Honestly, I resonate a lot with what @trailblazer said about writing because you’re a storyteller. I’m the kind of person who’s been scribbling stories for as long as I can remember. I don’t think I ever sat down and went “I’m going to write a story because xyz” – I tell…[Read more]

@rae To be fair, I’m a big fan of protective characters, so I may be a wee bit biased. But I don’t think it’s the end of the world, for a few main reasons:

• It provides a subtle yet cohesive theme. Just having all of these characters with these motivations that drive them will add an extra layer of theme.

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I honestly feel like story (at least for me) reflects redemption best when it dives deep into one aspect instead of trying to tell everything.

The gospel is the most beautiful story out there, but it has a lot of elements – a wicked people, a perfect king, redemption,…[Read more]

My only real comment is that your transition about a fourth of the way through from longer to shorter lines felt a little bit awkward? You came out of it very well at the end, but going into it and shifting the cadence of the poem felt a bit…[Read more]

I’m currently finishing up line edits on a novella called Buried Stars, and chapter six is throwing me a bit. If you have time, I’d love it if you could look at some of the phrasing!

I’ll drop the link below, but relevant…[Read more]

‘Nuff said.

Just kidding. . . but also not. xP The first draft is just the starting point – there’s a quote that says “you can’t edit a blank page”. There will be endless revisions and chances to tighten things up further down the road, but the story needs to exist to be made better. All you have to do right now is get it on the…[Read more]

1. Drinks hot chocolate in all temperatures.

2. Has been captured thrice (and escaped with snarky comments each time).

3. Once convinced his own side that a raid was happening in the middle of the night and thought it was hilarious.

@godlyfantasy12 The siren, maybe?

@zemira (Awesome name, by the way.) Ermmmmm, fork, maybe? Edit: Wait, you already revealed it. xD Whoops.

Honestly, besides Abbie Emmons and StoryEmbers, the thing that’s been the most helpful in plotting is a whiteboard. XD At our current house we have a huge whiteboard on the wall, and being able to fill it with all the plot points and character arc beats and random notes is spectacular. *happy sigh*

I don’t know exactly what you’re looking for, so behold, a rambling list of points about failure:

• If you remember failure, that remembrance is going to be called something. But there’s a difference between guilt and regret – guilt is…

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I play the piano, and I’ve fiddled around with the guitar and the recorder in the part. XP

Spaceships, thieves, and magic – that sounds like a fantastic combination. XD

What kind of characters do you like writing best?

Per the YWW pitch – *clears throat* YWW quite literally changed my life. 🥰 I had been writing for a few years and had scoured the internet for every article on writing out there, yet I wasn’t moving as quickly as I wanted to. Then, after a handful of CWWs, I took the plunge and joined YWW in January of…[Read more]

I think what you said is on point – it’s not the writing of abusive or absent parents that’s the problem, because those things do exist in real life and fiction should mirror that. The problem is the way it’s…[Read more]

@euodia-vision I knowww; it’s wonderful. <3

The piper piped in the valley

Of rainbow hopes and fears,

A song as old as the Angels

That fell on our idle ears;

And the elfin echoes of laughter

Were lost in the dying day

As we forget, for…[Read more]

Also, have you ever read any of Jennifer…[Read more]

Adapted Gollum quotes aside, I think you can outrage your readers without cheating them. Both can happen in a character’s death, and cheated readers very often are outraged. 😛 But you can reasonably outrage a reader without them feeling cheated.

If you truly build up your character (and it…[Read more]

I’m going to take a theological approach to this at the beginning. Scripture says two things on the state of man: (1) Man was created in the image of God, as seen in Genesis 1:27, and (2) man has fallen short of the glory of God and no longer upholds that image as he should, as seen in Romans…[Read more]

But yes, great thoughts, everyone. XD I’m just going to lurk in the shadows and watch, since everyone’s said what I’d say (especially @gwyndalf-the-wise – lovely list, lovely list).

(Content Warnings: Mentions of rape, sexual abuse, suicide, witchcraft)

I would actually challenge the idea that we have to write clean merely because we’re Christians. Take a look at some of the topics the Bible covers:

– Rape and sexual abuse

– Suicide

– Wars and entire peoples being wiped out

– Evil…[Read more]

– I would say that what your charrie has sounds like it. . . rather minorly, though.

– Switches tend to be very sudden, and whichever personality is “driving” at the moment may not want what the…[Read more]

‘Eyy, nice. 😉

For me. . . hmmm. I love my cheerfully sassy characters who may have gone through a lot but are just so adorable with the other charries *cough cough* definition of Will *cough cough*. XD They’re great.