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[Ellette Giselle]

@whalekeeper

I’m just comparing the way I believe to the way the girls around me in my home school group act with the boys around me. You don’t have to agree.

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[whaley]

@ellette-giselle

There are definitely some people even in Christian circles who use dating unwisely. I remember this one gal in my homeschool group who had an obsession with Twilight at 14. Yuckyyy, and unrealistic.

My parents allow me to date for several reasons. They believe it is wise to develop an intuition with guys before choosing one guy seriously. There is no ‘giving myself away’ involved, there are boundaries. Rather, it’s about having meaningful conversations and learning to detect relationship issues before dedicating myself to someone.

Anyway, I think both of these approaches are fine. XD Not that my opinion matters to others, but I wanted to hear how you do it.

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[whaley]

@linus-smallprint @rae @loopylin @godlyfantasy12 @ellette-giselle @hybridlore and whoever

I have a new project I’m excited to work on this week. Just spent an hour plotting the first half of it, but I’m still ironing out the wrinkles before drafting it. Some of that has to do with genre.

I think it’s going to have a lot of contemporary elements. But at some point, there will be one element of fantasy. It will happen in the later half. Would this be really confusing or could I pull it off with some hints of fantasy earlier on?

Is it possible to communicate the possibility of fantasy with my tone, without the obvious hints? The tone should be similar to Series of Unfortunate Events.

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[hybridlore]

@whalekeeper

That doesn’t sound wrong to me at all. Lots of middle grade books (and others) are very contemporary, with elements of fantasy. Hints early on would definitely help.

Starting a new idea is always exciting! If you want to talk about the world or anything, please tag me!

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[Keilah H.]

@whalekeeper

 I remember this one gal in my homeschool group who had an obsession with Twilight at 14. Yuckyyy, and unrealistic.

ugh twilight *gag*

read a whole thing of essays on why it was so bad once and will never call my romance writing bad again. lol.

 

 

 

oh yeah and a contemporary/fantasy storyline is totally okay! I’m pretty sure that kinda thing is actually quite common.

"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers

[Koshka]

@esther-c

Okay, finally getting around to answering…

Ok so a question about this one…I sort of agree, but what if it’s miscommunication? Like they talk it through but misunderstand each other and that’s where some of the conflict stems from. Does that bother you as much or would that make more sense?

I…really don’t like communication problems in books or real life, so this might just be a side effect of my being a rather introverted individual who struggles to communicate effectively with people outside of my family/close friend group over long periods of time. Like, I can talk just fine, but I also don’t say everything I’m thinking, so sometimes I pick the wrong side of a thought thread to say aloud, and end up confusing people.

Now, in books, I think it’s okay and even a good point if the couple does struggle a little bit with understanding each other, since each is their own person with their own histories and ways of communicating (ie. Love languages, speech patterns), but when it takes up a major part in the book? Ugh. I skip. If you wanted to use miscommunication as a plot point, maybe keep it short and simple, and/or address it with real life applications. Make it real, but also don’t stretch the thing out for eternity, or explode it into a huge dramatic flare. It’s a shallow plot point.

(And yes, the end of Romeo and Juliet drives me batty, but not as badly as some contemporary romance I’ve read that was entirely based on this stuff. There was at least a real reason for the miscommunication)

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