SleepwalkingMK

@gabriellepollack Yay! *readies pom poms and typing fingers* 😀

@cassandraia *braces self for hug but falls over anyway* Whoop whoop!

@gabriellepollack Thanks! 🙂

Finally got back from vacation and summer school, so my goal is to complete a short story or poem this week. Also, for school I have to start scholarship essays. Thankfully I found some creative essay/story ones, so I will be able to keep creative writing for school to keep me on track.

Every MBTI test I’ve taken has labeled me an ENFP. I mostly fit the stereotypical dreamy, scatterbrained, emotional, friendly stereotype, but a few things that bug me are:

-ENFPs make friends with everyone.

Nope. I get along with many people, but ENFPs are capable of holding grudges and not liking certain people.

-ENFPs are never shy and…[Read more]

This is such an interesting topic, because I see a lot lacking in the quality of prose today, my own writing, included. But I’m thinking of a few techniques:

Varying sentence length is a really great tool, like @law0413 said. I’ve also found that, when in a character’s head who is experiencing a really strong emotion, like anger, short, maybe…[Read more]

So, let me first agree with everyone and say that if it’s purely in there for the shock value, then I’d put the book down. That lets readers down, not just because of the content, but it also shows that the author is implicitly saying that he’s not good enough to keep readers hooked by his writing.

But I think we can go deeper into this. My…[Read more]

@christianna-hellwig You’re very welcome. Oh, okay. I’ve been a part of this but I haven’t been able to participate in a guild war as of yet. I went ahead and made a few comments on your scene. 🙂 You made tears come to my eyes in 900 words, and the voice sounded very realistically like a child’s.

Oh, I see. I think @toklaham-veruzia was working…[Read more]

@christianna-hellwig So sorry! I’m here, though I’m not exactly sure how this works. I read through your story and loved it! Should I make comments on the document?

Awww! I’m sorry you’re leaving, @morreafirebird , but this is such a cool opportunity!! Happy for you :))

@mariposa Haha, each to his own, I suppose. Oo, I’ve never tried chocolate covered pineapple before! It sounds scrumptiously crunchable 😀

@gabriellepollack Ooo, this is soo cool! I had so much fun writing this (even if it is kind of morbid…) 99 words.

Birds chirped. A cool breeze lifted Sariah’s sweaty hairs from her neck. She glanced upward, biting her lip so hard she tasted blood.

Not a cloud in the sky. Not a hint of rain. Not a sign of mourning. Not an ounce of respect f…[Read more]

@mariposa Ahhh! I fell asleep in my tree and missed it! But this is amazing. Yet again! Meeting the twins Ann and Dan is one favorite part. Except the pinapple pizza 😛 It’s good stuff, y’all. HAHA and the appearance of General Raspberry and his trusty bodyguards XD

@morreafirebird Wow, I really like it! I think it should have a bit more description about the sunrise, though it’s really good.

@haviloki I’m Adora – I don’t know if you remember me; I don’t think we interacted much on Ydubs. But I was a spectator in the Jaron RP 😛

@morreafirebird @sam-kowal @jenwriter17 @haviloki I really like the idea of describing it from the POV of an older person, and I also love the idea of it on another planet. Maybe the sunrise is very significant in this person’s life. Maybe on this planet the sun only rises like twice a year so it’s very special. (And there I go into fantasy mode…[Read more]

@gabriellepollack So we just put ideas here and then we’ll write it? I’m a slight bit confused, but here’s some brainstorming:

-Describing the colors of the sun/sunrise

-Adding in similes/metaphors

-Personifying the sun

-Analogies to something – my personal favorite is Jesus (the Son) defeating death/darkness by rising… but that may be…[Read more]

@anne-of-lothlorien Ah, yes it is! I meant from the KP forum in years past… maybe a year ago? But I understand if you don’t remember XD *hugs back* I might as well be a human Olaf when it comes to hugs 😉