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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.
Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God
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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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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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!
'Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.'
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
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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First Grand Historian of Arreth and the Lesser Realms (aka Kitty)
Fork the GorkHere’s a random scene from WIP
Livia and Aubrielle are currently fleeing for their lives, trying to make it to Erstonia…
Glistening sand stretched out for miles…
At first, Livia had thought it was beautiful and mesmerizing, but now she hated it with a passion.
There was sand everywhere.
Sand in her teeth, sand on her tongue, sand in her hair, on her skin…
Sand in her eyes.
She rubbed her burning eyes, but for every grain of sand she dug out, the breeze blew several more in her face.
As much as she hated sand, she had bigger things to worry about.
They were running out of water.
Xandro’s head hung down, plodding through the sifting sand, dragging every hoof.
The wind smoothed over his tracks behind him, wiping any sign of their existence off the face of the Desert.
Aubrielle sat in front of her, every muscle rigid and tense.
Livia knew what she was searching for….
The Northcricmouth was said to be the home of the most fearsome and strange creatures that did not exist elsewhere. Slithering reptilian beasts that were as large as a horse and twice as long, things that could rise up from the sand and swallow Xandro whole.
Of course, no one knew if the rumors were true—no one who ventured into the Desert lived long enough to tell the tale, but there had to be an explanation for the disappearances.
Livia kept asking herself why they were stupid enough to think they could cross it.
Because capture by the Pythonos had to be better than being torn apart in the desert.
She pursed her lips.
A reptilian beast wouldn’t torture her, wouldn’t force her to labor for hours, wouldn’t lock her in a cellar with no hope of escape.
A reptilian beast couldn’t use Dark Magic.
In the desert, it would be a quick snap of the jaws and her life would be extinguished. She wouldn’t hear fellow prisoners screaming, wouldn’t feel a thing, just a brief moment of terror and then nothing.
The more she thought about it, the more she begged one of the nearby dunes to snap her up, to sever her spine and end it all.
That death was more preferable to the Pythonos.
Still, with the Pythonos behind her and almost certain death in front of her, the chances of surviving were pretty slim, to say the least.
“How much water do we have left?” Aubrielle looked over her shoulder. Her face was pale…too pale.
Livia’s stomach tightened. Not enough. But she wouldn’t let her sister know that.
“Here,” she handed Aubrielle the canteen, watching the last of their water disappear down her sister’s parched throat. Of course, she wouldn’t tell Aubrielle it was their last.
She needs it more than I do, anyway.
Sand sifted over Xandro’s hooves, the only noise in the emptiness.
“Thanks, Liv,” Aubrielle sighed, handing her back the now-empty canteen.
Liv nodded. Closing her eyes, she held out her hand, palm up, searching for the familiar tingle, the pull at her fingertips.
There was none. Just like there was none five minutes ago, none this morning, and none every other time she’d tried to coax water from the air.
She wanted to scream. How could such a place exist…one where there was no moisture in the air? The thought was almost too ridiculous to believe. But whether she believed it or not didn’t affect its reality.
And the reality was a harsh one.
They were Aquinos. They needed water soon.
And if they didn’t make it out of the desert before sundown, Liv knew they were as good as dead.
This lady thrives on the divine grace of Faith and the rich embrace of caffeine.
@savannah_grace2009 wow! Interesting. Is Xandro a normal horse or is he some kind of water horse in the same way they’re water people?
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
YOU JUST RUINED THE TONE OF THAT SCENE!!!! XDXDXD!! lolololol.
That was really good! I liked it a lot! I have written a few desert scenes myself, and they always make me hot and thirsty. (Great scenes to write in the winter 😉 )
That would be really interesting for water people to be in a place where they had to conserve water, actually carry it around, actually face thirst…. that’s not something they’ve probably ever experienced. It would be like us going to a place where we have to carry air. (outer space comes to mind, or under water) But yeah, it’s just not something we ever have to think about. (You could also make a few parallels like that if you want to help the reader grasp the tone of the situation. Just a thought)
But yeah, really good!
Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God
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girl you are so funny XDXDXD
Xandro can’t manipulate water on his own, and he does have power, but his powers lie “dormant” unless an Aquino combines their powers with his. It basically just gives the Aquino more capacity to manipulate moisture, if that makes sense!
But without an Aquino, he’s just a normal horse except he has the same “color scheme” as the Aquinos.
Thanks!!!!!
Yeah, Aquinos never really know thirst since they can just pull moisture out of the air and rehydrate themselves whenever they want, even if there’s no puddles or bodies of water, they can pull it out of the air. That’s why they’re really powerful, they can easily defend themselves. But in a place without moisture, they’re helpless.
This lady thrives on the divine grace of Faith and the rich embrace of caffeine.
Anyone want a Marcurious scene…???
This lady thrives on the divine grace of Faith and the rich embrace of caffeine.
Xandro can’t manipulate water on his own, and he does have power, but his powers lie “dormant” unless an Aquino combines their powers with his. It basically just gives the Aquino more capacity to manipulate moisture, if that makes sense!
But without an Aquino, he’s just a normal horse except he has the same “color scheme” as the Aquinos.
Ohhhhh, okay! That’s cool.
So he’s like a blue and green horse, I assume?
I’m imagining him with like darker swirl patterns on his fur and stuff and it’s kinda cool, even if that’s not what you intended.
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
Here’s a good pic of what he’d look like:
This lady thrives on the divine grace of Faith and the rich embrace of caffeine.
@savannah_grace2009 ooooh that looks so pretty!
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
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