J’s Comments (group member since Aug 22, 2013)

J’s comments from the Bisky's Twitterling's Scribbles! group.

Nice! :3 I'm actually meeting with a lady from the student services department. They need someone to write notes for a special needs student in my biology class, so I'm hoping I get the job. I get to use one of those Light Scribe pens. @w@

You could probably dodge my whole 24 pack. xP But I don't want to throw them because they were kind of expensive. lol

Ken wrote: "I think that's the joys of a first draft: working through it and leaving it as a piece of crap, knowing you'll fix it next time around. "
YES. YES. That's how I am all the time. I just keep throwing words on the page and keep going. I'm pretty much broken through my habit of trying to be perfect right away. :3

Bisky wrote: "I love that stupid feeling you have when you finish. Then you come back a week later with : WTF IS THIS?"
That's what I think when I look at my first draft. But yes, it's like going for level to level. After each draft, the story gets better. :3 I'm liking my current draft a lot better, but there's still a of level-upping to do. :3

@Bisky Thank you x3

*cleans up the mess* Sorry I used to work in fast food. Even in restaurants if I see something on the floor, I pick it up. xD

@Bisky
I see it in restaurants and ads around school often. x3 lol

@Deb
Yeah, it's very close. :3 But part of me wants to say it's Times New Roman. Font sizes make fonts look different, too.

Each narrative tense has it's pros and cons. When you say 'epic,' it makes me think of Paradise Lost by John Milton. That story covers the 'good' and 'evil' sides. With third person, you can keep tabs on the good and bad guys. :3

It's fun to have viewpoints from many characters. I did that in some earlier stories. :3

But the tense I'm utilizing now is limited third person. You have the benefit of seeing things around the character she doesn't see, but you don't know what's going on in other places. It's like the narrator follows the character around and has headphones plugged into her head. x3

For me, just the thought of writing a male first person narrator seems boring. xD

Indeed. And using the find and replace function for every "I" and "we" doesn't work. :3

@Steve Congratz on getting a story published in an anthology! :3

The thing is to just not stop writing. Write down something every day, whether it's 1,500 words or a couple lines of notes. Keep the imagination going every day. :3

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I never introduced myself in here. I'm Josh, and I'm working on a supernatural thriller (or horror--I'm not sure yet) called The Scarlet Ribbon. :3

Not butting in at all. The more the merrier!! :D

Interesting, as you like to write a male 1st person narrator, I like to write a female 1st person narrator. My brother does, too, I think.

I've had to switch tenses, too. It's a tedious process. xD

Second person really fascinates me. I first heard about it when we read an excerpt for a 2nd person story in my Into to Creative Writing class. :3

For a while I considered writing my current novel in first person, but my main character is female, so I doubt I could pull it off, so I'm sticking with third person, past tense. :3

The first book I read in present tense was the Hunger Games, and I found it intriguing. It's something I may experiment with in the future. :3

With writing, make sure many people can understand it. :3 -- when I read a wikipedia article for research, I see the jargon and I'm like... what?? xD

I wished I would've learned more about novel structure when I started, but venturing on your own is beneficial, too. :3

I'm fond of legal pads, too. I use yellow ones for school, and blue ones for fiction. :3

I'm like you, I need to have a pretty good idea of what's going to happen before I write. Sometimes the day before I plan to do a scene, I plan it out with details, so I know what I'm doing.

Something I learned from computer courses and website-making courses is that sans serif fonts read better on computer screens and serif fonts read better on paper.

Another font that receives much hate is "Papyrus." I like that font--I used it as the subtitle for an old old book cover. :3

I learned in a business writing class that jargon should be left out, so anybody can understand the words. It seems the same idea could be applied to fiction writing. :) I don't mind a few jargon words, but I don't like them packed and packed into the story.

The more the merrier. :3

I often hop around my story when I'm stuck, too. :3

@Bisky - I guess an author's role varies. I never knew until a few years ago it's called the Philosopher's Stone originally. I never quite understood why. I look forward to reading the rest of your novel. :3

My first novel series I planned will be massive, too. I actually wrote 3 1/2 books but decided to start over. Too much 'seat of the pants" involved.

Don't stop trying :3

@Heidi - I guess making a movie before the series is finished has its challenges. Maybe it would've been better to wait until the books were out? I guess with Harry Potter it would've been a long wait. xD

@Heidi It would be interesting to see how it's arranged for film. I wonder how much say authors have--I wonder what J.K. Rowling had control over for the Harry Potter films. A lot would probably have to be condensed or omitted.

@Bisky :3 Having a blockbuster movie would probably make an author more famous than an anime--you'd kind of be in the celebrity world.

My other story would probably make a better movie than anime. Writers can just feel it. x3

When I read your excerpt of A Dance with Fury I pictured real life. My dad read my first draft of my old, old novel, and I bet he didn't see an anime world. Wouldn't it be fascinating if we could look into people's heads and see how they see our stories? :3

@Bisky & Heidi I had a conversation about being unable to spell definitely like 4 years ago, but because of that conversation, I spell it correctly every time. :p It's a tricky adverb.

@Adrian It took me a while to realize British and American English have a few differences. :3

My hard word used to be license, but now it's conscious. Oh wow, I spelled it correctly. Usually I misspell it. :3

I thought of this question this morning. If you had a chance, what media would you like your novel to be produced with? Examples: Would you like your story made into a live action TV series, live action movie, 3D animation, anime series, comic books/manga, a play, etc?

I was big into anime when I started writing, so when I write, my imagination takes place in an anime world. I would love my story to be made into a 12-episode anime series or even an anime movie. But it would be amazing to see a live action version, too. But if I had one choice: anime all the way. :3

What about you guys? :3