Julianne

@Noahlitle good catch. I fixed it. 😉 Thanks.

@Julianne you guys have been tremendous help.

@kate

Totally stealing this idea from @julianne, but I think it needs to be said more than once:

Thank you so much for putting in the time to do this, and for volunteering to write the first draft. What you’ve written so far is Amazing. With a capital A.

I think you can make it Incredible before the Deadline. With a capital I.
And a capital D,…[Read more]

Alrighty people. First of all, thanks so much for all your help in the doc. You could set up as an editing team and take over the world. ;P

We’re still a few dozen words over the limit, but that shouldn’t be too hard to fix with some more clipping. Right now I’m just going to open the floor for general thoughts on the point of the prompt—…[Read more]

Okay guys. *deep breath* I’m not quite happy with it, but that’s what first drafts are for. We’re over our limit by a few hundred words, so clipping would probably be a good thing to look for. 😛 Let’s get started.…[Read more]

@julianne Nice!! I play mainly gospel and Celtic. I also play some of the old country songs. I don’t play much any more, but I need to try to make time for it. :).

@literatureforthelight  Exactly! That’s exactly what I had in mind. Leave the audience wondering if the fire pixie was real. I couldn’t have said it better.

Also, @corissa I think we could do the same kind of thing with his moral dilemma. Give both choices enough weight to leave the audience wondering if he made the right choice. Whatever he…[Read more]

Do we have a go on project number two? That seems to be the majority vote. I’m all for it. Any last thoughts before we delegate a first-drafter?

Speaking of first-drafters, I’d love to write this. But since I wrote the last one I want to give you all a chance to volunteer if you’d like.

For the newbies (@julianne *waves*) the way this works is…[Read more]

I like the second idea as well; it’s a bit less of a plot to cram in 2,500 words. I would agree with Kate, though, that we don’t know whether or not the fire pixie is real, although we could probably hint at what Noah said, to make the audience think there might be some mental disorder going on, but leave all of them unsure.

(Apparently…[Read more]

I’m with you, @kate, I like the second idea better. It would lend itself pretty easily to one scene. Where he and the pixie break into the palace and warn the king.

We could give him a sort of hallucinogenic schizophrenia, or whatever you call that, where you see and interact with people/things that aren’t real. Then we could make the fact that…[Read more]

In light of the prompt, I like Kate’s most recent idea, even though there have been so many good points raised. Remember, we’re going for a scene, which doesn’t need to include a full arc or plot sequence, just needs to show something about our character.

The only thing about being uncertain about the fire pixie is that if we want the kid’s…[Read more]

I tried replying twice a few hours ago, and neither one showed up, so let’s see if third time’s the charm. 😛 😉

@kate I absolutely love that idea!

What would we do with the ending then? Would he still go back to his chimney sweep life, and if so what would that make the theme? Or would we give it a warmer, happier ending, where he does get…[Read more]

@chalice Mine is about three young adults searching for the true king of their land and becoming his lightbearers to prepare the kingdom for his return. I think. It is still in the process of outlining.

@julianne I also play the mandolin! What style of music do you like best?

@julianne Welcome. 🙂

Hey, you play the mandolin? I love that instrument. Beautiful sound.

@Julianne welcome! Thanks for jumping right in and contributing; great thoughts.

@Corissa I love the idea of him being kind to the fairies. Great way to spin it.

But guys, guys— before we go any further I had a thought. I’ve been trying to think how we can better fulfill the prompt, moving on from the story and developing an engaging voice…[Read more]