 0 df710dfe85f4bb5e742d80f1867d2147 audrey.the.author started the topic Greetings! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-3/ Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:44:37 -0400 Greetings, fellow Wordsmiths! My name is Audrey. I am a formerly homeschooled adult studying Entrepreneurship and Marketing at community college. I am of a dramatic bent, which means I enjoy bringing characters to life, whether they are in my head, on my page, or from genius works of others *cough cough* The Secret Garden *cough*. Typically, the…[Read more]

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