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Strands of Copper
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 04 Sep 2010, 00:02 Post #97912

Title : Strands of Copper (short story)

Read Feed: " 'I’ve still got it, Bill.' 'Got what?’ I take in the groove across Tom's forehead - ploughed there by years of cap wearing. 'That little skull. It’s still in the sack in me rabbit shed. "
Author : Harry Nicholson


Genre : Short Story, Mystery

Synopsis
Something worrying is found hidden inside the wall of an old cow byre. What to do with it?
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Bitter and twisted?
Turnip
 Today, 00:40 Post #97933



thanks for all the fish

He that is without sin among you,
let him cast the first stone
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sulcus
 Today, 00:39 Post #97932



Quote: Turnip, Friday, 3 Sep 2010 00:11
yeah, but what number is statistically significant?


42
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Turnip
 Today, 00:11 Post #97930



yeah, but what number is statistically significant?

He that is without sin among you,
let him cast the first stone
Demise
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 Today, 00:02 Post #97911

Title : Demise

Read Feed: "The horses slowed to a trot as the three men pulled alongside the procession, passing a horse-drawn wagon in the center of the group, with something that resembled the crumpled mass of a body concealed beneath a large black cloth. "

Author : Stephen Petrillo

Genre : Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy


Synopsis
When a band of nomads is discovered taking corpses from local towns and villages, law officials confront them, but encounter something far more treacherous, far more sinister than mere criminals.
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Does Anyone Understand how the Charts Work?
Turnip
 Today, 00:01 Post #97929



ooh arr, very agricultural. We be simple country folk, down ere in the allotment.

He that is without sin among you,
let him cast the first stone
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RobertB
 Yesterday, 23:40 Post #97928

There's no consistency in star ratings, so don't bother about them. If you amass enough reviews for them to become statistically significant they might tell you something, but only if you don't edit the book meanwhile.
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Harmonian
 Yesterday, 23:25 Post #97927

Well at least i'm not alone, but I've come to realise the real benfefit of YWO isnt the star ratings anyway, its the feedback which shows you things you often miss yourself. I'm glad you found my review helpful, Ruth. I had another read of your story a few days ago and the changes you made work really well and although they were minor I found them them to have a positive effect on the overall feel. Continue in that vane and you're well on the way to a top piece of work IMO
Does Anyone Understand how the Charts Work?
Ruth F
 Yesterday, 23:16 Post #97926



Thank you once again to the YWO wise ones. Yea though I was lost i followed the trail of turnips and that funny robin and was enlightened. X
Anglo-Saxon Kennings
Athene
 Yesterday, 23:13 Post #97925



Quote: Chuck Buckner, Thursday, 2 Sep 2010 21:56
Quote: Athene, Thursday, 2 Sep 2010 13:31
Quote: Chuck Buckner, Thursday, 2 Sep 2010 05:57
I also happened across this site about kennings.

It is lengthy.

Kennings


Fascinating site, Chuck.
I was taught the Wrenn definition, as in C. L. Wrenn further differentiates between the merely descriptive epithet or word compound and the "pure" kenning, which must contain a condensed simile: "Thus, for example, hringed-stefna...is not, strictly, a kenning for 'ship,' but only describes a fact about the ship -- namely that it has a ring-shaped prow or stem. But mere-hengest...is a true 'kenning' for ship, because it implies a simile comparing the ship to a horse (hengest), moving over the sea as it does over the plain" (81-82). That several scholars subscribe to either "loose" or "strict" definitions based on degree of metaphoricity is apparent in Ann Harlemann Stewart's survey of critical opinions on the matter (115-118).

It sounds as if these days the distinction between a (Wrenn) kenning and a compound word is more blurred, even in academic circles.


It would appear so.

I found it fascinating as well. This section "The following long passage is from Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (1959), page 248-53." was particulary interesting to me.



Very interesting. I've copied and pasted it for further study. I love the expression snow of the crucible for "silver" - I think that's beautiful, and it was completely new to me. The ransome of the otter one, on the other hand, typifies everything that is bad about Norse kennings!
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Athene
 Yesterday, 23:04 Post #97924



If you're talking about the one I think you're talking about ... he always gives very low scores. You're lucky that at least the review contained some helpful points. In the last one I had from him he spent most of the bare 100 words saying he couldn't see why he should bother to review my work since I clearly wasn't going to take any notice of what he said, as I'd described my piece as a Final Draft. To me, "Final Draft" means the last draft before you make the changes that will create the finished work, but never mind. At least I didn't have to waste any time working out which review to delete as soon as I got the chance.
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Ruth F
 Yesterday, 23:02 Post #97923



You should comfort yourself with the fact that you give really good reviews yourself - the review you did of my book was constructive, positive and supportive - I took a lot from it and implemented a lot of what you suggested. Recently i have had a string of pointless, 100 word mutterings which tell me my own plot (yes i know it's an adventure story which will appeal to children - I wrote it!!) And even one which was complementary all the way through, didn't mention one problem and then gave me really low ratings (now deleted). I think the value of this site lies in the - unfortunately few and far between - conscientious reviewers, like yourself, who have definitely helped me to pull my writing socks up. so chin up, thanks for your support and when I get a chance I will happily give you a free will (don't have time at the moment obviously as I am drivelling on here) R. x
Anglo-Saxon Kennings
Chuck Buckner
 Yesterday, 22:52 Post #97922



Quote: mkrobinson12, Thursday, 2 Sep 2010 22:29
Quote: Chuck Buckner, Thursday, 2 Sep 2010 05:57
I also happened across this site about kennings.

It is lengthy.

Kennings


Thanks for the kenning site Chuck, very useful. Made up a new kenning today for a blacksmith in one of my works: metal-tamer.


You're welcome.
(metal-tamer)I believe that's a good one.

You mentioned, I believe, something about chicken scratch earlier in this thread. I was born, raised and still live in the Appalachians, at their southern end. Northeast, Alabama.

I remember hearing it as chicken scratches for sloppy hand writing. I know I've heard hundreds of similiar expressions, especially when I was a lot younger. I've been reading some about the language of the people who settled this area in the earlier days of the U.S. and some of the words I'm finding, I remember hearing a long time ago. I'm trying to compile a list of kenning type expressions that I heard used here then and some still used.


"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is."
Yogi Berra
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Harmonian
 Yesterday, 22:38 Post #97921

Just had a review that was moderately positive and made some valid points for improvement but I was surprised and grumpy to find some really low scores amongst the ratings. On a whim I had a look at the reviewer and found to my surprise that I'd recently reviewed his submission and was the only reviewer (and I think that has been deleted from his reviews now!). I gave four stars mostly as the work was pretty good and when I had another look at the extract I found he'd implemented almost all my suggestions, to the point of even changing a character name. I think i'll take that as a small victory and comfort myself that I'm so low down the charts that the star ratings dont really count for me anymore
Anglo-Saxon Kennings
mkrobinson12
 Yesterday, 22:29 Post #97920



Quote: Chuck Buckner, Thursday, 2 Sep 2010 05:57
I also happened across this site about kennings.

It is lengthy.

Kennings


Thanks for the kenning site Chuck, very useful. Made up a new kenning today for a blacksmith in one of my works: metal-tamer.
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