theeternalscribe

Hello, welcome to Wattpad, and thanks for the follow.  I miss being a night owl.  I worked five years on second shift, and I just can't seem to get used to getting up at 6am and going to bed at 9:30.  Which is probably why I'm always sleep deprived.  I can't count the amount of times I've stayed up far too late reading.  It doesn't help that my muse seems to be most active in the middle of the night...

theeternalscribe

@JJ_Alim Yeah, I've never been able to settle down right after work.  And I read... yes, please.  Not when, not if, just YES.  It's a challenge getting me to stop reading in order to do something necessary like, I don't know, laundry, dishes, yard work...
            
            Yeah, I'm more likely to get in bed, lay down, close my eyes.  "You need to write this idea down!!!!"  So I get up, grab my tablet/iPhone, write the idea down.  Lay down, close my eyes.  "You need to write this idea down!!!!"  Get up, repeat.  "You need to write this idea down!!!!"  The hell with it, grab tablet, slap it next to me in bed, and start writing with the tablet propped above me so I don't even have to move my head, just grab, open eyes, type, repeat.
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JJ_Alim

@theeternalscribe
            I work the hospital kitchen. It can be "closed" at 7 but patients haven't eaten all day and sometimes I've had to make more trays even after I've scrubbed down the lines. I'm not reasoning with sick people, that's just wrong, regardless of what my bosses say. Hahaha. And even after the shift, it's just impossible to settle down. I have a light snack (sometimes dinner) afterwards and that's when I read ^_^
            
            Oh yeah, those muses with their silly hours... Showing up the minute your eyes are about to get fluttery. You'd be typing with one eye open as you nod off and almost hit your head in the keyboard? Yeah, those muses make me question whether I should wear a helmet while writing sometimes!
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lunatrix

OMG, you don't have to read my work! (I'm kinda embarrassed, actually since I've said my work is due for revision because it's pretty much in the "kilig-trend"). 
          
          I've read snippets your work and  I love it. I'll give some feedback once I've read it thoroughly.

lunatrix

@JJ_Alim - oh, and thank you very much for reading both versions! I did not expect that! <3
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lunatrix

@JJ_Alim - thanks a lot! Actually, when I re-read that, I realized that too. The setting wasn't described (major writing mistake. Of all the things I could've forgotten, I forgot the setting itself).
            
            I already made a note to include that. Thanks for pointing that out!
            
            As for writing the in First Person POV, I honestly have difficulty writing it in that perspective so I decided  to write it in third person for the English version and first person for the Tagalog version. 
            
            Thank's a lot for your insights. It was really helpful. ^_^
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JJ_Alim

@lunatrix I glanced over the Prologue of The Scribe (in both languages!) and I honestly think you should have kept it in first person POV. I can see how Clyde might sound stuffy. Because there is a sincerity in Tagalog that is lost when translated to English. ^_^
            Also, may I suggest a paragraph (even shorter if you incorporate it in) dedicated to showing where your characters are? I can imagine they could either be outside having lunch but they could very well have been inside an office.
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lunatrix

Hi! Thanks for following me. I'm looking forward to reading your works. It's nice to meet a fellow Filipino fantasy writer. :)

JJ_Alim

@lunatrix NP! Yeah, like I said in the forum, I didn't expect much with WP. Boy am I wrong! I'm glad our paths crossed.
             I'll read the Scribe (English Version) sometime this week. I'll take a glance at the Tagalog version but I am certain I'm going to be wishing for a Tagalog-English dictionary for Christmas. I'm so bad hahaha!!!
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