BlueJay

@bluejay, I think this is a great idea! I don’t have tons of time for extra writing, but two to three paragraphs will every now and then will fit in my schedule nicely. I’ll work on it tonight and try to post it tomorrow.

@bluejay, I’ll consider your dare. @daeus, I accept your dare. At first I didn’t think I’d be able to use it, but now I see a place where I think it will fit. @winter-rose, that’s a great idea, but I don’t know if it will work with what I’m writing right now. I’ll consider it for the future.
Thanks for your dares, everybody! I am inspired…

I don’t know, @bluejay . Maybe my story is bothering me for a reason. That’s the hard part, trying to figure out whether my gut is trying to tell me something or if I’m just plain overthinking and nervous about the whole thing. Sometimes I think it’s awesome and other times I feel like I have two stories that I’m trying to stitch together like…[Read more]

I don’t know, @bluejay . Maybe my story is bothering me for a reason. That’s the hard part, trying to figure out whether my gut is trying to tell me something or if I’m just plain overthinking and nervous about the whole thing. Sometimes I think it’s awesome and other times I feel like I have two stories that I’m trying to stitch together like…[Read more]

I really, really love you guys! 🙂

Seriously, this writing community is the best thing that’s ever happened to me as a writer.

@bluejay, that is helpful. 🙂 And your day sounds awesome! It’s steamy hot here.

@daeus , your question hit the nail on the head for me. When I asked myself that question I discovered that what really makes me so…[Read more]

I really, really love you guys! 🙂

Seriously, this writing community is the best thing that’s ever happened to me as a writer.

@bluejay, that is helpful. 🙂 And your day sounds awesome! It’s steamy hot here.

@daeus , your question hit the nail on the head for me. When I asked myself that question I discovered that what really makes me so…[Read more]

I really, really love you guys! 🙂

Seriously, this writing community is the best thing that’s ever happened to me as a writer.

@bluejay, that is helpful. 🙂 And your day sounds awesome! It’s steamy hot here.

@daeus , your question hit the nail on the head for me. When I asked myself that question I discovered that what really makes me so…[Read more]

@bluejay you too…nearly 500 words in 20 minutes is pretty good. That’s what, about a page?

Ah yes. So many poor characters who grow up traumatized or without parents. It can’t be helped though, in this case. I think I have the climax mostly figured out. Now to figure out how the theme intertwines with it all. Especially because I’m supposed to…[Read more]

@bluejay I’ve figured out how the MC’s mother dies and some details of the MC’s development…both how she fails in the middle and succeeds in the end. 😉

@bluejay No later than 10:00. I’ll probably only be on for about 20 more minutes…unless I figure out the idea completely in which case I might stop sooner. 😉 One can hope, right?

@bluejay I’ll be outlining (or staring at the screen attempting to outline my novella) if you’re going to be on…

@bluejay– That sounds like fun. Where I am, it’s over 100 degrees. 🙂
@overcomer – I’ve only written a long short story, but what I learned probably applies to a novel, too. With my story, I had the basic outline in my head, so I sat down and tried to write it in order, starting from the beginning. I kept getting stuck on little things though,…[Read more]

Calling for backup! @winter-rose @faithdk @rolena-hatfield @aella @kate-flournoy @hannah-c @daeus @gretald @bluejay @zoe-wingfeather @sarah-h @belegteleri @anna-brie @hope @spradlin

Have any of you ever written a first draft of a novel before? If yes, do you have any advice, suggestions, ideas, encouragement to offer me?

You see, it’s like…[Read more]

Calling for backup! @winter-rose @faithdk @rolena-hatfield @aella @kate-flournoy @hannah-c @daeus @gretald @bluejay @zoe-wingfeather @sarah-h @beleg-teleri @anna-brie @hope @spradlin

Have any of you ever written a first draft of a novel before? If yes, do you have any advice, suggestions, ideas, encouragement to offer me?

You see, it’s like…[Read more]

@Daeus @Bluejay I’m writing tonight.

@bluejay That sounds neat, but like Kate, I’m trying not to take on too much extra writing.

Speaking of which, just how do you plan to write 4-5 books a year, @kate-flournoy? That and, oh dear … you don’t mean … oh dear.

@bluejay That sounds neat, but like Kate, I’m trying not to take on too much extra writing.

Speaking of which, just how do you plan to write 4-5 books a year, @kate-flournoy? That and, or dear … you don’t mean … oh dear.

Hm… this does sound like an interesting challenge. But unfortunately I probably wouldn’t be able to do it— I write only in the evenings and all day Saturday, and I have an eleven book series and a steampunk/scifi and several other novels to write before I’m twenty… 😛 Actually the goal is write before I’m married, which to the best of my…[Read more]

@bluejay @kate-flournoy Either of you writing tonight?

@Bluejay If you’re around this afternoon, I’ll be writing. I might be this morning too, but it’ll be shoved in after other important things.