Steward of the Pen

@evelyn @steward-of-the-pen @ariella-newheart @julia @esjohnson I also wrote a poem fairly recently. I submitted it to Story Embers for publication, but, sadly, it was rejected. However, I know a way around that. Everyone, here’s a look at my pride and joy! *gestures to poem dramatically and falls on nose*

My Red Balloon

By Cassie Hartfinh

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STELLAR WORK PARIMIS!!!!!

(Yes, I’m tagging you all cos I really will get confused with all of the scrolling and hunting for what different people have said. :P)

PROSE: Haha, Shakespeare is probably not an ideal thing to be weaving in. Doesn’t fit allllll that well. However, in general, we will need to be working on making the prose really…[Read more]

@steward-of-the-pen Who said this little child could sing well? 😉

Yes, that does sound better, and yes, we’re part of HSLDA. (Yup… part of the same sub-sub-culture as you… 😉 ) I even submitted a poem this last contest… didn’t win but I was fine with it since I was just personally pleased with what I came up with. Have you ever entered a…[Read more]

So I wrote a poem last night, and I was hoping for some feedback about it. I write a lot of poetry late at night when I have trouble falling asleep, and lately I’ve been messing around with a sweet and simple feel portraying things a young child would go through or do throughout their day.

I like to sing to my Grandma,

She likes to hear my…

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@steward-of-the-pen  *thumbs up*

@steward-of-the-pen In the words of someone who surely said this at some point in the entire turning of the world… “How polite you are…. but next time watch were you fall over. My planet’s vase wouldn’t be able to survive another tipping. You might want to go get a towel to dry yourself off. My plant on the other hand now needs a proper…[Read more]

@steward-of-the-pen Thank ye kindly! 😉

@steward-of-the-pen Love it! Go for it!

@steward-of-the-pen I think you make many good points! Adverbs are crutch words and not strong writing tools. etc.

And unique prose… hmm. We really do need to think outside the box.

You know I’ve heard of authors putting meter into the prose of the books just so that it flows well and sounds pleasant.

Shakespearian would be cool if we can…[Read more]

@steward-of-the-pen

Heh, mostly that they hurry up and diagnose me. *grimaces*

Yay! That’s good!

Looks like I will be around, if not, contact Daeus. Normally I’d say to get onto Jane, but she’s judging. Chances are, she’d actually have arranged something anyways seeing that she would be one of the first to know if I was hospitalised.

Other…[Read more]

@cassie-hartfinh @j-a-penrose @steward-of-the-pen @writercatherine

First off, thank you Cassie!  I enjoyed it.  Great job.

As for my thoughts: I do agree about the ending seeming just a little bit on the abrupt side.  I’ll try and think of a suggestion how to make it a bit better…(note-important word: “try”).

I think that we need just a li…[Read more]

@cassie-hartfinh @j-a-penrose @steward-of-the-pen @catherine-roche So what’s happening with the Shakespearian style idea?  I’m currently just editing in a normal way, not adding in Shakespearian stuff.  Is that okay for the moment?

@steward-of-the-pen SO many good pointers! Thanks for helping me out with that. I like the idea of being concise and reworking the ending, first off. I came to that character development, and suddenly went: AAHH!! Not enough words left!! So yeah, whatever everyone can do to fix that, go right ahead. As for creating a unique voice, what if when…[Read more]

@steward-of-the-pen Oooooh. *jots you down on the list*

@evelyn Thanks!

@steward-of-the-pen Ahh, oh well. One day maybe! 🙂

@emily-d Feel free to add anything!

@evelyn Yesssss, poetry is something I love! I kinda swa between what I write, so, no particular style! 🙂

And goodness. There’s a lot of poets!

Anyone else here read Aussie poetry? Banjo Patterson, Henry Lawson… C.J.Dennis?

Also guys, yes, add the greetings /farewells suggestions onto the worldbuilding. That’s definitely something we…[Read more]

@cassie-hartfinh Knock yourself out! Write as much as you like, and we’ll happily edit it after you. Ideally wait another day…just to see if there are any more ideas–or more developments–on what we’ve already got. But other than that, it’s totally free for you to write! 😀

@steward-of-the-pen Oooooh, nice questions! (Also, do I see a…[Read more]

@steward-of-the-pen I was thinking of having her crash-landing as the opening, and then exposing her backstory through flashbacks. It keeps readers interested. Plus I love your idea of revealing her thought process through how she handles the crash-landing. I’m getting ideas already!! So excited to be doing the first draft for everyone to edit!!