Audrey Caylin

After several days of consideration….

I realized the experiments in living from my current novel are practically the same as the ones you used in the video. No, I didn’t steal your idea. It just happens that my book is a lot about finding hope in tough situations and hardships (I might need to adjust my theme to better showcase these…[Read more]

@Aratrea and @Kate-flournoy excuse me? We have another INFJ in the world? XD #infjsareawesomeorganizers 😉

@daeus

If someone is planning to independently publish, should they find beta readers or an editor first?

@aratrea that lesson just blew my mind and helped me so much! Outstanding stuff! Thank you!!!

Now for the question…. Putting myself in my character’s shoes is my favorite thing to do 😀 I find that it’s especially interesting if I’ve been in their position before. If I haven’t, I read up on their Myers-Briggs personality type or people-watch…[Read more]

@daeus thank you! I absolutely love these lessons 😀

@aratrea oh, I hadn’t thought of that. I’ll definitely add it and remember that for the future. Thank you 🙂

@aratrea first, can I say how incredible the lesson was? I think I learned more about theme in that twenty minutes than I have in the past four years of writing 😀 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS!!!!

Okay, so I currently have a novel completed and in the alpha reading stage. I knew the theme but I never specified the message. This probably…[Read more]

@aratrea I really had to think about this one. That was an AMAZING lesson that really got me thinking!

Story: A Time To Die by Nadine Brandes.

Theme: One’s purpose in life

Focusing Question: How do you know what your purpose is?

Message: God gives us opportunities to fulfill our ultimate purpose of serving Him.

I think I made the message too…[Read more]

@aratrea what excites me most about theme is the ability to reach people with a powerful message through my writing. I usually like to write about things I’ve experienced and come to realize in real life, and want to somehow weave those messages into my writing in a way that will hopefully help someone else, either to encourage them or bring them…[Read more]

@aratrea I’m hoping to learn how to better weave Christian messages into my writing in a way that is not preachy and connects with my readers. I’ve also had problems with plot vs character, so I want to learn how theme can fix that. 🙂

Of course @daeus. Thank you 😀

THIS IS SO COOL!!! I was jumping up and down when I finally got to the email and asking myself why I hadn’t dropped everything earlier to read it! XD I signed and I can’t wait to get started 😀

I do have a question though: do we have access to this “forever?” Meaning, a year from now, would those who signed up and bought the course still be able…[Read more]

Thank you for coming, @brandon-miller!

This definitely helps. I have read lots of secular books where I asked myself “why do I like this when some of it glorifies sin?” I loved how you explained everything in your article!

I’ll keep checking back for more, as this is something I want to learn more about. 🙂

Thank you so much for all this! @Christi-Eaton and @Kate-Flournoy, you just clarified all the millions of thoughts and opinions spinning in my head. Basically, you put my feelings into coherent words like you could read my mind. 🙂

@daeus, I’m so glad to be here! (just finding this little jackpot of knowledge and wonderful people is all I need ;)…[Read more]

Hi @emma l! I LOVE Do Hard Things as well! I haven’t read Start Here yet, but I’m hoping to soon.

I’m new on this site as well, and I already love it. 🙂