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Post by jliessa44 on Dec 17, 2015 16:25:29 GMT
Lol. I had figured. I'd just thought it was hilarious the way it was worded.
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Post by NightBlade on Dec 26, 2015 5:18:58 GMT
Guys. Alice is really starting to freak me out. She's literally jsut writing herself. HALP.
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Dec 26, 2015 5:56:01 GMT
*charges into the Supers Battle and rips Alice out of story*
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Post by WookieeElf on Dec 26, 2015 6:59:40 GMT
*trips Dmitri and picks up Alice, wrapping her in a soft blanket and giving her cookies*
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Dec 26, 2015 7:04:44 GMT
I thought NightBlade asked for help? *struggles to his feet and watches Wookiee and Alice incredulously* Cookies? You think cookies and a blankie will make her good?
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Post by WookieeElf on Dec 26, 2015 8:18:32 GMT
Cookies always help. Want on? *Holds out plate*
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Dec 26, 2015 8:23:21 GMT
They're called biscuits in New Zealand. *takes a biscuit and eyes it as if it's ready to explode* No, wait, you were giving them to Alice. No way this is going to be poisoned or anything. *munches happily*
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Dec 26, 2015 13:13:37 GMT
Dmitri Pendragon: I've always wondered, if cookies are biscuits in NZ and the UK and all those places, what do you call biscuits (as in the light, flaky, round things you eat with breakfast)? Do you just not have them? (If so, I feel very sorry for you.)
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Post by jliessa44 on Dec 26, 2015 15:23:52 GMT
That would be the saddest thing I have ever heard. They're like the best food ever. Edit-From what Google tells me, other countries have scones. But they're not really the same.
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Dec 26, 2015 16:17:06 GMT
I always wanted to try a scone... darned Redwall.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Dec 26, 2015 16:59:32 GMT
@liessa: Agreed. *nods* And no, scones really aren't the same. They're yummy. But they're not the same.
@warrior: I think you can maybe buy them in some places? I'm not sure they're that hard to make, either . . . not that I'd know for sure; I've never made them myself.
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Dec 26, 2015 17:03:09 GMT
If they're harder to make than hardtack, I'm afraid my cooking abilities will be insufficient.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Dec 26, 2015 20:26:30 GMT
@warrior: Try begging your mom?
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Dec 26, 2015 20:33:43 GMT
Right. so how's everyone's writing projects coming along?
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Dec 27, 2015 21:59:11 GMT
Leilani Sunblade: Hmm. Probably the closest thing we have is scones, but as has been discussed, they aren't really the same. We don't have American biscuits, although I'd love to try some. (I don't feel deprived, though, since as I've rarely thought of them, I've never hungered for them.) Warrior of Aror: You've never tried scones? Odd…my grandmother makes them quite often. As in several times a year, which counts as quite often. Often enough that I know what they taste like very well.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Dec 27, 2015 23:36:49 GMT
Dmitri Pendragon : You should find a recipe and convince someone to try making them. They're delicious, especially with plenty of butter and molasses or honey. (Though you probably don't have molasses in NZ either . . . as far as I can tell, that's pretty much only a thing in the southern US.) Or you could come up to the States (perhaps a particular town in upstate NY, for example . . .) and try them, but that might be a bit expensive. xD
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Post by Lylyss on Dec 28, 2015 3:33:28 GMT
Another American staple that you should try... KFC's Double Down Dog--a hotdog wrapped in a bun of moulded fried chicken, with a healthy quirt of nacho cheese*! *cheese, as in "runny yellow liquid with a salty aftertaste."In all seriousness, though, our biscuits are great. ;) So is our Chick-Fil-A.
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Post by NightBlade on Dec 28, 2015 3:40:04 GMT
Did you just spell mold with a U....
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Post by WookieeElf on Dec 28, 2015 3:48:43 GMT
Lylyss: No, don't chase them off. XP
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Post by Lylyss on Dec 28, 2015 4:08:18 GMT
Lol. Well, maybe it's a bit hypocritical for me to poke fun, since I'm a big fan of jalepeno poppers. xD *mouth waters at the memory* Cheesy spicy tanginess...
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Dec 28, 2015 13:13:42 GMT
Lylyss: What is that even. Just no. So much no. Hot dogs and American cheese wrapped in biscuit and baked in the oven on the other hand . . . delicious.
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Dec 29, 2015 5:15:22 GMT
Lylyss: Mmm, looks nice. But we do have KFC in New Zealand. Never been there, though. Leilani Sunblade: Hahah. I could probably convince my oldest sister to make American biscuits quite easily—she's an ardent cook. (And no, we don't have molasses either.) Based on your offer, I assume you would privately provide your address if I ever went to the USA?
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Dec 29, 2015 12:52:27 GMT
Dmitri Pendragon: Convince her! (Awwwww . . . too bad.) If you thought you were going to be in my area, and I got the ok from my family . . . storms, yes!
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 12, 2016 17:57:32 GMT
Question: has anyone here used either yWriter (a free program which I think is similar to Scrivener?) or 4thewords (a . . . I'm not even sure how to explain it; site is here: 4thewords.com/features )? If anyone has, is either worth getting?
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Post by Merenwen Inglorion on Jan 30, 2016 6:23:11 GMT
Leilani Sunblade: I have yWriter, but I haven't used it much. Mainly because I have Scrivener, and I can customize it to fit a writing mood, whereas with yWriter...everything's the same color. Blue and white. With green, red, and yellow in the notes. The fact that this bugs me may just be me, though. I'm using yWriter primarily for outlining because, despite the helpful color-coding and other features of Scriv., I still manage to lose track of things like first drafts. It's working well so far. yWriter is supposed to have a character relation chart, too, but I haven't gotten that far into it yet... Just some things that Scrivener has that yWriter (as far as I know) doesn't that I use a lot: Color coding Snapshots and rollback Full-screen (where it blacks out everything on your laptop except your writing) Note cards (corkboard screen) Templates (character, setting) Spellcheck K.M. Weiland has some stuff on the site www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com. Just search "yWriter" and the post where she talks about how she uses it should come up. She also has one on using Scrivener, if you want to compare/contrast further.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 30, 2016 13:22:04 GMT
Merenwen Inglorion : Thanks! It sounds like Scrivener may be the way to go, but I'll check the link you said as well. Edit: Upon further thought, I decided that I'm best off to download yWriter, see if this type of program works for me, and then (if I decide I like it), get Scrivener. As long as I keep winning NaNo events, I'll almost always have a coupon for some percent off, so it's not like there's a rush.
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Post by Lylyss on Jan 31, 2016 7:08:20 GMT
Is anyone doing the Go Teen Writers challenge this February?
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 31, 2016 15:55:25 GMT
Yep
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Post by Lylyss on Jan 31, 2016 19:56:34 GMT
Sweet! I'm looking forward to it. :) Honestly, though, I signed up just so that I would have the satisfaction of completing something. Lol. It's been too long since I finished anything.
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Post by jliessa44 on Feb 1, 2016 14:51:14 GMT
Lol. Ditto. Plus, I figure it'll be nice to have a list of ideas handy in case I ever finish something. Because plot ideas kill me. I always get the storyworld and the characters. But then they get lost in a sea of plotlessness and begin to meander around
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