> We decided to put some of our favorite modern children's authors in the hot-seat too, and ask them, "If you could have any creature or animal from a book as a pet, which would you choose and why?" (source)
My name is MR... and I am a Data Entry Clerk at XYZ. I received congratulations by email dated 2015-6-3 for my first-grade performance over all provinces, and I was pleased to learn that I was to receive an award. It would certainly be encouraging to receive that award soon.
Sincerely, MR...
What sort of a literary technique is it when writers narrating their story in the present time (in first person) talk of an incident that happens to them in the future? I recently read a non-fiction book where the author was talking about her sister and said her sister met a man XYZ whom she woul...
I really need help with how to describe, without telling, a character who is shuddering/feels sickened after reading a newspaper article?
Thank you very much
Is it okay to write a bit of camera movement in the ACTION? I don't mean the camera movements such as PUSH IN or ANGLE ON.
What I mean is something like the following:
Through an **aerial view**, we see the man following the criminal.
Would it be okay to write 'aerial view' here, without spec...
I took it as a bad sign that her engagement ring cost $50,000, and that afterwards her fiance had no money left to buy himself a winter coat and she didn't want to buy him one.
the cake was like $500, which in hindsight seems like it cost too much, and the reception was $100/person, with an open bar, and we had a cheap DJ and limo (same company).
@KitZ.Fox no. Because the wedding cake person made it out of chocolate, and at the time I thought I was allergic to chocolate, and my wife didn't want to eat year-old cake. Eventually, in 2003, we had that blackout, and we tossed everything in our freezer.
I remember that when I was planning the reception, I read a story about how the bride had a cake and the groom had a cake, and then they had one for the guests.
I was impressed by the yardage of poly-satin that must have been required to make her custom gown.
Then I felt like some kind of bride-zilla for being catty like that.
Where did you have your reception? Some place chic?
And also, he offered that we could get a sitter and I could come help paint, because it was actually kind of fun with everyone pitching in.
And I didn't respond well to that.
I already felt put-upon because the friends dropped their kids off at my house for me to watch them without setting any kind of end time, and they are rather notoriously irresponsible about that.
My husband had asked if it was OK, and I'm pretty sure I said "I don't want to deal with that today" and then she showed up, and I was thinking "oh, they are out for a walk and stopped to say hi" right up to where she says "thanks, this is so helpful" and leaves.
And I'm in the middle of stuff. And it instantly turns into a crazy madhouse. Not the kind of drop the kids off and they play together and that works fine.
The kind of drop the kids off and now I'm assisting them in negotiating play and breaking up fights and seriously, how can every single goddamn one of you skin your knees or bash your head in fifteen fucking minutes?
We were just about to play D&D. It messed up my entire afternoon.
And I had no idea how long it would last.
And I was getting over a cold, so I just wanted to sleep.
And her little one is the one who loves to completely dismember lego minifigs.
Anyway. So the idea that we could spend money! So I could go help too! really got under my skin.
I'm trying to keep the perspective that he is thinking of it in terms of work he committed to doing, and he's getting paid for it.
rather than that he is trying to make my life a living hell in retaliation for the several months of overtime I put in recently.
He's just trying to get it done, and fast. So much about the situation bothers me though.
I need to get back focused on being a supportive spouse instead of horrifically irritated at everything.
by high school I had a paper route and was spending big bucks on CDs. I eventually joined the Columbia Music House program and built up a sizable collection, for a teenager.
now all those CDs are in a box, hopefully not oxidizing.
When I got this essay it took me about a week to even process what I was going to write about. Who is my hero you asked, so in order to fully understand the whole idea of a hero I asked around and found who others considered to be there heroes, the response of one girl in particular truly grabbed...
I was browsing around for different writing tools and one of the sites mentioned front and back matter as something around the chapters. What is front / back matter?
My name is MR... and I am a Data Entry Clerk at XYZ. I received congratulations by email dated 2015-6-3 for my first-grade performance over all provinces, and I was pleased to learn that I was to receive an award. It would certainly be encouraging to receive that award soon.
Sincerely, MR...
I really need help with how to describe, without telling, a character who is shuddering/feels sickened after reading a newspaper article?
Thank you very much
Is it okay to write a bit of camera movement in the ACTION? I don't mean the camera movements such as PUSH IN or ANGLE ON.
What I mean is something like the following:
Through an **aerial view**, we see the man following the criminal.
Would it be okay to write 'aerial view' here, without spec...
I was browsing around for different writing tools and one of the sites mentioned front and back matter as something around the chapters. What is front / back matter?
The Overlook Hotel
The Overlook Hotel