Abigail.M.

I figured it was about time I hop on here XD I’ve been meaning to, but you know, life XD

Hey guys and gals!!! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Daisy and I have a free serial out on my website right now called Smoke and Mirrors, which is an Urban Fantasy, Enemies-to-Lovers, clean, adventure novel of currently 80k words (some of which are…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12 Great question!! Honestly I’m still figuring out new tricks myself, but I typically start with a  Pinterest board and a music playlist. That gives me the aesthetic and character personalities. Then from there I do a bit of rough outlining and figure out the main story line, usually consisting of the beginning, middle, and end of…[Read more]

@keilah-h

Yes, they’re wolves. It’s still in first draft form, but… I like it. =) Thanks!

@godlyfantasy12

I’m a pantser… I cannot plot a book. It just doesn’t work.

So when I begin, basically all I have is a basic idea of what I want to write about, and possibly a vague idea of how the story will end. Then I just write and see how it turns out! xD

I’m not very good at plotting, as you can see.

I think pantsing is totally fine,…[Read more]

@faith-q

Glad to help!

@joy-caroline

Thanks for telling me! Just filled out the form. 🙂

Of course, Faith!

I think it ate my thingy. Maybe I made it long. I shall try again.

Its a full scene, not a line, but anyway…

Flickers of light glinted back, caught on gossamers in the murky darkness. Holding the torch as high as the cavern roof allowed, Meyani crept down stairs, counting each crumbling step. Two-and-ten, three-and-ten, four-and-ten…

A heap o…[Read more]

Well, I have been working on this scene for some time now, mulling it over it in my mind, so I finally wrote it down, even though I haven’t gotten near this part of my book yet. Its not exactly a line- a whole scene to be exact. But anyway…

Flickers of light glinted back, caught on gossamers in the murky darkness. Holding the torch as high as…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12

1. I love mystery and unraveling secrets… ugh, so good.

2. And then when you add deceit in there, it becomes a winner. Anything suspenseful like that is the best.

3. And then when you have a clock ticking and they have to solve said mystery soon… *shivers with delicious anticipation*

But…

1. Circus world as in a planet…[Read more]

Oy, well, this took a little longer than I thought. *glares at loathsome procrastinating self, my LPS* I had meant to answer A LOT sooner, respond to each of you individually, and definitely NOT wait almost a full month before responding.

As you can see, that didn’t happen.

But thank you all so, so, so, SO, SOOOO much for the stories! I’m…[Read more]

This. I didn’t grow up on classics, but I grew up to develop a more “old-fashioned” worldview and I feel like I fit better with classic authors and their literature than with most modern stories.

@elishavet-pidyon

Oh my goodness, YES!!!!! The way he twisted the Bible made me so mad… Like you said, I wanted to throttle him. *facepalm*

Those are all really good points! I agree that Rochester wasn’t ready for marriage until he’d changed (Side note: their reunion was incredibly sweet). St. John certainly contrasted him! Honestly, I reall…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting

Yeah, I’m a big fan of the classics! I take a pretty intense literature program, so I get to read a lot of them. 🙂 Some of the ones we’ve read this year are Don Quixote, Paradise Lost, Frankenstein (that was quite the book), and Robinson Crusoe. Last year, we did Shakespeare (among other stuff, including The Once and Fut…[Read more]

@kathleenramm

Classical. I grew up on it, so the older vocabularies don’t bother me. The depths in story, the mixture of poetry in prose, all the types and shadows… I feel more at home with classics than modern literature.

But I haven’t read much truly old stuff beyond Pilgrim’s Progress, some Shakespeare, and Canterbury Tales (which I do not…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting @gracie-j @scripter-of-kingdoms @abigail-m @keilah-h @elishavet-pidyon @jodi-maile @annabelle  @daisy-torres @koshka @trahia-the-minstrel @libby @lydia-s @e-k-seaver @issawriter7 @mkfairygirl @seekerofthetruth @kathleenramm @jenwriter17 @nanisnook @elfwing @seekjustice @sparrowhawke @maryg3 @relia @writerlexi1216 @nova21 @hallie-…[Read more]

@kathleenramm

I have a whole list. XD

• The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
• Phantastes by George MacDonald
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (of course)
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• The Strange Case of Dr.…

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@r-m-archer

Yeah, Classic lit. feels so much more grounded. It also feels a bit more comfy and homey to read. I do really like fast paced books, but slow paced books like classics are so relaxing.

Do you have any favorite classics?

@devastate-lasting
I haven’t dared venture back before the 1600’s ever since I read a bunch a books around that…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12

I used to totally pants my first drafts. Now I find it more helpful to make a plot outline and scene outlines before I get writing, but I still give myself the freedom to deviate from that outline if I feel like it. That’s just me though. 🙂