Lauren2010

7 listen for the girls in their four-poster bed fingers intertwined like sisters whispering in the dark (do you love me? and will you prove it if I ask?) listen ...

Hi! So a few questions that might help get the ball rolling: Whose perspective is the story told from? The nurse or the survivor? What does the main character want? ...

6 What do you call it when a person who held your words in their hands -- told you this is true in a way only you, you thinking, you ...

III is some kind of magic I swear. Ugh, my heart. Partly because I'm from Ohio and live in Chicago, but also because the emotion I'd so strong. I love ...

5 [Ursa Major] n. She who is greater carries the little one folded in her arms wrapped tight around her so she does not forget how real it is to ...

Since I'm faking my way through this, I haven't spent more than 30 (maaybe 45) minutes on a single poem if you don't count the time spent mulling it over ...

4 I like the way the clocks in our place tick slightly out of time: one, then the other, then the first and over again in off-time conversation about the ...

3 They say she jumped from the top of the old rock mill. A miracle, they called it, when she climbed from the pool in her bare feet with that ...

2 The ash trees have started to come down in the city; they have beetles in their stomachs that crack arms over neighborhood streets, shatter car windows, and leave shallow ...

1 I'd hate to think I'm missing out on something you and the rest of them are doing or thinking or feeling because it might be wonderful or it might ...

In addition to what @StellaThomas shared (Maureen Johnson

Here's the link to the pad! About 30 minutes until we begin, and we're aiming to start as close to the hour as we can. Hope to see you there! ...

freytag_pyramid.png @Sacredlege & @Lauren2010's Plotting Workshop! 02/18/2017 14:00 GMT Time adjusted to your local time zone Ah, the infamous debate: should you plot your story before you write it? S

@Holysocks I love what you're saying about tailoring a review to the writer. This is really important! And a great way to build relationships that lead to even better reviews ...

@Rosendorn I think you mistunderstand what I mean! "your sentences make everything sound distant because you use x structure, use y structure to improve" is different advice from "this sentence ...