Thank you, Deb, for all that you have done for Faithwriters and for the help you have given me to improve my writing. (I could not find a crying face, so I am using the frown face.)
Virginia Bliss
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- Thu Jan 24, 2019 2:22 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: 2019 Page Turner?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 110617
- Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:18 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: 2017 Page Turner Contest Tally
- Replies: 17
- Views: 33539
Re: 2017 Page Turner Contest Tally
Thanks, Deb. That is good news.
Happy Labour Day and Happy Queen's Birthday.
Happy Labour Day and Happy Queen's Birthday.
- Sat Sep 30, 2017 10:41 am
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: 2017 Page Turner Contest Tally
- Replies: 17
- Views: 33539
Re: 2017 Page Turner Contest Tally
Can I just clarify: The contest rules state "A minimum of 15 entries to each category (fiction and nonfiction) is required before the publishing component of the prize package will be guaranteed." So even though there will be only one winner, we still need 30 entries, 15 per category? :?: ...
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:03 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: 2017 Page Turner Contest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21050
Re: 2017 Page Turner Contest
Thanks, Deb.
I'm gettin' there—after many tears, hair tearing, and bloodshed.
Cinnamon Bear
I'm gettin' there—after many tears, hair tearing, and bloodshed.
Cinnamon Bear
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:21 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: 2017 Page Turner Contest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21050
Re: 2017 Page Turner Contest
Deb— 1)Is there a word limit for the synopsis? Mine remains stubbornly at 690 words despite my best efforts to cut it. 2) Should the entire entry—synopsis, chapters, chapter summaries, everything—be in the following format: a) Standard manuscript format b) Double-spaced c) Not in bold d) First line ...
- Thu Aug 24, 2017 9:37 am
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: 2017 Page Turner Contest Tally
- Replies: 17
- Views: 33539
Re: 2017 Page Turner Contest Tally
Working hard on entry, Deb.
- Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:50 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: 2017 Page Turner Contest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21050
Re: 2017 Page Turner Contest
Thanks, Deb!
- Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:47 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: 2017 Page Turner Contest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21050
Re: 2017 Page Turner Contest
Deb, would it be beneficial to include my character sketches and chapter summaries with my entry? I haven't completed my novel yet, so some of the chapter summaries are not as complete as I would like them to be. I have decided on the ending and on the resolution of the main plot; however, I haven't...
- Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:42 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: 2017 Page Turner Contest Tally
- Replies: 17
- Views: 33539
Re: 2017 Page Turner Contest Tally
Polishing, polishing.Deb Porter wrote:Fiction writers, where are you?
- Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:40 am
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: 2017 Page Turner Contest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21050
Re: 2017 Page Turner Contest
Thanks, Deb!
Virginia Bliss
Virginia Bliss
- Sat Jul 01, 2017 8:17 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: 2017 Page Turner Contest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21050
Re: 2017 Page Turner Contest
Deb, should our synopsis reveal the ending?
Virginia Bliss
Virginia Bliss
- Mon Dec 07, 2015 11:28 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: A week off, and a question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20409
Re: A week off, and a question
Jan, What about a general lesson on scenes? Current novel-writing advice seems to recommend cutting in and out of scenes as close to the action as possible--more like a movie. I like how it makes the writing more immediate and intense, but I think it leads to choppiness and some scenes that are too...
- Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:23 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: A week off, and a question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20409
Re: A week off, and a question
In my opinion, pages like the one you provided--and of course, lessons like all of mine--are of limited value if one looks at them as absolutes. While it's true that many "to be" verbs can be switched for more active verbs, if doing so creates an awkward or ridiculous sentence, then a wri...
- Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:31 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: A week off, and a question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20409
Re: A week off, and a question
I'd love examples of your 'before and after' sentences so that I can see more clearly what's problematic for you. Maybe that will push me toward doing a lesson on this, after all. Jan, here is the link to a website that provides three examples of "to be" sentences that are revised to omit...
- Sun Dec 06, 2015 4:12 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: A week off, and a question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20409
Re: A week off, and a question
That really falls more on Ann's Grammar Forum. I'll mention it to her, and will link to it here when she finds time to write it. Thanks for the idea! Jan, I think it is a craft-of-writing topic. The grammar may be correct, yet the writing weakened. For example, sentences such as: "I am hungry....