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Kate Flournoy started the topic Looking for laptop recommendations in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
This is me when I bought my very first laptop several years ago:

This is me when I realized it had a few minor problems, like being unable to handle virtually any modern program (MSWord included):

This is me deciding nothing’s perfect and that’s okay; I can deal with it:

This is me realizing I need MSWord and several other programs my…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
@corissa thanks for the moral support. 😉
Has this been judged yet? Does anyone know? @daeus-lamb @literatureforthelight @gabbyj
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Daeus Lamb started the topic Character and Viewpoint – a short review in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 4 months ago
Hi Saxon Scribes,
For this week in our annual theme discussion, I wanted to review a book I just read by Orson Scott Card called Characters & Viewpoint.
The short of it: this is a good solid book, not really brilliant or a game changer but still a worthy read for anyone but advanced professionals. Personally, I didn’t learn much new, but I re…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
@Gabbyj aww, thanks. 🙂
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
@kate Oh, I’ll do that. Don’t worry ’bout it.
Hey, everyone. @corissa @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @lady-iliara @gabbyj What do you think about Kate having the copyright to this — and from now on whoever writes the first draft of a prompt officially holding the copyright to it?
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
Ugh, tags. @daeus-lamb @lady-iliara @gabbyj @literatureforthelight
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
*exaggerated bows all around* Thank you, thank you. *blows kisses and dodges confetti and bouquets of flowers*
XD
AHEM. Like you guys didn’t do a ton to help out. Thank YOU. And now I’ve gone through it once again and the deadline approacheth, so what do you think now? Let judgment fall.
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 4 months ago
@lady-iliara I wasn’t finished with it! 😛 How is it now?
@Daeus-lamb @gabbyj @literatureforthelight @ethryndal @corissa @elizabeth @r-m-archer
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 5 months ago
*deep breath* Okay peeps. Here it is. I may have gone way over the word limit but I’m not sure. My general thoughts are I’m not too sure of it, since I really struggle with writing short anything, so I’m kind of second-guessing everything right now, but hey, that’s what rough drafts are for. Tear into it.
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Characters you feel like you understand coming across as flat in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 8 years, 5 months ago
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Lady Iliara replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 5 months ago
@literatureforthelight That’s a GREAT idea! I’m not sure if that’s exactly what mine is, but it’s similar.
(I am so embarrassed about this 😆) I wrote it kind of as a…idk, stream-of-consciousness thingy? That’s not the right word. Anyway, it’s not a strict outline, but it’s not an actual rough draft.
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Grace replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 5 months ago
@lady-iliara @gabbyj @daeus-lamb Adding on to that idea (idk if you all have started your outlines yet) what if we trick the reader into thinking that this healer is witnessing a death scene, but then it turns into the death scene of the healer himself, with us finding out the healer’s ability not until around the climax? Just a thought.
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R.M. Archer replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 5 months ago
Same. I’d be willing to write or edit, but I’m not good at the brainstorming stage with so many people. I get confused too easily about what ideas we’re settling on and which have just been thrown out there, lol.
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Olivia Giordano replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 5 months ago
@daeus-lamb @kate @lady-iliara @gabbyj Loving all these ideas! I would chime in, but I don’t really have anything to add. Yeah, it’s looking really good, and I’m really excited about what this is turning into.
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Lady Iliara replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 5 months ago
@daeus-lamb @kate @gabbyj YES I am loving this idea. What if several of us come up with a rough draft or even just outline and compare?
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 5 months ago
@gabbyj I do like that.
Do you think this could work? What if healing people was his job (maybe he recharges or maybe not) and now he plans to go home and enjoy his life and the good feeling at all the work he’s done, but then he meets someone who needs his help and it will take everything he has.
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 5 months ago
Ooooooh @gabbyj that could be super cool!
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Perfect Prose? in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 5 months ago
Let’s see; who else can I tag. @literatureforthelight @lady-iliara @sam-kowal @gabbyj @jess-penrose
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Lady Iliara replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 5 months ago
@kate The problem with both of these to me is that they might take too long to describe—they would be perfect as part of a longer story, but I’m not sure we can milk the emotional depth in a short piece. But maybe that’s just me. (Remember, I have literally no experience in character death!) 😝
One thing that’s particularly heartbreaking to me i…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Tragedy, ahoy! in the forum Announcements 8 years, 5 months ago
@Daeus-lamb *nods* Are we talking about spiritual/emotional sacrifices, or actual physical ones? For instance we could go for scifi, and the character actually literally gives limbs and/or organs (in battle, or maybe to replace the limbs/organs of people he/she loves, or possibly both), replacing them with bionic limbs until he literally doesn’t…[Read more]
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