Tag: dialogue

TPG Week 153: A Pretty Good Story

| November 30, 2013
TPG Week 153: A Pretty Good Story

Hello, one and all! Welcome back to another installment of The Proving Grounds! Hopefully, you’ve all had a great Thanksgiving. Me? I was at work. But that’s neither here nor there. We have Brave One Frank Martin for this week’s entry. While I know you were looking for Sam LeBas this week, but unfortunately, it’s […]

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TPG Week 151: When Dialogue Doesn’t Pull Its Weight

| November 15, 2013
TPG Week 151: When Dialogue Doesn’t Pull Its Weight

Welcome back, one and all! We’ve got Brave One Frank Martin entering The Proving Grounds once more! This week, we have the gregarious Samantha LeBas in purple, and I’m forever alluring in Red, and we see how Frank deals when confronted with   Related Posts:TPG Week 226: Lots Of Firsts (And None Of Them Good)TPG […]

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TPG Week 150: Bad Fan Fiction

| November 8, 2013
TPG Week 150: Bad Fan Fiction

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Steven Applebaum, who’s bringing something unusual to us: a sequel to the terrible Super Mario Brothers movie. (Yeah, I said it. It was a terrible movie. I recognized that even as a child. Age has not made […]

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TPG Week 147: When Scripts & Logic Take Differing Paths

| October 19, 2013
TPG Week 147: When Scripts & Logic Take Differing Paths

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week’s Brave One is no stranger here: we have Justin Martin! We have Samantha LeBas turning heads in purple, I’m in the blushing red, and let’s see how Justin does with an untitled piece (A word of warning: it is not good.). Related Posts:TPG Week […]

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TPG Week 146: Keeping Reader Interest

| October 11, 2013
TPG Week 146: Keeping Reader Interest

Welcome once more to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Sonja Smith! (And, on a completely unrelated note, I’m very happy to see that we have more women writing and submitting. I can probably count the number of female participants on one hand. I wish there were more. Anyway…) […]

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TPG Week 145: Too Much Stuff In The Bag

| October 4, 2013
TPG Week 145: Too Much Stuff In The Bag

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a returning Brave One in Jourdan MacLain. We also have Samantha LeBas in purple, I’m in red, and we see if Jourdan can make us all feel Dirty Related Posts:TPG Week 83: Use Your Powers For Good Instead Of…TPG Week 78: Readers […]

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TPG Week 144: Words On Paper

| September 27, 2013
TPG Week 144: Words On Paper

Welcome, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Sarah Kaplan. We’ve got Steve Colle dressed smartly in blue, and I’m ever-menacing in red, and we both see what Sarah does with Blood, Bone, & Startlight Related Posts:TPG Week 146: Keeping Reader InterestTPG Week […]

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TPG Week 143: Preserve The Mystery

| September 20, 2013
TPG Week 143: Preserve The Mystery

Welcome one and all to The Proving Grounds! This week, we’ve got Brave One Frank Martin, who hails from somewhere on the east coast (New York, I believe, but I could be mistaken). This week, we’ve got Samantha LeBas looking regal in purple, I’m always stunning in red, and let’s see what Frank does with […]

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TPG Week 142: Newbie Mistakes

| September 13, 2013
TPG Week 142: Newbie Mistakes

Welcome back to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have someone who’s no stranger around these parts, a Brave One by the name of Jon Parrish! (I’m feeling game-showy. I’m watching The X Factor. Sue me.) We’ve got to welcome back the man in blue, Steve Colle, and I’m forever in red. This week, we […]

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Points of Impact #26: Pray Tell

| October 7, 2012
Points of Impact #26: Pray Tell

A closer look at the words in the funny colored boxes…

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Points of Impact – Week 20: Play With Matches

| August 11, 2012
Points of Impact – Week 20: Play With Matches

That’s the best advice you’ll ever get!

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TPG Week 85: Dialogue Has To Say Something

| August 10, 2012
TPG Week 85: Dialogue Has To Say Something

We’ve got a new Brave One in Andy Arnott! Come inside and see why I say that Dialogue Has To Say Something.

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