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A look at how activities and other reasons come into play for a review. Do you review as part of an activity or is it something you do for other reasons? |
In what ways can you include a child's point of view in a story?
Did you ever consider writing a story in which a child character picks magic as reality? |
writer  - Quelle damage, Harry Potter est un como dit ton "good series of books."(sorry, it's been a while since I tried to write French.) |
| Once, as a teenager, I wrote this story about a girl who gets sucked into a magic painting. That is as close as I've gotten. As I've grown up, I find most of my characters tend to be adults. Maybe one day I will write about a child who knows magic is real. It'll have to wait until after I'm done with some stories I've got to finish. |
| I used a Buddy Lee doll to address loneliness. I gave it special powers. It was a family 'heirloom'. Granddad used it because his dad did not come back from the war. He grew up without a father on a farm. Lonely. The 'father' (uncle) used it because granddad was a s--t. The grandson used it because he was abused and abandoned by his parents. Ezra made it all right for all of them. As much as a friend could. He could 'talk' to them. Damn smart doll. |
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Three Word Thursday In just three words, give us your best caption for this picture...  See a great response? Send them a Three Word Thursday badge! from the left menu, "Points" --> "Merit Badges: Shop"  |
How did you choose your favourite athlete or sports team? Who is your favourite athlete or sports team? Why did you choose to support them? |
| Coming from the gymnastics background, my favourite athletes are Vitaly Scherbo and Svetlana Boginskaya (both retired). Why? They are the best gymnasts I have ever seen. Modern gymnasts might have some different skills, but these two are the best. As a professional wrestling nut-case, "Macho Man" Randy Savage was always a personal favourite because I believed everything he did. I also liked Bret Hart, Curt "Mr Perfect" Henning, Chris Benoit (though I'm not allowed to like him any longer) and (guilty pleasure) Ultimate Warrior. Modern wrestlers would be Bryan Danielson, Rhea Ripley, Will Ospreay and Claudio Castagnoli. Sports teams - South Adelaide Panthers! They are the team I am most passionate about, featuring in the SANFL competition. Why? Not sure - just gravitated towards them as a kid. In the national league, the AFL, Sydney Swans, who I have followed since they were South Melbourne. Why? because I already followed South Adelaide, so I just went to South Melbourne when the AFL was still the Victorian VFL. In the AFLW, Adelaide Crows because they are my local team. For the same reason, in the BBL I follow the Adelaide Strikers, men's and women's. For a sport that readers here may actually have heard about, I started following the New England Patriots in 1991 when they were not going well, because they were an underdog. |
Two Word Tuesday Give us two words that best describe evening walks... See a great response? Send them a Two Word Tuesday badge! from the left menu, "Points" --> "Merit Badges: Shop"  |
After a too-long hiatus! What's YOUR best thing about writing again? |
| I get a lot of my feelings out with my writing. After a long time not writing it feels good to do this again. |
| Getting the creative juices flowing again after a spell of no inspiration. For some unknown reason, I have written a lot about time travel over the years. So much so, that I'm now putting together an anthology of time travel short stories and hope to get it published in the near future. I thought I'd run that well dry years ago and left off writing at all. It came to me in a flash. I'd never written about time travel on another planet and thus was born 'Mars'. I've got a good rough draft that can be expanded on later, but the idea is in the can. |
What a Long, Strange Tip It's Been How much should you tip? |
| Where were you in 62? At the ripe old age of 17 I was working as a car hop at he Hampton Steak n Shake in St. Louis, Mo. The other guys informed me that a dime was an adequate tip for our services. A nickel was insulting considering we were working for a dollar a night and a dollar for food. They also took SS out of that dollar. A quarter was magnanimous and fifty cents would get a dance across the parking lot in joy of the moment. That summer on a fourth of July Saturday night we had so much business I took home twenty dollars. It was the best work day that summer. Some grown men didn't make twenty bucks a day. A young couple came in for the supper trade and told me it was their one year anniversary and they were celebrating at Steak n Shake. I took their order and carried it out and hung it on the door in the usual manner, but as I did so it began to sprinkle rain. I rushed and brought out a wheel tray which I hung on the customer's steering wheel and carefully transferred his food inside the car so he could roll up his window. When I saw the lights come on his 56 Ford I went out and picked up his tray and collected his tab. I walked away with a five dollar and fifty cent tip and all the car hops saw me dance all the way to the drop off window. To this day I always over tip in remembrance of those days when a nice tip meant so much to a high school boy. |
 Hey Writing.Com, we'd like to know! What are you reading this weekend?  |
| I ended up re-reading the descriptions in Fashions of the Old South (a paper doll book). |
| I finished reading "iPad FOR SENIORS for dummies." by Dwight Spivey (family man, coffee connoisseur, and Apple expert). Use video chat, email, and social media - Surf the web and share photos and videos - Learn about the newest iPad models. |
Western Wednesday  Howdy Pardners! Golly, we are sure happy to see you! It's high noon and there's trouble in this here town... only thing is, we're not sure what it is! Help us set stage: Name the bad guy, name the good guy, and tell us what all the commotion's about!  |
TheBusmanPoet  - Then you should love this supposedly true epitaph from the Old West. "Here lies Old Maude Finnerty. For 99 years, she kept her virginity. Not a bad record for this vicinity!" |
Ciellena - Thank you. I couldn't resist putting the Doc in the hot seat for a while. I just need to pick the right moment to do it.  |
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A look at dialogue and deciding what characters need to talk about in a story. How do you decide on dialogue and topics for the conversations that happen in a story? |
| Shakespeare writes great dialogue. It is full of subtext and misdirection. It is subtle, yet powerful. In "Measure for Measure" Angelo speaks over a hundred lines of dialogue trying to get Isabella to understand his intentions. I wish I could do that in my writing. Maybe if I work at it hard enough I will. |
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