Esther

@esther-c

Ahh GIRL!!! Oh my goodness I LOVE IT!!!! I needed to hear (read??) that :). I don’t think that it’s too short, but, by all means, if you want to, I’d love to see the last line!!

@esther-c

Oh I read them! I’m interested to know where this is going!

Pls take the following with a very large grain of salt, it’s just thoughts and I have no idea where the series is going. You as the author knows best 😀 !!

It felt a little rushed how everything happened, but I mean it is only a first draft. In the scene with Ami and Ev…[Read more]

@esther-c I honestly don’t have much to add other than what the others have already said–study how books you like do it.

@everyone else You’re helping ME with this advice……thanks!

@esther-c Nice prompts….

@esther-c I’m glad it was helpful. One thing I forgot to mention—when you write descriptions, focus on evoking an emotion rather than just narrating details. You can often do this with simile or metaphor. For instance, compare “He was a little weasel of a man” with “He was thin and not very tall, and his face looked pointy and kind of sneaky.”…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12

Ah yeah maybe!!

@esther-c

Ooh interesting!

@mineralizedwritings

Thank you for the link of the video!! I’ll check it out 🙂

@acancello @esther-c

Thank you for the ideas! I like Ocean, Caleb, and Maverick.

Most writers probably don’t give more than a few days’ thought about names… I’ve always been super picky XD I think it’s because I have grapheme-color synesthesia, so whenever I create a character, the name has to be juuuuuust the right colors… or I don’t like…[Read more]

@esther-c

Ikr? Lol

Villains are hard. Because it’s difficult to create their motive and personality without making it cliche.

Yesss!!! It so is. I’ve been reading a lot of articles about writing one tho, so hopefully I’m improving. 🙂

I’ll wait till @esther-c can RP tomorrow 😊 but Luna is going to be thrilled to meet Mayvee (she’s going to think she’s very beautiful. A masterpiece from the Light One himself!)

@godlyfantasy12

XD yeah

Laylil is 6, and she was talking to Skyler, one of  @esther-c ‘s charries

Everi, her older brother, is like 23

Mayvee is like 17-ish

And Serin is 20-25

Uvah is about 20

Phervin is 31

Namal is about 28

And Zyrin is like 19

It is good to be reminded of all the charries I’ve thrown in here XD

@esther-c

oh good question!

if it’s a large transition in location, I would put it in between chapters. then you dont have to say, “they arrived at the park” you would just start off the chapter with “Ami looked around at the park (describe lighting/colors)”

I recently realized how important lighting is in descriptions. I think I realized this…[Read more]

@gwyndalf-the-wise @godlyfantasy12 @esther-c

MAYVEE

She looked at all the faces in a daze. People introduced themselves back and forth, talking about different topics that left her confused.

They were in a magic castle? What did that mean?

One boy took out a knife, making her nervous but it was dulled when she noticed that there was a girl…[Read more]

@esther-c

Oof. I also have difficulties with this. (I think every author does at some point.)

I’ll just echo @booksbyjayna and say keep writing and study the authors you want to emulate. I’ve seen it work and will definitely be personally implementing it as much as I can.

(After all, it’s another excuse to read Prince Caspian again…)

@princesachronicle22 Are Mayvee and your royal characters still in this group?

@godlyfantasy12 I don’t think I’ve ever told you this, but I love the name Dolunay @esther-c XD but it’s more fun that he doesn’t XD

Aaaand I’m gonna go ahead and apologize for Derek’s thoughts towards your characters. He’s very suspicious of people and judge-y and…[Read more]

@esther-c

Oof, wish I could help. XD

I’m really bad at writing transitions from descriptions to actions. Or thoughts to actions in writing format. (the Character Castle being the exception, but that’s not how you write transitions in books…) And I’m bad at writing descriptions anyways. This is actually one of the reasons I’m making my story a…[Read more]

@esther-c AHHHH!!

btw is Ev’s little brother still there? Along with Ami’s brothers? I haven’t heard from them so I wasn’t sure if they were still there (I might’ve missed something lol)

@esther-c

I have an idea! So basically keep a journal with you (which I already do, but never use 😐) and whenever you’re sitting somewhere doing nothing describe the area around you. Just practice writing descriptions a lot. Maybe you can describe how you got there to practice transitions. So yeah! An idea😁👍

(I want to do this…

@esther-c First, keep writing. The more you write, the better you will get.

Second, read a lot in the genres and writing styles you want to write. The more good writing you read, the more those rhythms of words will stick in your head.

Third, don’t stress too much over your transitions. Yes, good ones are important, but it’s much better to err…[Read more]

@esther-c

Well… I have pretty much the same problem, so I’ll just wait here for everyone’s advice 😅🤣

I guess just know that you’re definitely not the only one who struggles with actually writing the words 😐😁