Recent content by RynnTheTired

I will confess my crimes...and redress my rhymes.... :blob_joy:

Most of the humor in my story comes from Iggy the baby dragon doing crazy things, not straight-up jokes. But there's a pun-loving skeleton dragon named Humerus who shows up sometimes. He tells actual jokes...albeit super corny ones.... :sweat_smile:

Maybe it would help to start with urban fantasy? So you'd write something that's mostly realistic but has just a few fantasy elements added in. Then you could add a little more with each story and eventually work up to a full-on fantasy setting.

My opening sentences aren't too exciting, but you're welcome to use them if you want. Shadow of Anaurian: (That's technically two sentences, but they're connected, and one is a fragment, so...yeah.) The Consequences of Meeting a Dragon: For professional examples, I've always liked the...

Erin: She'd give it a try if it's a matter of life and death, but she has a bad leg, so unless the opponent is an elephant, she's probably going to lose. Thenio: Yes and yes, unless the opponent is superhuman. He's good at acrobatics, but he can't use any kind of body-strengthening magic (at...

Small dragons are allowed, right? I want to be able to fly and sleep a lot, but being huge seems like a hassle.

Giving up when the writing gets difficult.

Some reviews are objectively wrong, though. I've seen quite a few reviewers grossly exaggerate or misrepresent parts of a story. Or even get things flat-out wrong. Opinions aren't right or wrong, true, but if you can tell that a reviewer didn't make a good faith effort to read and understand...

He'll probably accept other types of blood as long as you give him a goat-shaped squeaky toy to chew on.

I'll give you this cute puppy: He drinks goat blood. But you should have plenty of that on hand, right?

Is it possible that the terms they use in German don't quite line up with how they're used in English? Not like teachers never flat-out get things wrong, of course. But...you know...trying to give people the benefit of the doubt and all.... ?‍♀️ Either way, I wouldn't say it's your fault...

Uh...no. That's not what personification is. Those are literal descriptions. Dogs do, in fact, walk. Plants do, in fact, grow. Personification is when you ascribe human actions or feelings to a non-human thing that isn't actually capable of those actions or feelings. It's a type of metaphor...

I pick the sleepy one. Because...you know.... :blob_sleep:

I go back and forth. Sometimes the extra brightness of light mode helps me feel more awake. Sometimes it's irritating.