Jodi Maile

@jodi-maile

Okay, here it is!

The Seliyvcan Civil War has torn Iliya’s home to shreds. The former king of Seliyvca went missing, and now his brother, Prince Javier—an evil-spirited, reckless young man—is next in line for the throne.

Iliya, an indentured servant in the palace, finds out that Prince Javier is doing horrible things to the citiz…

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@jodi-maile

Awesome!!! I’m so happy for you. 😆

@jodi-maile

Oops, just realised you already said you’d fixed it😅 Sorry

@jodi-maile

Hi! I also struggle with turning off my inner editor when free writing, it’s one of the reasons I’m finding it so hard to write my sequel now that I’ve finished my first book. Swapping back to creative writing from conscientious editing can be really hard.

That being said, I’ve found that when I get new ideas for the story, they’re…[Read more]

I love long answers. I always write them myself😅😂 @jodi-maile

Out of interest, how old are you? I’m 18

Hi @jodi-maile 😁! It’s great to meet you!

My ocarina is also a Zelda-themed Ocarina of Time. It’s dark blue with the Triforce emblem on the mouthpiece guard. I think it’s epic you have a whole collection of them! Don’t you just love all the ocarina tunes from Ocarina of Time? My favourite tune to play is Song of Time, and my favourite tune to…[Read more]

@jodi-maile
Cool, cool, and extra cool! XD

@keilah-h

You had to get me started XD. I will try not to ramble about my favs.

Movies: Marvel, and musicals. I also really love the Phantom of the Opera that you can get on CD. (The others look not as good)

Books: Traitor Game Series, all things Tolkien, Count of Monte Cristo, and Melanie Dickerson’s…[Read more]

@jodi-maile

Hi, nice to meet you! That’s cool that you were homeschooled. What did you go to College for?

The fantasy I’m working on right now is actually the first for me. I was writing a YA or coming of age (don’t really know where to categorize it) but it died and I really took to fantasy and more romance. I also took a break from writing…[Read more]

@jodi-maile

Welp, I’m very late to the party, but I thought I’d pop in anyway.

I think that when things like what you’re experiencing happen, drafts show their beauty. 🙂 I know with every draft of my novels/short stories, they become better. Perhaps if you tried finishing the story, taking a bit of a break, and then diving in again, you’d…[Read more]

@jodi-maile

Glad I could help! 🙂

Best of luck!

@jodi-maile So sorry for being late, but I completely relate to you about the tone struggles, since I’m having them for one of my current works. I guess what I would say is either:

a) leave it alone for a very long time and start anew or something at some point

b) finish it, decide what you like or don’t like about it, and restart

c) leave it…[Read more]

GUYYSSSS, IMAGINE IS RELEASED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😃😃😃😃 *cough* Well, it technically released a couple of weeks ago. *cough cough* I’m just late at telling y’all about it. Anyway, the ebook is $0.99 and the paperback is $6.79. And here’s the link if you want to check it out:…[Read more]

@jodi-maile

Hey there! Although I’ve never really put my finger on it, I think I’ve struggled with a similar problem.

Here are some thoughts:

Thought #1

It sounds like what you’re saying is that you start with this dream/vision/feeling for a story, but writing it down doesn’t feel like it captures that feeling. Maybe the issue is that the fee…[Read more]

@jodi-maile You’re welcome!

@jodi-maile Girl sameee!! It’s sooo hard to keep on track of an original idea. In fact, I often have to draw my characters, make pinterest boards, and much much more to keep the original aesthetic and themes in my head.

One thing that helps me is if I write the edit I’m thinking about in a comment to myself on google docs, and then think on it…[Read more]

@jodi-maile

Ah, the all too familiar dissatisfaction. This is pain in many forms. This is the point where I would’ve given up a couple years ago XD

But since then I have been taught perseverance! So when I’ve found my idea/theme shifts and am unsatisfied with it, I usually have to go back and read it and really just delete a lot. It hurts so…[Read more]

@jodi-maile I’m pretty sure that’s happened to me more than once.

What I did with one story was I copied it to another Word document (that’s what I use to type up stories) and saved the original one, then I deleted what I didn’t want from the copy and re-wrote it. So if you are writing and find you like some parts of a story but not others, make…[Read more]

@kathleenramm well most of my characters are based off real people that I either know really well or have observed, and I recognize people by their voices and I guess I note how they talk. I’m weird hahaha

Also, after that, I write how I think, so it seems to work well.

Idk if that made sense haha, but that’s the best I can explain…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting

Yeah, I really like how adding multiple POV you can explore different avenues of the story while adding a new flavor to the narrative.

What the most POV you’ve ever had in one story?

@jodi-maile

It’s really cool how you split up POV with your sister like that! My siblings and I might do that in the future, but right now…[Read more]

@jodi-maile ooooo the each writing charries so the voices are different! soomeone else who did that!! I am doing that co-writing a book with my bestie!!! She’s taking one, and I’m taking the other, and then we have one we sort of do together. it’s so fun, and works well since all three are very different lives, cultures, and thinking.