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[shisteer of nothing much]

Yeah, it was heaps of fun. My full size violin is giving us trouble so I'm still playing on the 3/4, but it's good. This lesson was mostly sight reading.

[Booklover]

I'm good at sight reading (mostly because it's basically sight reading when I haven't practiced for ages).

[shisteer of nothing much]

I'm improving at sight-reading.

I've written about two hundred words in an hour. What is wrong with me today? *leans head back in despair*

[Verdauga]

You've gotten out of the mood of your story. Same reason why MDG is going nowhere.

At least, that's my belief.

[shisteer of nothing much]

Maybe, but I don't want to accept that. I need to fight it and kill whatever it is that's stopping me from writing.

[Verdauga]

. . .  *Shrugs.* With Fire?

[shisteer of nothing much]

Hmmm... I'm not sure how I could incorporate that into my story. It could be done, certainly.

[Verdauga]

Yeah. I'm trying to figure out which of the scenes in my worlds I should write down. My problem is that I'm horrible at describing things.

[shisteer of nothing much]

I can describe things when I'm in a describing mood, but I'm normally not. I've been trying to improve my descriptions, which means i have the occasional lengthy description and then the rest of the story is just dialogue and action. It's really not good.

[Verdauga]

At least you can describe action pretty well.

[Booklover]

I think I generally end up with too much dialogue and not enough description.

[Verdauga]

I think I generally end up with too much dialogue and not enough description.

No kidding. I struggle with cutting off dialogue.

Speaking of, have you posted a fanfic or other work here, Booklovee?

[shisteer of nothing much]

At least you can describe action pretty well.

Well, not really. My characters are almost constantly talking and they're just doing stuff while they talk. When I have them doing action without talking, it's normally described as
'They continued killing people for several minutes before so-and-so did something-a-rather.
"Oof, that was unpleasant."
So-and-so laughed cruelly and repeated the movement.' and then it's back to talking again.

[Booklover]

I think I generally end up with too much dialogue and not enough description.

No kidding. I struggle with cutting off dialogue.

Speaking of, have you posted a fanfic or other work here, Booklovee?

No. You'll have to wait until I write a half-decent one.

[Verdauga]

If I waited that long for my own stuff, I wouldn't post any