I need to submit this, because it is pure genuis. I'm not kidding, or being sarcastic. This quote really sounds like it was from a best-selling novel. Listen to this...
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name because I was too busy SAVING YOUR LIFE!"
Guess where it's from? It came from...Pink Clouds and Golden Skies, Dreamer's story! (Applause, applause...) I just love it, so President Fantasy, please add it. Thanks!
-Tiger
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Let Me Love You Breyer Video!
-President Fantasy
Friday, July 13, 2012
Word of the Day!
The word of the day is...
Are you ready?
Here it is:
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia!
Want to know what it means?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words!
Thank you! This has been the word of the day!
-President Fantasy
Are you ready?
Here it is:
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia!
Want to know what it means?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words!
Thank you! This has been the word of the day!
-President Fantasy
Thursday, July 12, 2012
I ordered my copies!!!
I told Tiger that I would make a post after I ordered my copies
so I am making that post. I just want to give President Fantasy applause for my amazing cover that she made for me! (I'll have to put it on the blog sometime)! Yes, actually from where ever you are reading this please applaud her, because she made all of our covers (except for Templado's but she's waiting for a picture of a white horse)! Review: I ordered my copies, and applause for President Fantasy, pretty simple! Anyways goodbye.
-Dreamer
so I am making that post. I just want to give President Fantasy applause for my amazing cover that she made for me! (I'll have to put it on the blog sometime)! Yes, actually from where ever you are reading this please applaud her, because she made all of our covers (except for Templado's but she's waiting for a picture of a white horse)! Review: I ordered my copies, and applause for President Fantasy, pretty simple! Anyways goodbye.
-Dreamer
Monday, July 9, 2012
Ending With a Bang! (or Something Clever Like That)
This is a small treatise on the endings of books that I felt I should write, since I have quite a bit to say on the topic. So this stuff is about the very endings: That is, the last few words. It's nothing to do with the content of the final chapters and such, just about the last paragraph or page or so.
See, I feel that your last paragraph may be the most important one in the whole book. In my opinion, it determines whether or not you come away from the book satisfied or not. Here are some examples of final sentences that make you step away from the book happy with the ending. (If you haven't read the book, don't worry. None of these sentences give away anything of the plot.)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Last Olympian: "And for the first time, I didn't look back."
Ender's Game: "He looked for a long time."
Science Fair: "With a flicker, Sternabite was already gone."
Life, the Universe and Everything: "I've done you before, haven't I?" it said.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: "His scar had not pained him in twenty years. All was well."
A Series of Unfortunate Events, The End: "BLEEP." (Sorry, that's not the real ending -- but this one is too important to write down. It may be the best out of all these endings. Go read the whole series. Right now. I can't recommend it enough.)
These are a few examples. Last sentences are extremely important.
So what makes a good last sentence/paragraph?
Well, to start with, I think that a good ending has to wrap things up. It has to leave the reader with a sense of what the book was about, and that the characters will be okay. (Speaking of which, when I say ending, I mean ending of a series. You probably don't want something like this in the middle of a series -- those endings should be different. They should leave the reader going "Oh my gosh! I have to read the next book!") Anyway, endings. A good last sentence -- the perfect last sentence -- does one of three things.
1) It reveals a twist that you've saved until the very end.
2) It wraps something up that you've been waiting the entire book to find out.
3) It makes you feel that everything is going to be just fine.
A good example of a sentence that reveals a twist is, of course, the end of The End by Lemony Snicket. Please go out and read that, and you will know the perfect last sentence. (Read the whole series first, of course.)
A good example of a sentence -- and indeed, full last page and paragraph -- that wraps something up is the last bit of The Deathly Hallows. It lets you know that the danger is gone and will not return. It also wraps up a certain emnity between certain characters. In short, it wraps things up nicely.
The example of making the reader feel that everything is going to be just fine is either the ending of The Last Olympian or Ender's Game. At the end of The Last Olympian, we realize that Percy is going to be fine because he is no longer tied to Camp Half-Blood -- he can have a life outside of it. We realize that he is going to be happy and, of course, just fine. At the end of Ender's Game, Ender is searching for something, and we know he will never find rest until he finds it. This is not resolved until the very last sentence: "He looked for a long time." In that final sentence, we see that Ender searches for a long time, and he goes through lots of trouble, but in the end, we know how long he searched. That is, the last sentence reassures us that he does, eventually, find what he is looking for. That's the beauty of that last sentence.
I think it's a good plan to figure out your last sentence before you get to the end. That way you can plan for your twist, or know what you're going to wrap up, or do all three things. It's hard to do if you don't plan. Many of the last sentences of our own club members -- such as "That's how I met your mother" and "I haven't seen Lacy, Ray, Zizzle, or Orangetails in a long, long time"already meet the last sentence standards.
So what do you think about your own last sentence? Are you happy with it? Do you need to change it? Have I gone on for too long about last sentences? Let me know! :)
See you on the other side of the glass!
Whatever glass you happen to be behind.
-President Fantasy
See, I feel that your last paragraph may be the most important one in the whole book. In my opinion, it determines whether or not you come away from the book satisfied or not. Here are some examples of final sentences that make you step away from the book happy with the ending. (If you haven't read the book, don't worry. None of these sentences give away anything of the plot.)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Last Olympian: "And for the first time, I didn't look back."
Ender's Game: "He looked for a long time."
Science Fair: "With a flicker, Sternabite was already gone."
Life, the Universe and Everything: "I've done you before, haven't I?" it said.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: "His scar had not pained him in twenty years. All was well."
A Series of Unfortunate Events, The End: "BLEEP." (Sorry, that's not the real ending -- but this one is too important to write down. It may be the best out of all these endings. Go read the whole series. Right now. I can't recommend it enough.)
These are a few examples. Last sentences are extremely important.
So what makes a good last sentence/paragraph?
Well, to start with, I think that a good ending has to wrap things up. It has to leave the reader with a sense of what the book was about, and that the characters will be okay. (Speaking of which, when I say ending, I mean ending of a series. You probably don't want something like this in the middle of a series -- those endings should be different. They should leave the reader going "Oh my gosh! I have to read the next book!") Anyway, endings. A good last sentence -- the perfect last sentence -- does one of three things.
1) It reveals a twist that you've saved until the very end.
2) It wraps something up that you've been waiting the entire book to find out.
3) It makes you feel that everything is going to be just fine.
A good example of a sentence that reveals a twist is, of course, the end of The End by Lemony Snicket. Please go out and read that, and you will know the perfect last sentence. (Read the whole series first, of course.)
A good example of a sentence -- and indeed, full last page and paragraph -- that wraps something up is the last bit of The Deathly Hallows. It lets you know that the danger is gone and will not return. It also wraps up a certain emnity between certain characters. In short, it wraps things up nicely.
The example of making the reader feel that everything is going to be just fine is either the ending of The Last Olympian or Ender's Game. At the end of The Last Olympian, we realize that Percy is going to be fine because he is no longer tied to Camp Half-Blood -- he can have a life outside of it. We realize that he is going to be happy and, of course, just fine. At the end of Ender's Game, Ender is searching for something, and we know he will never find rest until he finds it. This is not resolved until the very last sentence: "He looked for a long time." In that final sentence, we see that Ender searches for a long time, and he goes through lots of trouble, but in the end, we know how long he searched. That is, the last sentence reassures us that he does, eventually, find what he is looking for. That's the beauty of that last sentence.
I think it's a good plan to figure out your last sentence before you get to the end. That way you can plan for your twist, or know what you're going to wrap up, or do all three things. It's hard to do if you don't plan. Many of the last sentences of our own club members -- such as "That's how I met your mother" and "I haven't seen Lacy, Ray, Zizzle, or Orangetails in a long, long time"already meet the last sentence standards.
So what do you think about your own last sentence? Are you happy with it? Do you need to change it? Have I gone on for too long about last sentences? Let me know! :)
See you on the other side of the glass!
Whatever glass you happen to be behind.
-President Fantasy
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Tr- I mean Dreamer, I think you forgot to make a post...
Dreamer, did you forget to make a post? To all of you who don't know, Dreamer was going to order her copies last night and make a post about it. She hasn't made her post yet, (I think, anyway), and either one: Dreamer, you ordered them and forgot to make a post, or 2: you didn't order them and didn't make a post. Please, Dreamer, help me right this odd set of circumstances!
-Tiger
-Tiger
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The Story of My Dedication
I had just a couple other little random things I wanted to say.
First off (did I mention this in a post?) I'm working on Way Back When once again. I think I did say that, yeah.
Second off, I thought you'd be interested to hear the dedication for Sunset, Oregon. As some of you know, I had great trouble with a dedication. My original dedication was "To you. You know who you are." But that was mostly because I couldn't think of another one. So my final version was:
To Calvin, who punched me.
If you want to know the story behind that, here it is. If you read and finished Sunset, Oregon you know that something very traumatic happens near the end -- something extremely surprising and sad. It involved the death of a character, and it's pretty much the worst character to kill off. So Raistlin (Calvin) was reading this and I walked up behind him to see where he was. He had just finished this very sad part. I said, "Where are you?" before I looked at where he was. He turned around and proceeded to punch me. Then he said, "How DARE you do that?" I found it actually very good that he cared enough about the characters to do that. In fact, it was the best reaction I could have gotten. I thought that the phrasing To Calvin, who punched me was funny and provoked the question "WHY?" so I decided on that when searching my brain for a dedication on Thursday night.
So that's the story of the dedication. My friends, I bow to you.
-President Fantasy
First off (did I mention this in a post?) I'm working on Way Back When once again. I think I did say that, yeah.
Second off, I thought you'd be interested to hear the dedication for Sunset, Oregon. As some of you know, I had great trouble with a dedication. My original dedication was "To you. You know who you are." But that was mostly because I couldn't think of another one. So my final version was:
To Calvin, who punched me.
If you want to know the story behind that, here it is. If you read and finished Sunset, Oregon you know that something very traumatic happens near the end -- something extremely surprising and sad. It involved the death of a character, and it's pretty much the worst character to kill off. So Raistlin (Calvin) was reading this and I walked up behind him to see where he was. He had just finished this very sad part. I said, "Where are you?" before I looked at where he was. He turned around and proceeded to punch me. Then he said, "How DARE you do that?" I found it actually very good that he cared enough about the characters to do that. In fact, it was the best reaction I could have gotten. I thought that the phrasing To Calvin, who punched me was funny and provoked the question "WHY?" so I decided on that when searching my brain for a dedication on Thursday night.
So that's the story of the dedication. My friends, I bow to you.
-President Fantasy
Swine Are Fine! (fine as in very cool)
Hi! I have not made a post on here in a long time. How have your guys summer been going? My has been great! Swimming, reading, running, biking, and I have started writing a new book! The concept of my book may seem dumb, but I think it will turn out great! The "theme" of my book is about my pigs. I'm going to write about their life from their point of view. What most people don't know that pigs are smarter then dogs, and they are also the cleanest animal. Well, that's enough said..
-Poppy Red
-Poppy Red
Monday, July 2, 2012
Bloggy Award
Yes, faithful Sembers.
The Bloggy Award is finished.
So as soon as the award is awarded for April and June (*cough cough Dreamer cough cough*) then we can hand it out!
Whoop dee doo.
-President Fantasy
The Bloggy Award is finished.
So as soon as the award is awarded for April and June (*cough cough Dreamer cough cough*) then we can hand it out!
Whoop dee doo.
-President Fantasy
Sunday, July 1, 2012
A Couple of Changes
As you have undoubtedly noticed, there are a few minor changes in the blog's layout. Please, do not be alarmed, they are completely natural and I meant for them to happen. The blog title not being centered has bothered me for a long time, so I fixed that, and centered the G.K. Chesterton quote. Not a big deal.
And one more thing: If you haven't been paying attention, start paying attention NOW, (that was obviously to grab your attention), because this requires a bit of input. If you think you have a better quote that better expresses the Lords of the Pencil writing club, please speak now (LOVE that song!). I don't want to be the sole decider of the main quote of the club. If you think the current quote is great, too, please say so. If you do have a better quote, we'll have a bit of a vote, how's that sound?
Which reminds me of another question...do we need a constitution?
-President Fantasy
And one more thing: If you haven't been paying attention, start paying attention NOW, (that was obviously to grab your attention), because this requires a bit of input. If you think you have a better quote that better expresses the Lords of the Pencil writing club, please speak now (LOVE that song!). I don't want to be the sole decider of the main quote of the club. If you think the current quote is great, too, please say so. If you do have a better quote, we'll have a bit of a vote, how's that sound?
Which reminds me of another question...do we need a constitution?
-President Fantasy
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