Tatiana

@David: I am not on the YWP site. I’ll check it out ASAP! Thanks for the alarm tip. I’ll be sure to try it out!

@Daeus: Thank you and I will! I never thought about exercising to help me concentrate with writing. I guess it makes sense though, not being so sluggish and wishy-washy.

You know you’re a writer when you can’t text without using proper grammar.

Gosh, yes! Heaven knows how many times I’ve done this!

I am a very emotional person. I’ve cried over a lot of books over the last year or so. I can’t remember all of them, but here are the most recent:

1. “Rilla of Ingleside”, L.M. Montgomery. @Jada, that part gets me every time.

2. “The Book Thief”, Markus Zusak. It is a depressing book! I was crying constantly in the reading of it.

3. “Unbroken”,…[Read more]

Once again, thank you all for all the helpful replies!

@Rosey: I suppose switching the characters once in a while would work. There’s just one problem with that. She’s alone a lot of the time in the book. There isn’t one constant character with her. She has friends with her in the beginning and end, but in the middle it’s mostly just her. It’s…[Read more]

Wow, guys, thanks so much for all the help!

@Rosey and @Ezra: my story is definitely more one-character centric, as I’m following my MC on a journey alone, but yet meeting a lot of different people.

@Kate: I personally don’t mind reading either 1st or 3rd, but I feel more comfortable writing in 1st person. Maybe it’s just the kind of stories I…[Read more]

Thanks! One problem is all my other stories are in 1st person, and I wanted to change it up a little bit. But I guess if it’s meant to be…

One thing: when you say “He jokes and says He loves me,” it sounds (at first… glance?) like you’re saying that He’s joking about loving you. I had to read it a few times to make sure that wasn’t what you were saying.
But other than that, it’s great! I really enjoyed reading it. I’ve also been thinking about trying out poetry writing, which is…[Read more]

You know you’re a writer when you have pages and pages of sentences and ideas for stories that you will write someday.

“Oh, Doctor Who, how I love thee. Let me count the ways…”

I actually haven’t seen many Doctor Who episodes, but I already like it. Are there any other fellow Whovians in this forum?

You know you’re a writer when the school you’re homeschooled through has a writer’s block club every Friday, but you can’t go cause you’re too busy, but you feel like you’ll die without going to this writer’s block club because you’re in the middle of writer’s block.

This rant up here may not be true for everyone, but it’s the life of this…[Read more]

Last year, my brother’s soccer team’s name was the Firehawks. I thought it was a really cool name, and later when I started my fantasy, I decided to make a creature called a Firehawk.
I also love elves and dwarves, due to my fascination with Tolkien and Lewis. I have not used them in any of my stories yet, but I pretend that I’m elvish or…[Read more]

Last year, my brother’s soccer team’s name was the Firehawks. I thought it was a really cool name, and later when I started my fantasy, I decided to make a creature called a Firehawk. I haven’t worked out all the details about them yet.
I also love elves and dwarves, due to my fascination with Tolkien and Lewis. I have not used them in any of my…[Read more]

One word that I used recently in a story is this… (Gotta make sure I’m spelling it right)
Batrachomyomachy. It basically means “making a mountain out of a molehill”.

Another one I love is paladin, which has been mentioned at least twice in this forum (sorry, 3 is my favorite number) and is also the name of one of my books!

One word that I used recently in a story is this… (Gotta make sure I’m spelling it right)
Batrachomyomachy. It basically means “making a mountain out of a molehill.

Another one I love is paladin, which has been mentioned at least twice and is also the name of one of my books!

The actor who played Eustace was Will Poulter. He’s also in “The Maze Runner”, which I haven’t seen yet, but am hoping to soon. I totally agree with you: He’s a brilliant actor! And I love how he and Reepicheep slowly become friends.
I hope they decide to make “The Silver Chair” movie. It’s one of my favorite books in the series.

The actor who played Eustace was Will Poulter. He’s also in “The Maze Runner”, which I haven’t seen yet, but am hoping to soon. I totally agree with you: He’s a brilliant actor! And I love how he and Reepicheep slowly become friends.
I hope they decide to make “The Silver Chair”. It’s one of my favorite books in the series.

I saw the eclipse too, but I didn’t realize it was THE eclipse until it was over. (oops)
I believe I heard that the blood moon was only visible on the East Coast. I’m on the West, so I just saw the eclipse. If you have any information on this subject, PLEASE let me know!

Back to subject of movies… has anyone seen the new version of “The…[Read more]