Answer to Thought for Thursday

Answer: The Loofah.

It's a tropical gourd.

We use it to wash with - well, some of us do.

It has a sponge-like fibrous interior.

Thought for Thursday

Thought: What fruit is used for washing rather than eating?

Come back at 3:00 to see the answer. But, take a guess first, put it in the "comments" section.

Thanks for playing.

Answer to Word for Wednesday

Answer to Word: Runcation

All you'd have to do is check out my Garden of Weeden to see I should have spent some time "weeding".

:)

Thanks for playing along with me.

Word for Wednesday

WORD: Runcation

Take a guess - come on out and play with me
It is simple - simple as can be

Post your "guess" in comments please
and don't look it up - until after three(s)

(Okay bad rhyme - but fun game)

I'll have the "answer" posted here around 3:00 p.m.

Here's a hint: I should have spent some time in my garden doing this over the weekend - but I didn't :(

Tip for Tuesday - Writing Related - Word Tips

As writers, we all have to move paragraphs now and then. Sometimes we decide to have someone say something sooner or later and set a scene before the dialogue - whatever.

Here's one way to move a paragraph quickly, all you have to do is follow these simple steps:

1. Highlight the paragraph you want to move by triple clicking on it-this "blocks" it.
2. Position the cursor in the "blocked" paragraph you want to move.
2. While holding down the Shift and Alt keys, press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow to move the paragraph.

WAH-LAH, EZ-Smeazy way to move text around.

Can I Steal a Little Love

Here's my son, Jake Kasch, playing the loser - the guy who gets his date stolen away.

Personality - Voice - Writing

So, what makes a character stand out?

We were talking about this at my critique group on Saturday. Sometimes characters seem to blend together. Maybe it's because they are all too similar. In real life, no two people are the same - not even twins.

So how do we create characters that stand out from one another?

We shouldn't even have to use tags to know who's talking. No more, "Ellen said", "Jim answered" or "Josh screamed". We should know who screamed just by the way he did it.

Maybe easier said than done. But I was thinking about this when I was sewing new cushions for my benches outside.

Maybe most people don't even have benches outside and those that do, might be happy just to have the benches - but not me. I want soft, cushy pillows to sit on.

What does that say about me? Maybe I'm a WHIMP or spoiled, it might even mean I have problems with my butt - who knows. But it has to say something. And we should make sure we create characters that are saying something about themselves by what they do, wear, or even the way they position their bodies during a conversation.

Everyone has their own way of doing activities, saying simple phrases or even wearing their clothes.

Here's one little Youtube video I've shown before but I think it's helpful. My family and I tried to show what voice means, simply by the way we say things. See if you can guess what kind of personality each person has just by the way we say this one famous sentence.