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Post by Leilani Sunblade on May 17, 2017 16:10:11 GMT
Ah. Oh well indeed. Your drawings are still awesome, at least the ones I've seen.
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Post by jliessa44 on May 17, 2017 16:20:37 GMT
Lol. Thank you. I actually don't like my style very much right now. It's experiencing serious growing pains. And I will be honest, composition is the worst for me. But I'm hoping with this summer I'll be able to work on it. I was surprised (though really I shouldn't be) at how much a painting class has helped me with discovering style.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on May 17, 2017 20:37:44 GMT
Really? What don't you like about your style? I do hope you can find time to work on your art this summer (if you do, maybe share some of the better pieces with us here? If you don't mind?).
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Post by NightBlade on Jun 1, 2017 15:09:55 GMT
Made up a writing prompt, I'll just leave it here and challenge you guys with it x)
Everyone knew s/he carried the chunk of crystal with them wherever they went. But nobody knew what lived inside it until it was almost too late.
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 19, 2017 23:38:49 GMT
The two following passages both use punctuation marks outside of quotation marks. I thought it was grammatically correct to keep the outlying punctuation marks inside the quotation marks. But I haven't read many grammar rulebooks, so I may be wrong. Does anyone know for certain which way it is supposed to be? (By the way, both of these passages come from Wikipedia, which I assume are grammatically correct, but I've seen that it sometimes has a wide margin of error).
When hospital staff asked Norman Tebbit, who was less seriously injured than his wife, whether he was allergic to anything, he is said to have answered "bombs". --- It is the root of the term "teleology", roughly the study of purposiveness, or the study of objects with a view to their aims, purposes, or intentions.
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Post by jliessa44 on Aug 20, 2017 0:55:07 GMT
Depends on your country I'm pretty sure. But I think in Europe if the passage has the punctuation then it goes in the quotations, if it doesn't it goes outside the quotations. America usually keeps it inside.
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Aug 20, 2017 20:03:34 GMT
I'm thinking the same thing as Liessa. Suzanne Gilad's Copyediting & Proofreading for Dummies puts the punctuation inside quotation marks. In my own style, I always have the punctuation outside the quotation marks when emphasising terms like "teleology", so I'm going to say it's largely a matter of choice (and I've chosen against the majority).
That first example is a direct quotation, and I'm trying to justify in my head why it's been punctuated that way. I think the correct way to punctuate it would go this way: "…to have answered, 'Bombs.'" Dialogue and direct quotations both have the punctuation inside the quotation marks.
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Post by Ellron Silvertree on Aug 21, 2017 12:57:53 GMT
I'm my understanding of grammar, periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks (though I admit there are times when that has felt wrong to me. Usually with a comma). With impact- or meaning-altering punctuation, it always goes outside the quotation marks unless it is part of the original quote. •I swear he said "it's a bomb!" •You mean he said to you "it's a bomb"?
On a similar note, does anyone know what you do if you have meaningful punctuation both inside and outside the quote? For example, what if the quote has an exclamation point, but you're phrasing a question? Do you put the exclamation point inside the quotation marks and the question mark outside, or do you omit the exclamation point altogether?
•Why did you say "it's a bomb!"?
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Aug 22, 2017 22:30:03 GMT
Good thoughts, everyone. That helps to clear it up.
Ellron, even though that phrase looks slightly awkward with the exclamation point and the question mark, generally I think that's how people would do write it. I'm fairly sure I've seen that before.
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Post by jliessa44 on Sept 13, 2017 17:00:21 GMT
Anyone have tips for getting back into writing a story after writing it on and off for a year and not really touching it. I've outlined it completely six or seven times and plot-wise I think it's my strongest and I still love it and I really want to finish it. I'm just like not thinking of words to actually write it.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Sept 13, 2017 17:43:39 GMT
I find that rereading what you've already written helps. Writing short sketch things with the characters might also help, as a way to ease into it.
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Post by NightBlade on Sept 13, 2017 18:01:46 GMT
Anyone have tips for getting back into writing a story after writing it on and off for a year and not really touching it. I've outlined it completely six or seven times and plot-wise I think it's my strongest and I still love it and I really want to finish it. I'm just like not thinking of words to actually write it. SAME
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Post by jliessa44 on Sept 13, 2017 18:32:10 GMT
I find that rereading what you've already written helps. Writing short sketch things with the characters might also help, as a way to ease into it. Ooh! Thanks. I might try a backstory piece for one of my main charries. @nighblade The struggle is real. Lol
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Post by Aviar Goldeneagle on Sept 14, 2017 12:43:36 GMT
I'd say just start writing. It might be hard at first but it will likely get easier. ...and yeah, I know that's easy to say but harder to do.
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Sept 19, 2017 6:37:00 GMT
jliessa44: I would agree with what's already been said, but I'd add that you should do something, and do it with the aim of getting back into writing in mind. Like, use it as a bridge to the place you want to get to, not as an end in itself.
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Post by jliessa44 on Sept 19, 2017 11:59:15 GMT
Good point. I'll try to keep that in mind since I'm still not writing....
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 3, 2018 2:54:27 GMT
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 3, 2018 3:39:57 GMT
Ooh. I find myself intrigued and I might do this. Is there a deadline do you know? I read the post several times and didn't see one.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 4, 2018 1:53:19 GMT
Deadline is sometime in April or May, I believe. If you go to the main Indie e-Con page, there should be a schedule there.
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 4, 2018 5:28:36 GMT
I did look at that, but didn't see an exact date. But I might have missed it. I'm sure I can be done by April or May though.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 4, 2018 13:14:12 GMT
Huh. I should probably let Kendra know about that, actually. But yeah. I'd guess April or May, which is definitely plenty of time.
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 4, 2018 15:54:08 GMT
Are you doing only one prompt, or are you doing a couple?
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 4, 2018 22:34:50 GMT
Depends how much time I decide to spend on it, but I'd like to do a few different ones. I have some inkling of an idea for most all of them.
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 4, 2018 23:23:32 GMT
I'm thinking about doing the not a contemporary, and by think about it I've already plotted it out and wrote the intro....
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 5, 2018 1:26:19 GMT
Nice. That's one of the ones I'm thinking of too. What's your take on it, if you don't mind my asking?
BTW, I checked with Kendra, and the deadline for the contest is May 1.
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 5, 2018 3:44:33 GMT
I'm thinking late 1890s, early 1900s fantasy set in either a New York or a London lookalike.
Sweet! Thanks. ^.^
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 5, 2018 13:29:46 GMT
Oooh, interesting.
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 5, 2018 14:42:53 GMT
I'm hoping it is. It's a world idea I've had for a long time. I'm trying to make sure I work on the fantasy elements though, otherwise it's just historical fiction.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 5, 2018 20:56:10 GMT
Cool beans. Even just historical fiction is fun, though.
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 6, 2018 1:36:59 GMT
Yeah. It's actually my second favorite genre, but it's also so hard to write.
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