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#EdenLit - Club Meeting- September 10, 2012 @3PM EST

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Contributor: AHubbyof2SexualMinds AHubbyof2SexualMinds
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Remember the adage; "Keep it SIMPLE, stupid" and you'll rarely go wrong. I think new writers forget that their audience is blind, deaf and sensory deprived. So they skimp on the description to get to the "action". I suggest ... more
That's a very good way to put it!
09/10/2012
Contributor: travelnurse travelnurse
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
LOL I know the feeling I pulled off my personal book shelf a complete works of Shakespeare unabridged and both of their jaws hit the floor!
Yes, our children don't understand that there is much more to us then just MOM.
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by travelnurse
That sounds good!
Well it gets the burning ideas down on paper and then you can sort of build the rest of the story around the action. I call it writing from where the action is!
09/10/2012
Contributor: travelnurse travelnurse
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Well it gets the burning ideas down on paper and then you can sort of build the rest of the story around the action. I call it writing from where the action is!
Great Idea and suggestion. Kind of like the story starts.
09/10/2012
Contributor: Badass Badass
Hello Everyone
09/10/2012
Contributor: SneakersAndPearls SneakersAndPearls
OK, writers, I'm out for the moment. I have to run over to the seafood market to pick up dinner. I'll be back if I can.
09/10/2012
Contributor: travelnurse travelnurse
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Originally posted by SneakersAndPearls
OK, writers, I'm out for the moment. I have to run over to the seafood market to pick up dinner. I'll be back if I can.
Bye, get me some lobster and crawfish!!
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by travelnurse
Yes, our children don't understand that there is much more to us then just MOM.
My oldest has always been interested in writing...it's great since spelling is one of her personal demons (having a merit speller for a Mom can be evil when she is home schooling you!) but she has come so far and I expect she will make it a career. She has drawn her confidence from the fact that I write all the time around her. Knowing that I also read classical literature has allowed her to express an interest and not face ridicule. That is so important I think...
09/10/2012
Contributor: Badass Badass
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Reading Shakespeare is actually surprisingly easy once you learn how to read iambic pentameter out loud.
The problem is the unfamiliar word choices and archaic verbs he used.
But I think that is part of what makes Shakespeare so awesome. It's not a mamby pamby book you can pick up and read in one sitting. He makes you think and pick up and dictionary.
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by SneakersAndPearls
OK, writers, I'm out for the moment. I have to run over to the seafood market to pick up dinner. I'll be back if I can.
OOOOOOOH I am officially jealous now. Sigel is allergic to seafood so it's rare around my house!
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Badass
Hello Everyone
Hey there! Glad you could make it!
09/10/2012
Contributor: ScarletFox ScarletFox
Gah my internet poofed for a bit, time to play catch up!
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by travelnurse
Great Idea and suggestion. Kind of like the story starts.
Exactly! That is the whole idea...if we get advanced enough we can even have a sort of "story middle" were we set the scene, add in the story middle, and then wrap it all up!
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Badass
But I think that is part of what makes Shakespeare so awesome. It's not a mamby pamby book you can pick up and read in one sitting. He makes you think and pick up and dictionary.
LOL Yes that he does....and preferably a Shakespearean dictionary!
09/10/2012
Contributor: Badass Badass
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Hey there! Glad you could make it!
I've been trying to make it for quite some time and I've never been around. Today I am though! Woo! Better late than never.
09/10/2012
Contributor: Badass Badass
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
LOL Yes that he does....and preferably a Shakespearean dictionary!
Do they really makes those...?

Google is generally my "dictionary".
09/10/2012
Contributor: Badass Badass
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Originally posted by ScarletFox
Gah my internet poofed for a bit, time to play catch up!
Very nice that you came back though!
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Badass
I've been trying to make it for quite some time and I've never been around. Today I am though! Woo! Better late than never.
Yup! I don't mind late comers. So tell me what are you most interested in learning about or improving your skills at? Or are you a reader who might like to see something different tackled by the writers?
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Badass
Do they really makes those...?

Google is generally my "dictionary".
Yup, they actually make a Shakespearean dictionary and thesarus. When you take higher level literature classes you actually need one. That's when they take out scalpels and dissect the plays and sonnets line by line.
09/10/2012
Contributor: Badass Badass
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Yup! I don't mind late comers. So tell me what are you most interested in learning about or improving your skills at? Or are you a reader who might like to see something different tackled by the writers?
Lol. My problem is moving past an idea and an writing a whole story. I haven't been writing as much as I used to, sadly. So, I will sit down to write, write a few pages, and put it aside.

For now, I wanna be the weird kid in the corner at the orgy, just reading everyone elses stuff.
09/10/2012
Contributor: travelnurse travelnurse
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Originally posted by Badass
Lol. My problem is moving past an idea and an writing a whole story. I haven't been writing as much as I used to, sadly. So, I will sit down to write, write a few pages, and put it aside.

For now, I wanna be the weird kid in the corner at ... more
lol
09/10/2012
Contributor: Badass Badass
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Yup, they actually make a Shakespearean dictionary and thesarus. When you take higher level literature classes you actually need one. That's when they take out scalpels and dissect the plays and sonnets line by line.
I gotta say, I'm really digging the vibes of Chuchii's Diary of a Psycho Girl...
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Badass
Lol. My problem is moving past an idea and an writing a whole story. I haven't been writing as much as I used to, sadly. So, I will sit down to write, write a few pages, and put it aside.

For now, I wanna be the weird kid in the corner at ... more
LOL That is fine too! I have found that writing short stories can help in getting past the block to longer pieces. Sometimes I will write several short stories and then combine them into a longer piece.
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Badass
I gotta say, I'm really digging the vibes of Chuchii's Diary of a Psycho Girl...
I liked that one as well...she indicated she might clean and tighten it up a bit and I'm looking forward to that. It has amazing potential and a crazy twist at the end that was particularly interesting
09/10/2012
Contributor: AHubbyof2SexualMinds AHubbyof2SexualMinds
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
LOL That is fine too! I have found that writing short stories can help in getting past the block to longer pieces. Sometimes I will write several short stories and then combine them into a longer piece.
That's what I'm doing right now, I have something that's about 40k words but I'm blocked for the moment. So I've been trying to write short things on my blog to help open me up.
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
OH before I forget do we have any writing prompts for next month? It's October so it's sort of fertile for supernatural fiction, non-fiction accounts of seasons changing, erotic accounts of seasons changing () and even Halloween/Samhain!
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by AHubbyof2SexualMinds
That's what I'm doing right now, I have something that's about 40k words but I'm blocked for the moment. So I've been trying to write short things on my blog to help open me up.
There ya go!
09/10/2012
Contributor: travelnurse travelnurse
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
OH before I forget do we have any writing prompts for next month? It's October so it's sort of fertile for supernatural fiction, non-fiction accounts of seasons changing, erotic accounts of seasons changing () and even Halloween/Samhain!
That all sounds great!
09/10/2012
Contributor: AHubbyof2SexualMinds AHubbyof2SexualMinds
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
OH before I forget do we have any writing prompts for next month? It's October so it's sort of fertile for supernatural fiction, non-fiction accounts of seasons changing, erotic accounts of seasons changing () and even Halloween/Samhain!
What about something around Halloween and costume parties? It seems that people really let themselves be wild when it comes to costumes. It could be an erotic encounter relating to a Halloween party.

Not sure where to go with it, just thinking out loud.
09/10/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by travelnurse
That all sounds great!
Ok I can use that as our prompts then!
09/10/2012