THANK YOU NOAH

Joelle, I loved reading this, it made my day. 🙂 I’m glad we agree, we need to complain to each other about it sometime. 🙂 xD

@olivia

Thanks for the reply Olivia! I’m glad you were able to see the clear differences through my mess of a post. xD

@r-m-archer

However. As it currently stands, the word “magic” is jus…

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Sorry I haven’t responded in the last few days.  Both my parents came down with Covid. My dad is back home and over it, but my mom is in serious condition in ICU on a ventilator, so I am not sure she will make it.  God’s grace is meeting us here, but we a…[Read more]

Chapter 2, Scene 1

Audio Link: Book 1, Chapter 2, Scene 1

Duration: 8:37

Text: 1490 words

Liorah

My best friend, Sahar, bounced with excitement, her skirt rippling around her ankles. She spun in a graceful dance step,…[Read more]

@noah-cochran

@erynne

@skylarynn

@rose-colored-fancy

@bclarke

@writergirl101

@daeus-lamb

@josiah

@hope-ann

@briannastorm

@karthmin

@this-is-not-an-alien

@everyone

I had a feeling Isa was older than Faye. Sometimes birth order doesn’t need to be specifically introduced (or at least not all at once). And I wasn’t sure what had been introduced in an earlier scene (if Isa is in the previous scene, then it all makes sense).

You’re totally right. I can’t quite remember how clear I was about it, (I wro…[Read more]

Hi Bronte! Thanks for listening and thanks for your feedback, it really helps!

Oh, man, I didn’t realize how vague I was. I didn’t indicate their birth order at all *Facepalm*

In hindsight, this scene would have worked way better if I recorded Faye’s introduction chapter first. It’s also where Isa is introduced. Oh, well.

Faye? I get…

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Glad you enjoyed it!  Oh that’s cool that you condensed your story to six words!  Mine would go something like:

“Gained reward; lost friend; now reconciled.”

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Hey, I saw your poem and it was so awesome! (good luck in the challenge *goes back to figuring out what to submit* 🙂 )

@bclarke  Wr…[Read more]

Hi Lily,

I submitted a poem on your friend Hannah’s site this time.

@bclarke

Ha, ha! 😂🤣 …Bronte

I love this ☝. 😋

…AND I have added one additional question that goes to the value of this fun exercise. 😎  12 Disciples – 12 Tribes of Israel – 12 Gates in the Heavenly City – 12 – Eggs in a Dozen… (Okay, I’ll admit I got carried away with this last…[Read more]

@michelle

@olivia

Hey, if you guys are feeling brave, my friend is running another caption contest for 6-50 words.  The link’s below, if you’re interested.  (good luck!)

Click Here

Hi Joelle,

Whew! It has been a long and busy week.
Trying to catch up on responding to posts.

So, let me clarify a little.  These snippets of scenes are extracted from anywhere in a longer work, so they will often be introduced without context or backstory.  We are just looking at the intrinsic value of a single scene, which m…[Read more]

Hi Michelle,

You ought to check out Bronte’s (@bclarke) entry under the “Audio Cinema” Forum topic. It is very good and she gives such a clever and animated reading of a section from it called “Jade’s Story”.  Here’s the shortcut to her entry: Click Here.

She has a very vivid imagination and I am excited to see what she will do for…[Read more]

That one was awesome!  You’re getting better each time!  *bows and hands you roses*

*ducks as Brian’s squirrels through peanuts at me*

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Good one!

@bclarke

That’s so funny!  Our chickens liked to chase our cat (they’re weird but nice too.) 😄

Shibby is a cute name!  Wow, bush turkeys?  That’s quite a story.  We used to have wild turkeys in our backyard (and they were so huge!)  What did she ‘command’ them to do?  Aww, a parrot named ‘Chicken’?!  That’s hilarious 😆

Umm, Patches was tolerant with dogs… if they were on the other side of the glass door 😂  She was a stray…[Read more]

Hi, nice to meet you!  I’m Lily.  I love the stories you came up with!  Especially number three.

Aww, what’s your kitty’s name?  I used to have a Calico cat named *wait for it* Patches! (Yeah, I wasn’t really original as a kid, but strangely, it fit.😄)  I also like your avatar.

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Is it possible squi…[Read more]

Bronte, those are brilliant!!!

This one is delightfully cryptic!

Intriguing! This could be a byline for a story or novel.

Not to knock those…sinister squirrels, but the Cat has long had that aloof awareness down pat.

As a nod to those finicky felines, here’s one for the cats out there…

“The cats and their human toys…”

Too…[Read more]

Oh yes! Thank you! That explains it very well and makes me very excited to read more! I was rather worried about that deus ex machina…XD

@bclarke
I agree with @obrian-of-the-surface-world you’re reading was so animated! And your’s too @joelle-stone both y’all’s reading really fit with stories and was so fresh!

Heheh *grins sheepishl…[Read more]

Yay, I’m glad you liked it! It was supposed to be a piece of microfiction and I’m not quite sure where it came from. XD Hm, now that I read your input, though, it’s inspiring ideas for my other projects… Thank you so much for investing your time in listening/reading/critiquing!! It means a lot. 😀

I love hearing your animated and impassioned reading of it!  Nothing “cringy” in it whatsoever (as you mentioned separately)!

See what dimensionality is added by giving us another way to perceive the text?  I know you have that secret advantage over us too, but this makes feeling the text and your p…[Read more]

Here’s my first go at this – it’s a story about a student in my WIP, the year before my WIP. After hearing it read out loud, pretty sure I missed areas I could have expanded.

Moniker: @bclarke

Jade’s Side Story Audio

Text: 658 words [3 min 50 sec audio]

Jade was used to changing schools. Although the rumours about her weren’t that…[Read more]

Linyang, I will reply on a subsequent post from this one.  Hope you are having a blessed day and I am so glad you are joining us. Each of us are passionate about what we do and there may be times we don’t see eye to eye, but Christ makes us f…[Read more]

Hey guys!  Thanks for guessing, it was fun to read!! 😉

1) Name: Tara, Kristin, Sierra

1) Name: Mia

Close, her name is Elle.

2) Age: 17-21

2) Age: 22

She’s 19.

3) Career/Role in Story: MC or MC’s older sister

3) Career/Role in Story: Hidden friend/supporter of MC who isn’t given as much credit as she…

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Here’s another character of mine.

See?  I told you this would be fun! 🙂
They are pretty good guesses too!  You have several other pics as well, so go to it, girl!
This gives you one of the many opportunities to shine! 🙂

Yay! Bronte! So glad you are here!

Can’t wait to see the others get to respond to this beautiful art and your developing characters!

Since I have insider knowledge about this one, I’ll let the others here respond with guessing!

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!

Ooh, cool character! Here I go:

1)  Name: Addison, Marilyn, Mary-Anne. Something kind of long but classical, or maybe something short and spunky, like Isa, Leah, or Sara.

2)  Age: Mid-twenties, I think.

3)  Career/role-in-story: I think she’s either a teacher or an academic of some sort. Maybe an archeologist, geologist, or an…[Read more]

I can point you to some free…[Yes, I said FREE]…resources that I use, if you are interested.

I use “Voice Record Pro” on my Apple i-Phone.  It is free in the…[Read more]

@josiah

@hope-ann

@briannastorm

@karthmin

@this-is-not-an-alien

@erynne

@skylarynn

@rose-colored-fancy

@bclarke

@writergirl101

To start the “Audio” ball rolling,… (Yes, yes, I know that’s cliche…)
Here is the first entry:

Moniker:
@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Text: (1623 Words)

The old woman watched as the foamy tides…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien, @erynne, @skylarynn, @rose-colored-fancy, @bclarke, @writergirl101

Completely Useless Character Game

…We’ve been expecting you!
Bring any character drawings you are willing to share.

I am adding Bronte to our fun here!

@rose-colored-fancy (Rose)

@irishcelticredflowercrown (Neasa)

@erynne (Erynne)

@lonathecat (Lona)

@emma-walker (Emma)

@sparrowhawke (Sparrowhawke)

@arindown (Gracie)

Bronte has some amazing art for her characters that I am sure you all will love!

Her WIP is fascinating and she has…[Read more]