Kathleen

@gracie-j

Yesss that’s the one. oh yes, definitely read them! they’re well done. I like my history, so historical fiction is cool to read, though I suck at writing it XD

I admit my to-be-read list is very short. XD I want to read some classics, but I am not sure where to start. Les Miserable is one I do plan to read when I have lots of time to…[Read more]

@kathleenramm

I will have to check ATLA out, my best friend has nothing but good to say about it. I think I’ll enjoy them.

@reaganramm

Sorry it took me 6 years to reply back.

Nice beard, it looks just like a beard.

@kathleenramm

yes, those are the best! I am attempting to write one of those charries right now… not sure I’m succeeding XD meh, whatever I’ll try anyways

Yes, they’re historical fiction, and I totally liked them. Be prepared for tears at certain points. They are Young Adult, and although they’re not graphic in war descriptions, if you don’t…[Read more]

@abigail-m

sorry forgot to tag you on the response XD

@kathleenramm

Ah ok, I figured. Sorry, I am TERRIBLE with figuring out names for charries. It’s like me trying to use the pain scale to tell the doctor how bad my pain is XD

Doctor: “So, your pain is, what, on a scale from 1 to 10?”

me: “Uhhh… five?” *silently “this is why I use Voltaren and don’t tell people. Stupid pain scale.” XD

@gracie-j

Girl, thank you so much! And that post was SO helpful! It made total sense and really helped me out with writing my climax!

@devastate-lasting

Thank you! That was so helpful! 🙂

@not-so-secret-secret-assassin

Hopefully this’ll help ya out as much as it did me! *tips hat* Best of luck.

@joy-caroline

That was SO helpful, Joy, thank…[Read more]

Thanks! Move went well!

Thank you, I’d like to try. I’m actually going through my 1st draft and realizing “oh my word! this character is waaaay too elusive!” like, she’s orphaned, yes, but her adopted family is sort of ‘there’ and not there. Like, her cousins are mentioned, but they never come into the story! XD that annoyed me XD so I have added…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12

uhhh wow!!! I love it! so good

sorry I’m late on commenting.

I really like it! The flow is fitting, in my opinion; like, how I imagine the queen from how you describe is; lost, suspicious, somewhat regretful, bitter, and mind wandering in the past, so her thoughts are short, blunt, to the point, and not too many details added…[Read more]

@kathleenramm

my favorite backstory… oooof that’s hard

XD

well, it would have to be…

Lord Rodolpho Greco from The River of Time series; he’s a traitor for most of the series, and you’re never sure if he’ll turn on the MC because he’s so elusive and never reveals what he’s thinking, but has the skills and the power, and the elusive…[Read more]

@joy-caroline I do like to talk about how I get my ideas. XD

Okay, I’m going to be open here and talk about something that I’ve never talked about with my writing friends before. Most of y’all know about the novel I was writing called Behind the Blade, Without the Wings. But what you didn’t know is that I got the idea for that novel LAST YEAR, a…[Read more]

@joy-caroline

Well, to be honest, stories kinda come to me.  I can’t really force myself to come up with ideas, but I do enjoy finding prompts (on Reedsy: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/).  I also find great ideas when I’m reading;  for example, I was reading The Chosen by Taran Matharu and I thought about traveling between worl…[Read more]

@writerlexi1216

One thing that I suggest is a personality change/evolution in your cast of characters:  the villain might change for better or descend into a downward spiral.  The secondary characters might end up sacrificing themselves for their friends, or maybe they betray them.  The MC might end up getting what they’ve been trying to get th…[Read more]

@joy-caroline It’d take too long for me to recount 13 Ways so I’ll just give a quick glossary over some short stories… I guess most of my ideas stem from like images I see in my brain or something that I’m reading at the moment. For example, I was reading a manga and about halfway I thought, What if I did something like this too, except not…[Read more]

@writerlexi1216

Sorry, but I got nothing, to be honest I’m probably the type of person kingdom pen was created for.

The only reason I’m here is because @devastate-lasting tagged me, and I gotta stay on top of the whole ‘staying relevant’ thing y’know?

So yeah, I’m in the same boat as you. I shall watch the upcoming posts on this topic with…[Read more]

@writerlexi1216 As a fellow pantser, I am probably not qualified to answer this question. Most of the time I can kind of guess where the climax is by seeing where the falling action starts. But personally I feel like my climaxes are a bit on the bland side.

I think that what I can tell you is go for it, and edit later. After you write it you can…[Read more]