Ben Dykes

@gracie-j

Okay, I’ll try that! Thanks! Since everybody else was sharing collages of their characters, I thought I may as well do the same 🙂

So I was trying to post some pictures on here, but it seems I’ve run into a problem :/ I hit the ‘insert image’, typed in the dimensions and description, but I don’t know how to actually insert the picture. Could someone help me? It’d be much appreciated 🙂

@gracie-j

Ooh, I’ll try Canva then! Thanks! Shockingly enough, I’ve never thought to make an actual collage until now, but I’ll work on it 🙂

Hello Chloe, and welcome to the Kingdom of Pen! *offers a cup of green tea with honey and lemon* Do make yourself at home. I’m Elizabeth, and it’s very nice to meet you, even if I am a bit late to the party. 🙂

Hehe, I feel you on the whole cleansing-your-palate thing; I’m in the midst of a BA in English, so every chance I have to diversify what…[Read more]

@reaganramm I would definitely be interested! Hearing advice directed towards other types of creators sometimes helps me more than writer-specific advice, oddly enough, so I don’t think it would be too broad in that way.

@abigail-m Hey there!!! I’m a little late to the party, but wanted to welcome you to KP regardless! I’m Elizabeth, as is not /immediately/ apparent from my username. I see from the conversation directly above this post that you’re not a tea person per se, but here, have a cup anyway. *hands you a cup of Wild Berry Zinger*

Your WIP sounds so…[Read more]

@abigail-m Thanks so much, I appreciate that! 🙂 I’d love to hear more about your characters/story too!

@millennium

Woohoo, great job! *claps

I’m interested in your characters now 🙂

By the way, can I ask how you created these? What software did you use? Thanks!

@millennium Sure! I’d love to see them! I’m actually trying to make some myself… 🙂

@gracie-j

YES I KNOW! I’M SO HAPPY OTHER PEOPLE LIKE IT TOO! And thank you!   *raises coffee mug to toast   Ah, the temptation to let them smoothly start having a friendship/romance is killing me, but I need to take things slow and remind myself why they dislike each other to begin with. I do appreciate the encouragement! I’ve been pumped ab…[Read more]

@gracie-j

I’M SO HAPPY THAT YOU LIKE MY IDEA! I thought I may have been the only one who loved hate-to-love romances! *high fives *does a happy dance

*… ahem

You’re advice is pure gold! You must have some weird special power, because you can write about my characters flawlessly! I’m really happy about the first point you made, because I can t…[Read more]

@gracie-j

Oooh, this is a wonderful (or shall I say lovely?) topic! Okay, so I’m a little nervous about my own skills of writing romance, but I felt like I wanted to comment here and ask for some advice. I do understand that romance is a subject many writers shy away from, because half of the time, it isn’t written like it should be. But I b…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 Oh goodness, these are wonderful! 🙂 They’re so neat and polished, too (and your characters sound interesting!) Could you tell me how you did it? I’d love to try that with my own characters

@jenwriter17 No worries! Yeah, I’d love to see some of your collages! 🙂 And by the way, @godlyfantasy12, Starbucks sounds awesome right about now

@jenwriter17

I may be on/off, but I’ll be checking in! I’m writing an introduction scene currently, so that may be where I disappear off to if I randomly leave… 🙂

@abigail-m
Maybe I can help you?
First of all, if it’s any comfort, I know exactly how you’re feeling. Trust me when I say that writing is hard, so that’s normal! But I’d like to try to offer some advice (sorry in advance for a long response…)

#1. For your first struggle, this is what I would recommend: let your plot come from your protago…[Read more]

@abigail-m Thank you so much! At least I know I’m not the only one who struggles with this problem! And that’s a really good idea, putting my characters in wacky situations and “watching” them respond to it… that’s a wonderful way to help me figure out their personalities! I don’t think I’ve ever thought about doing that, but I’ll try it! Thanks…[Read more]

WELCOME TO KINGDOM PEN, @joy-caroline! It’s wonderful to meet you! 🙂 I’m still a little new here myself, but I totally enjoy Kingdom Pen in the time I’ve been here! And wow, your novel sounds very fascinating! It makes me happy to see writers writing Biblical fiction, and I wish you the very best of luck! We’re all really happy you’ve joined KP!…[Read more]

@gracie-j

OH MY GOODNESS, thank you so very much! You’ve saved my writing life immensely! I agree with 100% of what you said, and I suppose I’ve never thought of character voices that way, but it totally makes sense! That’s a great illustration to have different characters use distinct exclamations, or how they view sunsets, and all the other…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12

*cue nervous laugh

I probably didn’t make that clear enough, did I? Yeah, I’ve got some struggles…

First off, it’s hard for me to write my characters without it feeling like they’re all somewhat similar. Like, it’s hard to give them their own distinctions sometimes (perhaps it’s because each of my characters are so differe…[Read more]