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- Tue Apr 19, 2016 4:32 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Beginnings #2--the 4th judging criterion
- Replies: 52
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Re: Beginnings #2--the 4th judging criterion
Biting down on the stick he’d shoved into his mouth to keep from hollering, Fred fought the darkness and tried to keep from passing out from the pain in his leg. Barely aware of the eagle that screeched overhead, he looked though half-closed eyes at the pinprick of molten sunlight disappearing behin...
- Mon Apr 18, 2016 2:35 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Beginnings (#1)--the 4th judging criterion
- Replies: 104
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Beginnings (#1)--the 4th judging criterion
Does this work for attention grabbing? If it does, I'll jump to the next lesson.
I held up my hand dripping with blood and froze.
I held up my hand dripping with blood and froze.
- Fri Apr 15, 2016 9:09 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's New Writing Lessons--TRANSITIONS
- Replies: 27
- Views: 40582
Re: Jan's New Writing Lessons--TRANSITIONS
Appreciated the input.
- Fri Apr 15, 2016 4:31 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's New Writing Lessons--TRANSITIONS
- Replies: 27
- Views: 40582
Jan's New Writing Lessons--TRANSITIONS
Gasping for breath in the thin air and exhausted from the climb, Charles lay prostrate on the ground. His hands numb from the frigid cold still clung to the branch that had saved his life. Twisting around to look down upon the direction from which he'd just come, Charles' stomach lurched. Fledgling ...
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 9:57 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Having a point or message #2--6th judging criterion
- Replies: 25
- Views: 53433
Re: Having a point or message #2--6th judging criterion
Good food for thought...thank you.
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 4:01 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Having a point or message #2--6th judging criterion
- Replies: 25
- Views: 53433
Re: Having a point or message #2--6th judging criterion
Making a point or having a theme is probably the single most difficult "point" I struggle with. I also like the way ( in either #1 or #2) that you earmark that those trying to write emotionally laden content - especially when adapting personal experience into a piece - often miss this aspe...
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:28 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--CONFLICT
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16682
Re: Be a Better Writer--CONFLICT
My favorite childhood story is "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Anderson. The main conflict seems to be the "duckling's" search for its identity, to resolve the question as to why it is so different from its siblings. Correct?
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:20 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: #13--The Well-Crafted Short Story
- Replies: 58
- Views: 94450
near-misses
Under the topic of sentence structure: I tend to start my sentences with a clause. I guess it's the way I think. So I write what comes naturally to me, but then I go back and change the sentence structure to start with the action. For example: Trying to find an idea for the challenge always makes m...
- Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:27 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: #13--The Well-Crafted Short Story
- Replies: 58
- Views: 94450
Re: #13--The Well-Crafted Short Story
I as a FW writer am expanding my awareness and appreciation for what is offered on this site. It's remarkable. At any rate, that double-negative evaded me. I feel both irked and amused when those get past me; they are so obvious yet so obscure.
- Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:21 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #1
- Replies: 103
- Views: 189921
Re: Dialog #1
Again, thanks Bea. Regret its being so long - just read about limiting word count and will watch that in the future.
- Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:19 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #2
- Replies: 52
- Views: 112401
Re: Dialog #2
Thanks! Back to work....
- Thu Mar 24, 2016 5:58 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: #13--The Well-Crafted Short Story
- Replies: 58
- Views: 94450
#13--The Well-Crafted Short Story
Foreshadowing - prediction Irony – quirk of fate Surprise - blow Suspense - tension Symbolism - imagery Well, I've been reading some of this thread. Here goes: Telling: Dan’s grim prediction felt like a quirk of fate, levying a further blow to Susan’s self-esteem. The tension building in her explode...
- Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:42 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #2
- Replies: 52
- Views: 112401
Dialog #2
"Diane, you're so mean!" "Ya think?" asked Diane, knocking yet another book off the stack Jill carried. "How's that? Better?" Jill's mouth dropped open, her eyes filling with tears and traveling from the books strewn on the ground to those spilling over in her arms. &qu...
- Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:20 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #1
- Replies: 103
- Views: 189921
Re: Dialog #1
No worries and thanks! Enjoy your grands....
- Tue Mar 22, 2016 7:20 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #1
- Replies: 103
- Views: 189921
Re: Dialog #1
"Mom!" Jocelyn whined. "What now?" Tina asked, praying for patience and counting backward from one hundred as she often did when dealing with her fourteen-year-old-going-on-twenty daughter. "Ashley and Tiffany get to go! It's not fair," responded Jocelyn, her eyes flas...