Jodi Maile

@nova21

Your first chapter outline is extremely interesting!
Kingdom Pen has a really great article that has helped me a lot and covers just about everything on first chapters that I can think of:

Write The Perfect First Chapter | The Ultimate First Chapter Checklist, by Kathleen and Erin Ramm.

@godlyfantasy12

Okay!! YUM!!! That actually sounds SUPER DELICIOUS!!

@abigail-m

AAHHH I LOVE THIS QUOTE!!!!!!!!! <33

@epicaddie2

Yes, Norway and Russia is a fantastic places for settings, (I haven’t done Norway yet myself). I’m no professor, but if you ever have any questions about ancient Russia, I might be able to help.

@nova21

With WIPs, I usually have one that is my main focus (where I put all my resources, researching, energy, etc into) then I have a few that I work on when I need a break from my main WIP. This method might not be for everyone, but it’s worked very well so far.

@KeePers

Thank you for all the great resources!

Publishing resources:

Ember, a journal a luminescent things (an additional nice thing about Ember is that they’ll give you feedback from everyone who reads it).

Balloons Lit Magazine

Freedomwithwriting.com

Apps:

WerdSmith

Wassi (this is helpful for going into detail with your characters, setting, plot, e…[Read more]

@Issawriter7

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You write in order to change the world… if you alter, even my a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.
-James. A. Baldwin.

@golden-knight

Welcome to Kingdom Pen! It’s great to have another KeePer here:) I’ll have to check out Scribble Society, it’s hard to find good writing resources, but if your looking to finish a first draft, NaNoWriMo has a great method.

Welcome:)

Go Teen Writers is a really great blog with a lot of helpful writing advice! And for YouTube channels iWriterly and Reedsy are some videos I’ll sometimes watch. And for books I’ve started reading Teen Writers’ Guide: Your Road Map for Writing by Jennifer Jenkins. I haven’t gotten very far in it but so far it’s been very awesome!!!! (Also, since…[Read more]

@golden-knight

WELCOME to KP!!!!!!!!! *passes you a big slice of cake* Ooooh Scribble Society sounds really awesome!! I’m gonna have to go check it out!!!!!!!!! I’m a founder behind a blogging community of young writers called Teen Writers’ Nook!!!

How long have you been writing? If you could only do one of either reading or writing for the rest…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting

Haha, yeah, that was a really hard part for me ’cause I don’t normally write about the whole “teenage experience” either. XD

@golden-knight

Heyo!!!  How’s it going?

I’m Ella, btw, and a couple of things about me:

-I like tea better than coffee

-I LOVE basketball

-I adore music (shoutout to @joy-caroline )

-I use emojis and exclamation marks a LOT 😉

What are some interesting things about yourself?  Do you play sports?  Do you like coffee or tea better?  (I bel…[Read more]

@issawriter7

LOL!! 😆

That’s the hardest thing for me, because I don’t know how quickly to start it.  Some people write the inciting incident in their first chapter and some write it in the third, lol!!  (I personally agree with you on that)

Thank you SO much!!!!!

@epicaddie2

I totally will, thanks!!!

@devastate-lasting

Oooh, if you get to be published in One Story, totally let us know!!!! That’d be really cool!! I submitted to One Teen Story for their past contest but didn’t win!! :,(

@scoutfinch180

Hmmm…  Yeah, I definitely see myself getting VERY distracted, but I think it’s something I need to work on… 😃  I definitely agree with you there!!

@godlyfantasy12

aahh, I had school sadly and missed this. I haven’t gotten to write for the past week and it’s been super depressing. I’m REALLY hoping to get back into my WIP tomorrow. *crossing fingers* Have you gotten to any writing yet?

@nova21

Okay, so, some others might have already said this (I kind of didn’t read through all of the answers) so my apologies if I’m just repeating the same stuff. But as Joy Caroline said a big thing to watch out for is info dump. Don’t just tell the reader everything that’s has happened. Backstory can come later if/when needed. Only show what…[Read more]