I’m giving you permission to rant about your WIP

[MineralizedWritings]

@godlyfantasy12

Oh great question!

There’s a couple unique things in my story, although not exactly fantasy: (sorry I’m forgetting what the original question is, I think it’s lost in the forum 😂)

I have these giant forests that have grown over old stuff, collapsed skyscrapers, old equipment, and the like. They have these big twisting roots and mushrooms that cover stuff, and it just looks super thick and green. Also the currency is just any currency. It doesn’t matter where it is from, it is all weighed for value anyways. Paper money has a different value to weight than metal money. I’d say the culture is unique as it’s basically an extreme version of the division in America rn. You can’t be politically neutral easily (Layson is, he just loves people and wants to help them) it’s dangerous because two groups of people hate you instead of one. There is also one bunker that opens it’s doors to outsider once a week for a market, people trade goods that people outside/inside cannot get.

"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."

[Keilah H.]

@mineralizedwritings That sounds cool, n.g.l.

Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.

[MineralizedWritings]

@keilah-h

Thanks! 🙂

"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."

[Felicity]

@koshka

Ах! Сестра, you don’t know how happy you made me, seeing Cyrillic in a conversation. Or rather you probably do, you being a language learner yourself… *Happy sigh*

Do you get this thrill when you hear/see the language your learning? It makes me so excited. 😊

I shall definitely have to check her out. Most of what I know of what’s going on I’ve heard from a missionary family my Mom knows.

Interesting!

 

He must increase, but I must decrease.

[Koshka]

@felicity

Do you get this thrill when you hear/see the language your learning? It makes me so excited. 😊

Oh yes! (My twin loves doing it to me, whether by pointing out something in Crylic, or nonchalantly handing me something that has it) I get so happy…I’m literally smiling just thinking about it. It’s like getting a secret message that only I understand, or finding the door to some other world.

First Grand Historian of Arreth and the Lesser Realms (aka Kitty)
Fork the Gork

[Esther]

@elishavet-pidyon

🤩 The Vilder is so cool! The poem really caught my imagination!! I’m getting LotR vibes… Like with the lore and stuff. Your worldbuilding sounds really deep.

@lightoverdarkness6

So actually, this is the WIP with Amidala and Everton. The theme that I really want to portray is trusting God in the dark. They have to deal with a lot of things that really test their faith, or challenge them to stay to true to what is right. Things that they experience could either break them or make them and they face discrimination for being “insiders” and for believing what they believe.

The WIP will most likely be a trilogy. It has like a 43% percent chance of becoming a series. (Totally random percentage, I know. XD)

 

 

Write what should not be forgotten. — Isabel Allende

[Felicity]

@koshka

Oh yes! (My twin loves doing it to me, whether by pointing out something in Crylic, or nonchalantly handing me something that has it) I get so happy…I’m literally smiling just thinking about it. It’s like getting a secret message that only I understand, or finding the door to some other world.

Yes! Exactly! <3 <3

He must increase, but I must decrease.

[GodlyFantasy12]

@mineralizedwritings that. Sounds.

 

 

AWESOME!!! I LOVE IT!! The currency thing really captures my attention!!! And it sounds so cool!!!

 

@esther-c

 

Great theme!!

#IfMarcelDiesIRiot
#ProtectMarcel
#ProtectSeb

[Esther]

@lightoverdarkness6

I didn’t notice that this was where you had posted your question.

So, I have two suggestions if you’re really having trouble with this:

1. Set it aside. What helps me sometimes is just not thinking about that facet of the story or not thinking about the story at all. Then, when I’m doing something mundane, watching a movie, reading a book, petting my dog, or anything else, an idea will pop up.
2. Just write. I tend to find that plot holes are filled if I just write instead of thinking about how to fix it. Now, this may differ if you’re a plotter, plantser, or pantser, but for me, if I simply keep writing, the story will fix itself. Or even something more amazing than I would’ve expected would happen. For example, in my WIP, as of now I have a whole character that wasn’t even in my outline bc I just kept writing. And when you keep writing and you end up writing a plot twist that surprises even you, then it will definitely surprise your readers.

 

I hope those above helped. But if you don’t want to do that, here are some ideas/questions to get you thinking:

• Does the aunt know about Asher being kidnapped? Maybe she’s the leader of some mafia ring and she has some complex plot to make her powerful/rich. Or maybe she knows, but is hiding some other secret.
• Is Asher hiding something? Maybe those bullies at school weren’t just bullies…
• What about their parents? Were their parents important or had a lot of money? Are their parents actually dead…?
• Think about the man who called Iris. Maybe develop his character. Dig deep and try to find what he needs, wants, loves, hates, just like you would any character. That may help you develop your plot more.

I hope the above helped you! 😊 Good luck!! 🙂

Write what should not be forgotten. — Isabel Allende

[GodlyFantasy12]

@esther-c @lightoverdarkness6

 

ok…this is totally ur book Light (imma call u that if ya don’t mind)

 

BUT UMM THE SECOND IDEA ESTHER HAD ABOUT THE BULLIES?! I AM SO IN IF U DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE 🤣 like whaaaat?!

#IfMarcelDiesIRiot
#ProtectMarcel
#ProtectSeb

[GodlyFantasy12]

Also @esther-c luv that random percentage 🤣

 

most the time when I think of a new book to write or story idea it’s got a 99.9999999999% chance of becoming a series XD XD XD

#IfMarcelDiesIRiot
#ProtectMarcel
#ProtectSeb

[MineralizedWritings]

@godlyfantasy12
Thanks! 😀

"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."

[Light]

@felicity

Ok! Oh fun! Enjoy the nutcracker play!!!!

Thank you! It was fun! The dancers were so graceful. Even the little eight year olds🥰😅! They were really cute.

Your welcome! Glad to do it. Oh sweet!! My little brother just turned 14. 🙁  I can’t imagine him letting me brush his teeth…😂😂

😊. Yes! Awwww. Yeah I don’t think he would love that 🤣🤣. In some ways I can’t wait for my brothers to turn 14, so they can mature a little😂. But also I want them to stay little forever 😩❤️.

#HugRikerSquad

[Light]

@godlyfantasy12 @esther-c @felicity @sarafini @

Wow!!! Thank you all so much for the tips and ideas!!! As soon as y’all started sharing ideas, my brain was just like gushing with more ideas about other parts of the story!! So I have a TON of stuff to work with now 😃! Thank you all so much 😊!!

@sarafini

Ooh that sounds interesting! When you share it for critiquing, be sure to tag me too! Thank you for the tips!

@godlyfantasy12

I’ve heard of that before! A series of unfortunate events. I think we almost watched the show for it, but we ended up not watching it. Okay, cool! Thank you for the tip!

@esther-c

So actually, this is the WIP with Amidala and Everton. The theme that I really want to portray is trusting God in the dark. They have to deal with a lot of things that really test their faith, or challenge them to stay to true to what is right. Things that they experience could either break them or make them and they face discrimination for being “insiders” and for believing what they believe.

Oh, okay! I thought it might be, but I wasn’t sure. That’s a great theme!! 😊

The WIP will most likely be a trilogy. It has like a 43% percent chance of becoming a series. (Totally random percentage, I know. XD)

Ooh, cool!! Haha, I love that random percentage. My book has about a 76.8% chance of becoming a series too😅🤣! Us authors just love writing trilogies and series. It’s hard to write just a singular book 🤣!

Wow! Thank you so much for the ideas!! Those are great! Oh, I love the one with the bullies and the one about developing the man’s character. Thank you so much!

@godlyfantasy12

ok…this is totally ur book Light (imma call u that if ya don’t mind)

Yes!! *fist pump* I officially have a nick name dubbed by Godly!! You can call me that! My little brother had a nickname for me when he was about 5, and it was…Ching. I don’t have any idea where he got it, but yep, that was my nickname. So, yeah, call me whatever you want, just not Ching 🤣🤣.

BUT UMM THE SECOND IDEA ESTHER HAD ABOUT THE BULLIES?! I AM SO IN IF U DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE 🤣 like whaaaat?!

IKR?!? It’s so interesting! I might do that. Maybe the bullies are associates to the villain! Or maybe…hmm. I’ll have to think on that one🤔. That is a Great idea, Esther! Thank you! Thank you Godly! Thank you Sara! Thanks Felicity! 😊

#HugRikerSquad

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@everyone

I just copy and pasted all of the tips into a document that I’m going to reflect on often 🤣😊.

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