Activity for brianmearns‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Edit	Post #7913	Initial revision	—	almost 5 years ago
Edit	Post #7115	Initial revision	—	almost 5 years ago
Edit	Post #6932	Initial revision	—	almost 5 years ago
Edit	Post #6882	Initial revision	—	almost 5 years ago
Question	—	An adjective relating to the circus? I'm looking for an adjective which essentially means "of or relating to the circus." My context is: > As they stood in the doorway, taking in the circus-like activities around them... But "circus-like" is garbage, can anyone suggest a good adjective to use in its place? Alternatively, I could repla... (more)	—	over 11 years ago
Question	—	Should I close this quoted paragraph? I have a paragraph of dialog which technically continues into the next paragraph, but I want to interject a "she continued" almost immediately into the second paragraph. So should I close the quote on the first paragraph, or leave it open? E.g., "Well," Antimony began, taking a deep, thoughtful... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago
Question	—	Very simple markup language for writing fiction I'm using a plain text editor (Vim) to write a fiction piece (chapter book), and I'm wondering what markup languages others use for such a task? I'm looking for something exceedingly simple, it does not have to be powerful at all. Minimum requirements would be supporting basic styling like bold, ital... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago
Question	—	Very long sentences: personal style or just bad writing? I'm writing a story targeted towards children in which the protagonist is a young girl. I find that in writing her dialog and the narrative, I'm producing a lot of very long sentences, to the point that an entire paragraph may be seven or eight lines long, but consisting of a single sentence. It feel... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago