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Thanks, @dekreel! I like some of those names too! And thanks for the website link.
@sam-kowal @xonos-darkgrate Thanks for your input! I am re-thinking my beginning, grafting in the tips I received here on the forum. Exciting! I love figuring out how to make my story more enticing and my plot ideas flow smoothly.
@aratrea Thanks! Yeah, I don’t like those books where it takes you 20-50 pages to get to the truly interesting stuff.
Hmmm, I shall ponder how to craft my tale in new epic ways, knowing how to wield my sword (er, pen and keyboard) a bit better now.
Thanks again! Oh, and thanks @sierra-r for writing the article.
@dekreel My novel is a historical fiction of a young woman during the American Revolution. Her brother along with their good friend leave to join the fight for freedom. She struggles with fear and change, yet believes in the cause as well. She is faced with an opportunity to help a neighbor in need, though getting involved could land her in some serious trouble with the enemy. Without giving whole plot away, one thing leads to another until she finds herself as a camp follower of her brother’s regiment (or whatever the proper military term is…more research needed). Some of the plot is still sketchy, but I know it involves spying, intrigue, adventure, and conflict. (Of course there’s conflict; they’re at war. 🙂 Wouldn’t be a good story without conflict anyway.)
So that’s a sum-up of my novel. Thanks for asking!
Hello, @dekreel !
Thanks for your input. I like your thoughts/idea. I too have thought of the need to show what my protagonist’s normal life is like. It gives more of a base, if you will, to work off of – including emotional. The protagonist’s normal life and what she holds dear is threatened/separated from her. The reader isn’t going to be as connected with the emotions that go with that if they haven’t visited her normal life and gotten to know her there. Even if it’s a peek at it.
@radically-surrendered – Welcome! I’m pretty new here too. Glad you found this site! They have great, thought-provoking articles!
You like historical fiction? That’s great! I love it myself. I write it even. 🙂 Do you write?
@catwing – Hello.
@daughteroftheking – Cool! (That you have the same fav time period.)
And I’m so glad I’m not alone with the “excited puppy” feeling. The more I get to know other writers, the more I see that I’m not abnormal. 😀
@jess-penrose – What are LotR fans?
Ha! That’s funny you should mention the Amish. Yes, they are in America; I should know. I live where they live in Pennsylvania! 🙂 I love it when the buggies go up my street! They are very warm, hospitable, and hard working people.
And thank you for the welcome!
@rolena-hatfield – Thank you so much for getting my comments up!
Ah, I put the S&S DVDs on my wish-list this year. 🙂 I’ve thought of auditioning there too, or apply for a job on the production team, but I don’t feel that’s where the Lord is leading at the moment. But it would be cool! 🙂
I actually live about 30 minutes from their Lancaster location. I’ve seen Noah (when I was really little), Behold the Lamb, and Psalms of David (or something like that; can’t quite remember the name of it).
@rolena-hatfield – Did you get my reply to your question about drama and musicals? I replied to a bunch of questions at once last night, but don’t know if I did it right. I posted my replies, but then edited it. When I did that, the post vanished and wouldn’t reappear when I tried re-posting. With you being a forum director, do you have any idea what to do? Thanks!
@daeus – Yes, I write historical fiction.
@salome01w4g – Yeah, I know what you mean by “kinda” writing your story. Life has been crazy for me and I haven’t gotten a writing schedule down or my computer document folders all organized yet. I feel like I’m an excited puppy bouncing from scene to scene, my brain storming leaving messes of scattered research notes and ideas across paper and computer hard drive. And somehow this organized mess actually takes form into a story…at least in my head. 😀
And as you may have guessed, my favorite writing genre is historical fiction. 🙂
@seekjustice – Cool! I’ve thought of learning how to write scripts. I am working on a novel right now, based in the American Revolution. I occasionally write poetry, but gravitate to adventurous historical fiction. I’ve written articles for a blog I had a year or two back, but haven’t done that for a while.
@lifeofkatie – Thanks for the welcome! ….My favorite time period in history is the 1770s – around 1870s in America, particularly the Revolutionary War.
