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by Shann
Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:31 pm
Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #3: Choosing a Tense and Sticking to It
Replies: 81
Views: 131753

I can't believe I said something that insensitive. She must have thought I was the rudest person in the world. I promised myself I would think before speaking, so much for my New Year's resolution. I'm amazed I'm capable of saying something that insensitive. She must think I'm the rudest person aliv...
by Shann
Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:05 pm
Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #3: Choosing a Tense and Sticking to It
Replies: 81
Views: 131753

The tenses bounce around like a ping-pong ball. I think some of the commas are messed up too. Millie—my bride of sixty-seven years—teases me (How do you get it to quote? Oh well I'll paste and copy for now.) I'd write it this way: Millie, my bride of 67 years, teases me; she insists each puzzle be s...
by Shann
Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:35 am
Forum: Ann's Grammar Basics
Topic: Lesson Suggestion
Replies: 7
Views: 10893

Can you put the proper use of verbs on list? I have sit and set down pat, but lay and lie confuse me, especially in their different forms. I've tried and tried to figure out an easy way to remember, but that is one that just won't sink in.
by Shann
Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:07 pm
Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #2: Beware of Adjectives and Adverbs
Replies: 129
Views: 237569

The exclamation of "Agony, I'm in agony" feels "off" to me. Would anyone really say that? was my tongue in cheek way of showing an exaggeration. Of course she wouldn't say that, but I was going for a bit of irony in the lesson. I overdid those few words because that was the point...
by Shann
Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:33 pm
Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #2: Beware of Adjectives and Adverbs
Replies: 129
Views: 237569

Jan dragged into her respite after a day at the saw mill. She kicked off her shoes and stared at the fridge. “I need a Jolt and a hunk of cake,” she muttered. She stumbled into the living room and exclaimed, “Agony, I’m in agony.” She dragged her foot closer to her face. Jan was surprised her nephew...
by Shann
Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:45 pm
Forum: Rules, Ratings, Judges and Official Info
Topic: Is it ok to rewrite a piece for the challenge?
Replies: 3
Views: 9725

No the words would be different, but it would tell basically the same story just in a totally different way. I'd add characters, and dialogue, where in the poem there was some of that, but I'd want it to seem like a story instead of a poem.
by Shann
Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:37 pm
Forum: Rules, Ratings, Judges and Official Info
Topic: Is it ok to rewrite a piece for the challenge?
Replies: 3
Views: 9725

Is it ok to rewrite a piece for the challenge?

I have a poem I wrote about a year ago that would be perfect for this week's challenge. However I have a very difficult time with meter and line length. Would it be breaking the rule that everything must be something written this week, if I took the same premise as my poem and turned it into a story...

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