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Kathleen replied to the topic Help. I Just Don't Get the Appeal of the Wingfeather Saga in the forum Fantasy 2 years, 11 months ago
@not-so-secret-secret-assassin
I’m a tad bit late to the party, but um… here I am.
I tried reading The Wingfeather Saga a few months ago because I thought the cover was pretty epic and a lot of people on the forum liked it, but ummm…
I couldn’t finish it. And for pretty much all the reasons you listed in your essay. I can see why people…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic What's a story that you worked on for while but completely scrapped later on? in the forum Topic of the Week 2 years, 11 months ago
House of Mages actually sounds pretty cool. What was wrong with that made you not go through with publication?
Woah, that’s a cool idea. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of an idea like that. It sounds like a tricky story to write, but you should totally try going back to that story when you have the…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic What's a story that you worked on for while but completely scrapped later on? in the forum Topic of the Week 2 years, 12 months ago
Hmmm… maybe I’ll go back to Beatrice and her cow one day. Because yeah, now looking at it there’s a lot of cool ways I could direct the story.
lol. Nothing like a movie or book coming out with a premise oddly similar to the one you are working on to crush your motivation, haha. That’s happened to me at least once before, but I…[Read more]
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Kathleen started the topic What's a story that you worked on for while but completely scrapped later on? in the forum Topic of the Week 2 years, 12 months ago
What’s a story idea that you worked on for while, but completely scraped part way through the writing process? Why?
I have MANY. However, the one that sticks out to me most was a story I wrote when I was nine to ten-years-old.It was about a girl name Beatrice who lived with her Grandma in an un-mobile mobile home. The entire town despised…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic Anime Nerd/Chat in the forum Film 3 years ago
Phil is great. My favorite character would probably Rei, but Norman is just a thread behind. I really like both smart and complex characters who are a lot more than what they appear. I kinda expected Rei in the beginning to be the typical emo kid with black hair and Norman to be the typical smart kid who never breaks the rules.…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic Which story was the quickest to write and which was the slowest? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years ago
Oh wow. Thirteen Ways to Infinity sounds crazy in the best way possible. What is the premise?
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Kathleen started the topic Which story was the quickest to write and which was the slowest? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years ago
Which story took you the shortest to write and which took the longest? Why?
So for me the shortest amount of time it took to write a novel was 5 months and that was my siblings and my “Cliche Story”.Yuh, yeah. That was the working title that never got change because we wrote it mostly to have fun. Heh. We purposely wrote it to be as cliché as…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic Anime Nerd/Chat in the forum Film 3 years ago
Yeah, once I heard about the massacre of season 2, I just had to pretend that season one is the only one that exists. It’s so tragic about what they did with the second season. Haven’t watched it, just heard about it. So it’s a good thing that season one is good enough to stand alone. Seriously, you should watch it if you…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic Breaking my silence. *EMOTIONAL* in the forum Announcements 3 years ago
@not-so-secret-secret-assassin
My suggestion to help you out with this crisis, is to give up writing (and reading for that matter) entirely.
You simply can not be a complete Alpha Male (which I assume is your purpose in life) if you do anything even remotely related to arts and sciences (unless it’s Bro Science of course).
So free yourself from…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic Anime Nerd/Chat in the forum Film 3 years ago
Yo, I’m so glad this topic exists. Anime/ Manga is so fun to discuss.
I’ve only just started watching Anime last year, and my favorite was Erased for awhile, but just last month I watched Promised Neverland and took it it’s place as favorite. The characters are my favorite out of all the anime I watched and the writing was spectacular.…[Read more]
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Kathleen started the topic What's an unexpected benefit you got from writing? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years ago
What’s an unexpected benefit you got from writing?
For me an unanticipated benefit from writing was becoming a more empathetic person. It seems kinda obvious now, but yeah, creating and writing people who are completely different from yourself really changes how you look at people.Having to put yourself in their mind and understand why they are…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic What's a book that hasn't aged well for you? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years ago
Yeah, I agree that a lot of portrayals of the Robin Hood justified stealing. However, now I’m really curious about the original story and if it actually does that. Did you read the original version? Because the theme of “is stealing ever justified” could be a really interesting topic to explore in a novel. As it could delve into both…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic dealing with overloads of stress :)) in the forum Mission, Calling & Ethics 3 years ago
Life and school can be so overwhelming. Sometimes if feels like there’s an heavy weight on your shoulders at all times and you can never catch a breath. And no, your post didn’t come off as complaining at all! It just isn’t realistic to never talk about things that aren’t so positive. It’s good to talk about what you are struggling with.…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic What's a book that hasn't aged well for you? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years ago
Ah, yeah, learning more about mythology and history can really change your perspective on things.
And as much as I like Narnia, I always lean towards Tolkien as well. I love his worldbuilding and writing style, and yeah like you said his originality when it comes to both mythology and story. So many people have tried to replicate it,…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic What's a book that hasn't aged well for you? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years ago
That’s kinda funny, because that’s the same opinion Tolkien had on Lewis’s work! Tolkien also didn’t like The Chronicles of Narnia very much because the mythology didn’t make sense.
Although I love The Chronicles of Narnia, I get why it wouldn’t settle right for some people. It does do a lot of crazy things with mythology that might…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic What's a book that hasn't aged well for you? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years ago
Despite not having read Ingleside (I have only read the first Anne of Green Gables book) I thoroughly related to your frustrations in your post.
One of my pet peeves in books are characters who makes dumb decisions simply for plot convenience. Don’t get me wrong, I’m totally fine with characters who make mistakes, but the…[Read more]
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Kathleen started the topic What's a book that hasn't aged well for you? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years ago
What’s a book that hasn’t aged well for you?( ie. a book you used to liked, but now after reading again and/ or looking back on it wasn’t that good.)
I found the answer to this pretty recently, as I pick up a random book to read before bed. It was the third book in the Ascendance Trilogy, The Shadow Throne, by Jennifer A. Neilson. The first…[Read more]
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Kathleen started the topic What aspect of writing have you grown most with as a writer? in the forum Topic of the Week 3 years ago
What aspect of writing (characters, prose, theme, etc.) have you grown the most with as a writer?
For me the biggest part of writing that I’ve grown most in throughout the years, is learning how to not make a story contrived.When I was younger I thought there had to be a set amount of events and plot points in my story for it to be a interesting…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic Another Awkward Intro in the forum Start HERE 3 years ago
Okay, I’m going to reopen The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes now. Even from what I read, though it wasn’t my favorite, I still learned a lot about writing from it. The writing style really inspired me to develop mine.
I love how you described it like poetry or song. Because it’s so true, yet it’s not blatant or distracting. Which is…[Read more]
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Kathleen replied to the topic Topic suggestion for Biblical fiction writers in the forum Questions and Support 3 years ago
Awesome idea! And since I have unlimited power with whatever is created on the site *chuckles evilly* Biblical Fiction is now a topic under “Genre Fiction”!
If there is any technical issues with it, just let me know and I’ll get right on it!
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