Karissa Chmil

Oh, and I also like Jonas’ point about one-note motivations. It’s probably one of the hardest things to hide from the reader’s notice. I personally believe it is okay, even great, for a character to have one point to them. One deep-set motive. But if you never show that motive, and instead make up a few secondary motives that demonstrate how the…[Read more]

@karissa-chmil

Thank you, that makes sense.

@grcr

That does help. Thx.

@karissa-chmil

I’m sorry, did you post here? If you did, Wyoh ate your post. She’s been real hungry lately…

@karissa-chmil

The gospel is the most beautiful story out there, but it has a lot of elements – a wicked people, a perfect king, redemption, discipleship, sacrifice, community, creation, hope, and so many other things. And while some stories manage to cover them all, most can’t.  there are certain stories where you can pull those in, most are goin…

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@esther-c Happy we could help 💕 I’m still trying to figure this out too, but I’m happy The Lord helped you figure some things out <3

@karissa-chmil agreed! I don’t think we should all try to tell the whole Gospel in our stories, but rather bits and pieces that can lead to someone discovering the full Gospel!

and as for ways…[Read more]

@esther-c @freedomwriter76 @mineralizedwritings @savannah_grace2009 @grcr @highscribeofaetherium @jonas @whalekeeper @euodia-vision @hybridlore @loopylin @trailblazer @rae @janellebelovedpig @felicity @karissa-chmil @landric @booksbyjayna  @everyone!
I DID IT!! I’M DONE WITH THE ROUGH DRAFT OF MY FIRST NOVEL!!!!!!!

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Hey guys…. the random ghost kid that never really does anything here… *fp* My existence here is very small, but I’m a former Ydubber, and I can honestly say 100% that joining Ydubs for 6 months was one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I grew tremendously, and I found a lot of support. I plan on getting back there someday, like,…[Read more]

@karissa-chmil

I’ll have to think about it. Maybe I’ll ask my parents for a subscription as a Christmas gift XD

Thanks, @karissa-chmil! This is definitely one of my poems that I find myself going back to a lot and rereading. The atmosphere and imagery of it really draw me in, and I like pondering the meaning of it. 🙂

One of the edits I’m considering is possibly connecting some of the shorter, broken lines in the part of the poem you mention. It’s supposed…[Read more]

@karissa-chmil @whalekeeper ah thank y’all! Just so you know, I am still very knew at this so… 😅 but I will do my best!!

As for what books I have, I haven’t started reading them yet but I have a couple- and a few more on my Christmas list lol. I’ll have to get u the names of them later

@karissa-chmil

Aw, thank you for the compliment! I read your chapter and the girl felt so alive in my mind. 😊

@acancello @karissa-chmil

I LOVE that quote!! I have that one at the top of my ideas document xD

@karissa-chmil

‘The first draft is just shoveling sand that you’ll later use to make castles – and the more sand you have, the bigger the castle can be.” That’s a great quote! My goal of my draft is to make it… I never though of it that way! Thank you so much! 💗

@esther-c @euodia-vision @karissa-chmil @hybridlore @janellebelovedpig @everyone!

Has anyone read Sharron Creech? I just love all of her books! Which one is your favorite? I love “Absolutely normal chaos”, “Walk two moons”, “One time”, and all the others!

@karissa-chmil

I’m going to guess 2. Perhaps he didn’t escape the third time?

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@everyone

Most of you are correct, Calvin’s eye color is dark brown instead of blue 😂 However, his theme color is blue, so I thought maybe that would fool people.

@karissa-chmil

Hehe I agree with Godly. 😆

@karissa-chmil OOF THAT IS HAAARDDD

i really love the last two I don’t want them to be lies XDD

SO IMMA SAY THE FIRST ONE ROFL

@karissa-chmil @esther-c @euodia-vision

Has anyone read “Good wives” by Louisa May Alcott? I just started it and love it! It is technically the fourth little women book and takes place right as Meg gets married. I have only read the first few chapters, so dont spoil it 😀  But I would love to chat about it with anyone as I read it though!

@esther-c @karissa-chmil

Thanks!! 🙂 Honestly it’s changed a bit already xD I’m not really set on anything, right now I might just have the story be some sort of heist/plot instead

I really like the characters and the arcs I have already, I’m just struggling to figure out the plot so it matches xD But hopefully I’ll figure it out soon!