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@devastate-lasting

Yeah, sometimes too much advice can stunt creativity. With so many opinions online, sometimes while writing I feel like have to check off all these boxes, instead of just tell a story.

Each time I write I have to remind myself that I just need to tell a story, in an understandable, enjoyable way, that helps someone. Even if…[Read more]

Oof, I definitely relate to the internet procrastination (and general poor time management) @gracie-j mentioned. That’s a huge one. Sitting down to write is such a difficulty. XP

Also, balancing out my dialogue with description. This one is infuriating because I know I can write strong description. I’ve done all sorts of writing exercises and…[Read more]

@kathleenramm Personally I think it’s other people telling me what to do.

Like, I guess being a writer you see all sorts of writing accounts on social media giving writing advice and things. Not that all writing advice is bad, of course. Personally I feel, however, that writing advice really only applies to beginner writers. I appreciate the…[Read more]

This looks like so much fun, unfortunately I’ve temporarily misplaced the USB with my first novel on it. I’m actually quite proud of my first novel, cringey and cliche though it may be. I’ll look for my USB and see if I can find it though!

@leon-fleming aka Orpheus Alexander

As you can probably tell, I was trying to avoid this topic. But, sadly, I cannot refuse a dare. I shall include the link below for your personal amusement. For context, my ten-year-old self was particularly fascinated with glassblowing in those days. I still am, actually.…[Read more]

@gracie-j Ahaha thank you XD. I had good teachers. (I don’t know when twelve year olds started looking so tiny. They seem absolutely minute at this point.)

@leon-fleming I was told that the story was pretty much exactly like some show called Into the Woods. And the ideas were all from a prompt, so personally it didn’t feel very original, haha.

…I think this dare was of much less embarrassment for you than for the rest of us. Your writing sounds like something from 90 years ago. In a good way, of course.

@leon-fleming Ahaha thank you XD I might do that in the future after I’m done with all my current story ideas, but I feel that there are too many fairy tale retellings out there. That probably is Mr. Atkinson, judging by what came up when I Googled.

Did you happen to share yours here? I seem to have missed it.

@leon-fleming The enneagram is a personality type system. There are nine types, with various configurations (as evidenced by my long ramble, lol). It’s my personal favorite, since it seems to me the most accurate and helpful of those I’ve learned about.

^^ So true!

Yes, things are declining, but we don’t have to worry or fret because we can trust in God. 🙂

This also just shows the need for you, and Kingdom Pen, and Christians to get back involved in shaping the culture and our institutions.

Edit: I said really cool in reference to KP having a software like NaNo btw 😉 …

Those stats are pretty scary. I have t0 agree @e-k-seaver , it does seem like things are declining pretty rapidly.

That would be really cool! 😀

Maybe one day Kingdom Pen can create it’s own online software as an alternative to NaNoWriMo.

@leon-fleming

Dare taken.

Don’t anyone dare laugh. I know it’s terrible. I was 10.

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Chapter One

Once, some time ago, when girls wore petticoats and bonnets, and boys wore caps and breeches and were a great deal more polite than they are now, there lived twelve cousins. For the moment, however, I shall present to you…[Read more]

@leon-fleming

XD! This is such a great idea. I have to concur with someone up there somewhere, though, in that my first drafts and inspo and everything was all on paper (notebooks), so that’d be a little odd. Thoughts? XP Love all of this, though, and I wish I had the time to go through and read all of them! 🙂

@gracie-j I think I was 12…yeah, I was twelve. That was the first thing I wrote in creative writing, for a school assignment, haha.

There was a meme I saw somewhere which went like this:

Me when reading my old writing from middle-school:

You guys know that I can write 300 word sentences, right?

Well, I’m not doing that right now. So for you, @e-k-seaver …

They ray of sunlight I latched onto pulled me up and away from there.

@leon-fleming

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qhqCj_XfW95SJ9afokBoGqAgKqjjRjJI/view?usp=sharing

I’m not even going to look at it. Once glance has already told me that I had not learned about paragraphs yet.