For all those who write to glorify God

For writers
Tell if it doesn't work, something crazy just happened and I'm not sure if it will affect you.

Sorry

Very [not at all really] sorry that I can't write the rest of it and that I'm leaving you all in suspense. I plan to get pictures for the 24th post, sooooooo you're gonna have to wait. 

Friday 24th August 2012

I thought that a fitting title. So much happened that day.

As most of you know I have been in Auckland these past few days, at a confrence.It was awesome, truly awesome.But the most overwhelming, fantastic  day was the 24th
and I leave you all hanging
-Tiffany

story brewin' -'gain

I feel like writing something, my lovely guinea pigs.
Beware:

Should sailing through wind stop you?
The sentence scripted on the wall, held her spell bound, sailing through wind?
Would not slicing be a better word? She thought of the gail-force eastilys that rode in
across the waves, sail through that?  
What could it mean?
She touched the writing, and gazed down the "hall" this place was strange, [hold onto your imaginations people]
This whole wall was covered with history, in fact the entire building was drenched with it.
"I wonder what this place was built for?"She whispered to herself "That it be crumbling on the outside, but not a day old in, how curious!
She walked along this wall toward the front of the room, letting her fingers trail on the cold stone. She was unaware that the letters and words she touched, were turned into the shining blues of a peacocks tail, behind her.Or that the same colour was filling her footsteps.Onward she walked, up on to a dias the tattered blue carpet crunching under each.She reached the top step and turned around and looked down at the long hall, she saw the grey walls and wooden floor all the way down to the open door in the corner, it was a long way, but she could still make out the willows bending in the punishing wind.

All of a sudden she felt cold. A gust of wind must have come in, she thought, as she rubbed her bare arms. She turned around to see if there was any good carpet to cover her arms.She gasped, the wall that had once been stone had turned into a giant sapphire curtain, spanning floor and ceiling.The wind caught it, and as it rippled the letters of the word Istenba appeared in burning blue.The world she saw  jumped but her vision never refoucsed, she stepped back, she felt like she was wading through oil.
She lost her blance and kneeled over, slowly, because of the... air. The ground opened up beneath her,
a black abyss, she screamed and tried to stop herself, but she kept falling, the air was forced out of her lungs, everything turned black.

She woke up to the crashings of waves against a beach, she sat up slowly, her head spinning, it was dawn.



Aaaaaaannndddddd I have to eat tea

-Miss Tiffany       

Different things

Different things...

A little girl boards a boat, a far from sea worthy boat, her Mum pushes her on the flimsy thing.
"Mother there is no room for us!"The little girl cries looking at the 50 or so on board.
Her Mother still pushes her on board.


Veilima looks down at the boat "Husband, where are we going?You said this would take us to another land, this boat will not go far!"
Her Husband just stares, his eyes glaze over,"Honey I did not know"....



Another woman boards a different boat in another land, the boat looks similar.
She is in a experiment, she gets her travel bags taken off her, she gets on this boat, she too does not know where she is going. She moans that she's sick when she's not, she argues with her fellow passengers, a few hours later she says she's gonna get off, there surrounded by water. She stays sullen for the rest of the day. Night comes and the boat takes on water, the others bail out she just stares.
Things get worse and fire breaks out in the cabin, they all put on life jackets. Just before they jump in a boat finds them.

In that rescue boat they see the director of this experiment.He tells them that the boat they were on was perfectly fine, the whole thing was rigged up. Some people get really anoyed, and say they're Australians, this shouldn't happen to them, they have rights!


This is all true, though I had to make up the first bit. The first people would become illegal refugees in Australia, the second people were in an experiment to see what the refugees go through. Most of those people were racist, like the woman above, or just annoyed that the Australian Government are spending money on refugees, they think that freedom is only for Australians, and as the woman above says later when they are watching people being rounded up because they have need to flee the country [this is in  their native country] and being beaten up for it, she says the should being doing that in Australia.
How twisted are we?
That we think our brother should be beaten for his colour, for escaping from the worst the world can throw at him?



Something to ponder [and comment about :P]
-Miss Tiffany

  

My computer works!!!!!!!!

Dad has up graded the computer, so now things should work..... I'm sooooooo excited I had to post about it!!!I can use google chrome now tooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Can't wait to see what works Tiffy 

Secret

I hope you know what I mean.I can not spell that word, did I spell it write?Heehee I know you caught my gramma mistake that I put there on purpose,.
And yes that means this post is about writing and Jewels Of Jesus.
Causeeeeee I  just had to tell y'all:
I've got a story for JOJ and its about fragile-ness, glass and hearts.
How does that work!?
Well you'll just have to see won't you!...
[slightly evil laugh]

-Miss Tiffy

Idea, help too!

Name HELP!!!Please see end of post

Why?

I'm brewing up a story.I'm gonna try Romance, I probably won't get that far.
What is the idea that is the water to my story soup?
Mail order Bride.
Why? I like the idea, but I'd like to add some flavour, some stock, the guy who 'ordered her' has died and the farm has been sold.
It'll be set in the 1800s.South Dakota.
Herbs she's an optimist he's a pessimist.He tolerates people, she couldn't be without them.
Spice: she's terrified of angry people, scared of the dark and scary dreams  [similar to someone I know]
He has an explosive temper, hates himself, he's a choleric type.
She's 4#, 7# 3#.
He's 8# 6# 5#.
The last thing he wants right now is a wife, and when he wants one, she'll be quite, demure, shy a 2#, but God had other ideas.So when a small bubbly red head [well it's auburn, funny how most of my females end up with red hair] with big violet-grey eyes, turns up on his door step saying she's his bride, things go funny.
If I used one word to describe her, it'd be alive
him, grumpy
So I have to now go and figure out the rest.

Your part:
 I have though of names but I would like your opinion
what names do you think would suit?
Can't wait for comments!!

Miss Tiffany

Something else

I thought you readers-not-writers might like something different.
We have not a lake, much to my sisters utter disappointment, they have been praying this week and staring at the computer weather forecast and praying for rain again, and telling the sun to shoo, while every one else would quite welcome the change.Ah dear I just hope it either pours or shines, and if we get a lake that we will have food for our sheep.We don't have lambs, won't til Christmas

Miss Tiffany

Birth Order

Did you know that the order in which you were born greatly affects you?
Well it does, read and see if it is...

The eldest is the apple of their parents eyes, because its their first wee darling-they are likely to be the most responsible.Two years later number 2 comes and number 1 has a fit of jealousy because they are no longer number 1 and only, they now have to share their parents. So the eldest will grow up saying "I was here" first and 2 will say "I try harder".
They will generally be in some kind of competion all their childhood days. The first might be good at drawing and the other scrapbooking [this is true for two people I know, remember I am first born]
One might be a socialite [generally the second] and the other not, they complement each other if they work together.Middle-ies tend to be peace makers, how sad for the 'norm' of 2 children!! [and they say life is unfair] We'll all be at logger heads.  
Youngest's  are the charmers, [this is probably the same for only children] they tend to expect things done for them, everybody else will be looking for baby's stuff while baby waits round.Bit of a mix huh?This is not always true though...

So what could they grow up to be?
Interesting Info from a counseler.
Eldests tend to be doctors CEOS lawyers 92% of US astronauts and 94% presidents were first born.
Seconds more popular.
Middles Peacemakers
Youngests, *because of their charm* make good actors, sales people and con- artists!
[Mr Wickham was the only child aka the youngest]
[Mr Darcy the eldest]
See how this can make a difference, to your character?

Something funny a person put all the eldests in a group, middles and youngests. They were all asked to do something, when their time was up, they were all ask to present, the oldests had elected a spokesperson to speak so he started, the middle said they hadn't enough time, and the youngests all started talking at once, familiar?

So where did I get all this info? Laurie Campbell *warning one bit one may like to skip*

-Miss Tiffany 

Enneagram

I've been reading Crafting unforgettable characters an e-book and its proving quite interesting *see end of post*
And it talked of enneagrams, ennea, means 9 in greek.I didn't know what that was and it has to do with psychology.

So what is an enneagram?
It is like the king, servant, thing in my meet me post.But it is more than that.
It's to do with different personalities [warning you can't actually say someone is 1 or 2 it's their choice]
So it's useful for guess what- finding your character's personality
so what could your character be?

1# Perfectionist or Reformer [I think this is like prophet]

2# Helper, Nurturer, Giver, Caretaker or Pleaser [Servant]

3# Achiever, Succeeder, Performer

4# Artist, Individualist, Romantic [Dreamer]

5# Observer, Watcher, Thinker

6# Trooper, Loyalist, Guardian, Defender

7# Enthusiast, Adventurer

8# Controller, Aggressor,  Chief [King]

9# Peacemaker, Mediator

Twos, Threes, Fours -come from the heart- these people are more caring, more emotional, think about the past-

Fives, Sixes Sevens- are from the head- these people tend to plan, plan, plan and think about the future-

Eights, Nines, and Ones-are from the gut/body- and I suppose you can tell what these people are like-they tend to think about now/the present.

And if you are writing about a husband and wife or romance, the same thing goes for them as in the preparing to be a help meet, opposites attract, good thing for us writers because it causes conflict, which is needed in stories, and it's just good in general, imagine two pleasers married! They'd  both be up at 5am bumping heads, because their making each other breakfast in bed!!!Or two Controllers trying to boss each other round.God knew!!! What a relief!*some people do marry the same but it's very rare*
Hope you found that interesting.I'll talk about how birth order can change your character.

Miss Tiffany

* You can get the free e-book crafting unforgettable characters at wordplay





  

Writing Full stop

My production

Ok maybe thats a bit hopeful but my play is llooonnngggg -long-
here it is:
The Play
Lord of the dance music Scene: It's dark and misty, ash filled terror 

Act:

Slaves in rags pretending to pull a large weight. Slave drivers using their whips. Slaves fall on their knees [wind mill action if possible] looking agnonized and worn out. "Evil Ones" come in and torment slaves. Someone says "Who will give life to the lost?"

Person 1 walks in and is "kidnapped" and put into slavery. Person 2 comes from the other side, same thing happens. A man and his wife and child come in watch and look heart broken. 'Baddies' [evil ones and slave drivers] rush toward the family and try and put them into slavery. Man stands in front hands spread, protecting his wife and child. This goes on for a minute or so. Have a light [torch will do] turn on closer to the audience and have a girl pjs kneel at her "bed" Prays some like this [can be changed] 'Dear Lord Jesus, help the people in other countries' Her mum is there Main Play: White people come on and try and pull the baddies away, fight begins One white person goes and comforts the girl. fight continues. Man and wife pray.Man joins the fight, the 'baddies' are pushed away from some of the slaves. The wife and child free some of the slaves. Another family below prays. More white ones join the fight, black ones fight harder some fall. Another family below prays. And Jesus come, the 'baddies' fall or flee. The family unlocks the slaves. Have them praying and doing baptizing actions White people keep the lingering baddies out.Jesus is there. Have someone say"the war is not finished souls are still enslaved, near and

far, Do not stop praying, God hears the cries of his children .Many will be freed if you just ask.So what is holding you back?" 

Miss Tiffany

Settings

This has awesome tips on how to write your landscape er,... surroundings
I have read the beginning and I plan to read the rest, really helpful.
http://thewritersalleys.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/setting
my link thing is playing up
-Tiffany 

I've got it!!!!!!!! -I'm soo excited

Thank you for praying for me I've written the play out line, and its really funny cause the main theme is about people praying for other people, aka just what God can do if you pray.I scribble writ it this morning so I won't be typing it out in a hurry I have to re-write etc. I told it over the phone to one of the adult "supporters" and she thinks its awesome, its mostly mime with a little speaking.It's quite simple but it will require a lot of people.
Very excited Tiffany      

The and,said,then words

Interesting title?
Probably confusing, I am talking of the words that get over-used in little ones stories [big ones too] eg

"We went shopping, then we went to the car, then we went to Aunt Mary's, we got big cookies Aunt Mary said we could have five, Mum said we could have two, Lily said she didn't want any I said I would have all of hers, Katie said she would have mine and hers."

Pretty bad, huh. Another way:

"Katie, Lily, Mum and I arrived at Aunt Mary's after doing our shopping.Aunt Mary gave us a large chocolate chip cookie, she told us that we could have five each.Mum disagreed, we could have two each.Lily doesn't like cookies so I asked her if I could have hers, but Katie proclaimed that she would have mine and hers."

Which do you like better?
I'm afraid they're both very rough.

At DB we are encouraged to do the second, probably cause we all started with the first.But I've learnt something new and logical; a combination between the two.

When someone is reading a book they skip over words like said, went, then, even asked or come!
That's if its not used constantly. Words like disagreed [slightly] delicious, following and inquired draw more attention to themselves than said, good, then or asked.
So if your characters aren't doing anything hugely important, said words maybe used.But if your heroine is being kidnapped, you would need to describe her abductors voice as it would add to the scene.In other words if you want your reader to notice something, lay on the description.If it's not important that she's speaking to Aunt Mary then you may use said, but not constantly.

Hope that makes sense

Miss Tiffany    

Narnia movie

The next movie will be in 2018!!!!!! the horror!! in 6 years!! I'll be 20!! A little younger than the real Lucy. It is soo sad- I love Narnia!!!!
In case you haven't guessed  :P
-Tiffany

Stereo types

Stereo types;
aka the norm, typical, damsel 'in' distress and prince charming.
A challenge to you for next DB or just in general is to write a story, thats interesting, using typical things like diary writing [I personally hate, its faaaaar *far* too over done] damsel in distress [going to the romantic genre] king wedding servant, widower marrying for his children's sake etc. Try taking something over done over used and making it awesome [no pressure ;P]
-Tiffany

 

Update on plays

I've actually done the play, it was more miming as I don't like speaking or rather remembering the speaking :P. The summary I wrote was basically what happened except I said at the beginning The Christian walk is hard we have many things that try to stop us, thankfully we don't have to do it alone.
Anyway I think it is more powerful with words.Oh, when Samara prayed, that was aloud, but she didn't know what to say, so we wrote her piece in her bible and tried to pull her away from it.
Hope that makes more sense
-Tiffany

A song that makes me cry

Yup it's so sweet, its about two people how fall in love and it goes from their first date 'til the night she dies. It's sung by a Christian though he doesn't actually say anything about christianity, more a portrait of marriage.I don't think  it is too 'modern' can't remember long time since I've heard it, all I know is that the singer is a story singer, he sings stories and they make 'one cry
here's the link walking her home

-Tiffany

Help Ex

Help Ex is help exchange. It's where someone who is travelling stays at a person's house [called a host]
and in exchange for food and a bed they work 4-3 hours at the host's place. Well we have a help ex at our house [our first] a Malayasian called Joyce, she came last night and she's staying in my room [I'm in Petra's as my room is actually the guest, hence the double bed] It's rather weird and I'm having mixed feelings, I mean she's really nice, but one does like the idea of having one's house to one's self again.
It's really strange, it's like having an elder sister or 2nd mother [and thats really queer if you happen to be the eldest child, as am I]

Anyway its really late, I've been posting lots today, I know and I am really looking forward to your comments;D!!!!

See DeadBoringders* at DB

*Petra's invention

Tiffany

non-writer gone play-wright?!!!

Can it get any worse?
Not only am I writing stories I am being asked to make up plays!!!
I've already done one, for Sunday School, my actors were myself [teehee] Samara, my sis, Noah and Julia, my young friends.It was a spiritual war combat, type thing. S' was the Christian then Noah and Julia ran in covered in black [faces veiled] -"evil ones" there was a mock punch up, [my actors were already specially trained, hint hint, Noah W..... is the best real looking puncher I know]
Then I came in as the "big" evil one and the fight increased and we try drag S' away from her bible but she ends up praying and we fall over [summary]
One guy from church goes by the name of Cyrus though it was really powerful, and I'm like, ok, wow!
-I was just rewriting a bad play we had to do for sunday school.

And now I've been asked to make one up to do in front of the whole church and have 2 Adult supporters who will do all the organizing of costumes practises etc but otherwise I'm in charge, and I feel like a play-wright, now the next thing to do is write.
So my prayer request is that God would give me the inspiration, something that will touch someone, if only one for ever and for good, I'd really love it if you had time to do so.

Any way
A more than slightly nervous Tiffany

Believable

To make a good story you have to make it believable.
You can not have the goody pushing through a crowd of screaming people, the people screaming because he is carrying a gun, and have the bady not notice.You CAN NOT!!!
If you want it realistic, if you want the characters come to life, you hhhaaaavvvee [have] to make it believable, I cannot stress that enough.  


Everything must be real or else it is boring.

This doesn't mean you can't have make-believe characters, fairys and such.Or miracles

Characters need to stay true to themselves: to do only what they can humanly  do

I can't really explain this any more except make it believable!!!

Miss Tiffany

A Name

More character-ness ; )

Names.

They are *so* important. For writing they are very... useful, but also very annoying.
Your character must have a name that suits him/her- that is very annoying
e.g you don't call a strict teacher a soft floaty name like, Charlotte, it doesn't suit, but Augusta might.

This is way baby name books/sites are very helpful as they tell you the meaning as well, as in if you're looking for a name for your fat, pigish rich old man[who has probably lived in the English court] you could call him Gulliver, because it's English and it means glutton [I have Mr Hurst in mind right now]
  - ;D

This means you must already have a rough idea as to what your character looks like and behaves
this is why I don't usely fill the name in first or haven't found my favourite name.

Well that was quite short I'll do another post I think

Miss Tiffany    

Meet me.

I've decided that this week as I'm allowed to do 1/2 an hour a day of writing on my blog for school work.[It has to be school work related]That I am going to share with you what I know of making up characters.

When you are writing a story you want to make your character as human as possible, nobody likes a know it all, and most scoff over damsels in distress and Prince Perfects.It can be quite hard to make your hero/ine "normal".

A really good tip is not to make her really beautiful, I read a book where the main character was not "beautiful" but "pretty",  it was really interesting as what one noticed about her was her "honey" coloured  eyes and, well her, she went to balls and taught her self to enjoy them, to find new things in the stagnant water of normal.It was really neat to find a different kind of beauty.Anyway...

 "A character prompt sheet"
this is something to use to create your character, but it is a prompt not a fill in the gaps so it is a good idea to write sentences eg Will the reader dis/like  this character: he loves the night his dark features will repel the reader, he'll be my villain e.t.c.

Name:

Age:

Height:

Weight/Build:

Birthplace:

Colour hair/eyes:

Physical peculiarities:

Education:

Married:

Best friend:

Enemies:

Family:

Core need:

Pathological manoeuvre:

Ambition in life:

Gestures when talking:

Gait:

Strongest character trait:

Weakest character trait:

Laughs or jeers at

Philosophy:

Political leaning:

Hobbies:

What others first notice about him/her:

What character does alone:

One line characterisation:

Will reader dis/like character:

Does s/he change in the story? How:
            [your main character should]

Significant event that moulded him/her:

Significant event that illustrates the character's personality:

[In Depth]- not really needed, from NGJ well the top two

Is he a: "King"
           "Preist"
           "Prophet"

Is she a: "Queen"
             "Servant"
             "Dreamer"

Are they a: Teacher
                   Servant
                   Leader
                   Encourager
                   Perciver
                   etc:


You don't actually have to write down all these things.Just the ones you need to paint the out line of your character.If  you have trouble imagining things drawing is a good idea or looking on the internet or in books for what you want be it person , scene or location.

Hope you have fallen asleep or that you have been able to understand me.


-Tiffany