Philippa, I'm impressed at your bravery. You rock!
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- Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:47 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #4: Overusing Exclamation Points
- Replies: 62
- Views: 79874
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:06 am
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: Just a question ...
- Replies: 2
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- Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:24 am
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: Just a question ...
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Just a question ...
I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this, but would parables [as used for teaching truths] be considered non-fiction or fiction? What about visions? I've got this concept in mind for a book but not sure where it fits - it's kind of autobiographical (which is non-fiction) but with other eleme...
- Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:41 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #4: Overusing Exclamation Points
- Replies: 62
- Views: 79874
Jan, thanks for your encouragement to continue with this class. I usually don't have trouble with exclamation points as I limit them to dialogue, though I found this in one of my challenge entries: Gary was engrossed in his game and hadn’t noticed Jess’s presence until she grabbed the console out of...
- Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:40 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for HUH?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 27490
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! One thing I love about this site and its members, is that we give one another freedom to write truth--whether it has an overt Christian message or not--and because we write from a Christian worldview, we are writing of God. That feels like a blessing. I totally agree wit...
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:46 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #3: Choosing a Tense and Sticking to It
- Replies: 81
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Leah, thanks for sharing some of your present tense examples. In A Place for the Lonely I am drawn into the loneliness of the MC as it is happening right in front of my eyes. I can see how effective this is - it's as if maybe I can help because it is happening now. If this was written in the past, I...
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:40 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #3: Choosing a Tense and Sticking to It
- Replies: 81
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Homework assignment - The sea was pleasantly calm and the day not too hot. We were about 50 metres off shore when Irene cut the motor and threw out the anchor. “Isn’t this a picture?” she asked looking towards the island. The sea is pleasantly calm and the day not too hot. We are about fifty metres ...
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:18 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #2: Beware of Adjectives and Adverbs
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- Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:56 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #2: Beware of Adjectives and Adverbs
- Replies: 129
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Jan, you wanted to hear from poets? I'll give my two cents worth, if you like [or even if you don't, for that matter! :wink: ]. It's always good to choose words wisely, but more so in poetry where you may be limited by words that 'fit' - either the ryhme or the rythm (or both). My rhyming poetry gen...
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:37 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's New "Class"--Writing Basics
- Replies: 115
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- Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:20 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's New "Class"--Writing Basics
- Replies: 115
- Views: 139334
Thanks for inviting me to this thread, Jan. I'm sure I'll learn a lot here. My contribution: Unashamed by Francine Rivers Yet no one knew the fierce heart that beat within her. No one suspected the stored resentment, the gathering fury , the aching hunger to break free and escape . I think I have al...