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- Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:53 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--PLAYING AROUND WITH MOOD
- Replies: 12
- Views: 26171
Re: Be a Better Writer--PLAYING AROUND WITH MOOD
Well done! You've definitely established two different moods in your little vignettes. Thanks for contributing!
- Mon Aug 21, 2017 3:26 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: First word that comes to mind.
- Replies: 5196
- Views: 9261091
Re: First word that comes to mind.
eclipse (that would have been my word for anything today, because it's all anyone is talking about.)itsjoanne wrote:Earthquake
- Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:22 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: First word that comes to mind.
- Replies: 5196
- Views: 9261091
Re: First word that comes to mind.
Greekoursilverstrands wrote:
Isosceles
Lillian
- Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:15 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--ONOMATOPOEIA
- Replies: 8
- Views: 22919
Re: Be a Better Writer--ONOMATOPOEIA
Here I go: A mighty lion's roar echoed across the jungle. Woof, woof. The puppy ran towards Michele. "Woof, woof," the puppy ran towards Michele. (?) Thanks. Of these, the first two are excellent. I'd never put an animal's sounds in quotation marks, as in your third sentence. But even if ...
- Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:12 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be A Better Writer--ALLUSION
- Replies: 32
- Views: 65313
Re: Be A Better Writer--ALLUSION
Well done!Athayde wrote:I love this book. I wish I had the time to read it again, just for the beauty of the style.
I looked down to the deep valley and felt like Heidi, high up in the Swiss Alps.
Thanks.
- Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:10 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--ANACHRONISM
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19536
Re: Be a Better Writer--ANACHRONISM
Hi, Jan. I have a comment... I'm working on a futuristic pre-tribulation story outline with its time frame starting in the year 2036. I'm doing a lot of research to catch up with the speeding of nowadays scientific and technological advancements. However, most of my fictional pre-dystopian world is...
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:46 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: ABC...
- Replies: 3642
- Views: 3558765
Re: ABC...
obfuscate
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:45 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: First word that comes to mind.
- Replies: 5196
- Views: 9261091
Re: First word that comes to mind.
NapoleonLaurie wrote:Dynamite
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:32 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: ABC...
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Re: ABC...
genuflect
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:04 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Master Class--SETTING
- Replies: 26
- Views: 59018
Re: Jan's Master Class--SETTING
Hi, Jan, here is my shot: 3- a homeless man 5- a doctor 2- the mall or market 4- one dark and stormy night 5- a shoe It was a dark and stormy night. Dr. Philip Dodd strode across the snowy parking lot towards the Market's main entrance. When he was about to reach the door, an old homeless man appro...
- Mon Jul 31, 2017 6:49 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--SENTENCE STRUCTURES (THE END)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 42258
Re: Be a Better Writer--SENTENCE STRUCTURES (THE END)
Honestly, these lessons on sentence structures almost did me in, as do all grammar lessons--I'm far more comfortable teaching about the art of writing, and not the mechanics. The best I can do, I'm afraid, is to give you this link, which takes a fairly easy approach to complex and compound-complex s...
- Mon Jul 31, 2017 1:45 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: First word that comes to mind.
- Replies: 5196
- Views: 9261091
Re: First word that comes to mind.
wearitsjoanne wrote:Under
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:11 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's New Writing Lessons--TIGHT WRITING
- Replies: 102
- Views: 284336
Re: Jan's New Writing Lessons--TIGHT WRITING
Jan, I just loved this daring lesson! Here's my second try: Doreen didn't stop reading her book while the subway clacked through the stations. She shouldered the window and moved her thigh away from the big and blue-jeaned man sitting at her side. This man is too close to me... Before Doreen's stop...
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 9:27 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's New Writing Lessons--TIGHT WRITING
- Replies: 102
- Views: 284336
Re: Jan's New Writing Lessons--TIGHT WRITING
Hi, Jan! After some shortcuts, I'm back :D Here is my attempt on this one. I tightened it to 76 words, but I'm not sure if it worked: Doreen stuck to her book while the train clacked through the stations. She shouldered the window and moved her thigh from the big man sitting at her side. This man i...
- Thu Jul 13, 2017 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: First word that comes to mind.
- Replies: 5196
- Views: 9261091
Re: First word that comes to mind.
crapsitsjoanne wrote:Dice