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- Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:54 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Share Your Success - Cheering Section
- Replies: 25
- Views: 56720
Re: Share Your Success - Cheering Section
Hooooorrrrrraaaaayyyyyyyyyy, peeps!
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 12:15 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: Winners - 2015 Page Turner Contest
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13589
Re: Winners - 2015 Page Turner Contest
Congratulations winners!
- Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:55 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: Top 15 Finalists - 2015 Page Turner Contest
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20672
Re: Top 15 Finalists - 2015 Page Turner Contest
Congratulations all!
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:34 am
- Forum: Christian Writers' Groups
- Topic: General writing Accountability group desired to start
- Replies: 28
- Views: 39227
Re: General writing Accountability group desired to start
Shann, Thank you for your encouragement. You are definitely right. We all need words of encouragement, and we all have something valuable to offer. I must confess I tend to think I'm too green a writer to offer anything truly helpful. But like you said, I've been reading for most of my life. I think...
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:40 pm
- Forum: Christian Writers' Groups
- Topic: General writing Accountability group desired to start
- Replies: 28
- Views: 39227
Re: General writing Accountability group desired to start
Hi!
I would be interested in joining if your group isn't full already. Like Trudy, I'm a little nervous, but the kind of group you described sounds like just the thing to help me with my WIP.
Ashley
I would be interested in joining if your group isn't full already. Like Trudy, I'm a little nervous, but the kind of group you described sounds like just the thing to help me with my WIP.
Ashley
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:19 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--CONFLICT
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16829
Re: Be a Better Writer--CONFLICT
I'm sorry I haven't gotten involved in anything much lately. I've been busy with my WIP. Anyway, thank you for this lesson. You have a way of putting things out there that makes sense. Conflict is one of those things that I have struggled with even before I started writing. Sometimes it frustrates m...
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:31 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--FIND YOUR OWN VOICE
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16424
Re: Be a Better Writer--FIND YOUR OWN VOICE
I realized I didn't say anything about voice in my earlier post - as far as another writer's distinctive voice. I may be alone in my opinion, but I really like and admire Francine Rivers' voice. I think it is distinctive and noticeable immediately. It's been a while since I've gotten to read anythin...
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:39 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--FIND YOUR OWN VOICE
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16424
Re: Be a Better Writer--FIND YOUR OWN VOICE
I think "finding your own voice" is one of the most difficult aspects of writing for me. I honestly don't now where - or how - to begin. I'm not sure I can even recognize "my voice" as opposed to any other voice I might write with. This, this, this. And I definitely agree with t...
- Wed May 27, 2015 6:08 pm
- Forum: Writing Challenge - General Discussion
- Topic: Rating Worksheet (as used by the judges)
- Replies: 96
- Views: 175300
Re: Rating Worksheet (as used by the judges)
Hi, Deb!
May I have a copy of the ratings worksheet sent to my email - ashley_rowland@outlook(dot)com? Word or Excel would be great!
Thank you!
Ashley
May I have a copy of the ratings worksheet sent to my email - ashley_rowland@outlook(dot)com? Word or Excel would be great!
Thank you!
Ashley
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:19 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--WORKING WITH AN EDITOR
- Replies: 23
- Views: 22706
Re: Be a Better Writer--WORKING WITH AN EDITOR
Thank you so much for this list. It will help a lot should I ever get to that stage.
- Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:23 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--MINI-CRITIQUES, THIS WEEK ONLY
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10380
Re: Be a Better Writer--MINI-CRITIQUES, THIS WEEK ONLY
Here is my attempt. Thank you very much for doing this. You had mentioned before that I needed to work on realistic dialogue the most, so I would like to know if you think this attempt is any improvement. Of course, I would love to know anything else that comes to your mind. :) My prompts were "...
- Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:14 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--PACING
- Replies: 23
- Views: 26122
Re: Be a Better Writer--PACING
A few paragraphs later: After pulling on jeans and a tee, Lisa starts to walk. It’s early—not yet hot—and she follows the salt in the air, the loudening of the ocean. A battered boardwalk takes her to a wonderland of rust, faded paint, splintered wood. An abandoned amusement park. A faded sign read...
- Fri Mar 13, 2015 6:25 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--PACING
- Replies: 23
- Views: 26122
Re: Be a Better Writer--PACING
Jan, I think that may be one of the reasons the homework was so difficult. Like you said, the story demanded its pace so it was a stretch to rewrite it. However, I think it helped me a lot to grow. Even if a piece has a pace that it wants, you've given some really good tips that I can use to rein it...
- Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:33 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--PACING
- Replies: 23
- Views: 26122
Re: Be a Better Writer--PACING
I read your lesson, too. I was working on the homework Saturday, but this weekend has been pretty crazy. This lesson was pretty difficult for me. I have attempted to re-write the first scenario, though I'm not sure how successful I was or if it satisfied what you had asked. The original definitely h...
- Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:31 pm
- Forum: Ann's Grammar Basics
- Topic: Commas (Part One)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 40313
Re: A friendly family feud
Ann, please help me settle this. :D My cousin, who is writing a book about the family's history, insists on putting commas after the "and." Should quote mark come before the period? She writes: For over fourteen years we kept digging and, at the turn of the twenty-first century, a Millenn...