Kaya Young

Hellooo!  I’m writing in the middle of the day again, instead of in the middle of the night!

Anyone around?

@dekreel @jenwriter17 @kaya-young

@daughteroftheking  *bows*

@kaya-young  Thanks!  I just copy and paste pictures into PowerPoint so that I can have all of the collages in one place.  I usually just find pictures on Pinterest and sometimes just Google.  🙂

@jenwriter17  Thanks for tagging me!!!  🙂 🙂 Here’s the best I got:

A Narwhal Fight

There once was a Narwhal called Lou,

who was proud as a dolphin, it’s true.

He owned a small ball

that would bounce up and fall

back into the ocean so blue.

There was also a young Narwhal that,

liked playing where Lou often sat.

This Narwhal was I…[Read more]

@kaya-young

What I really like is splitting up the dialogue into sections instead of in chunks.

Eg, “I’m so excited about the party tomorrow night, I just can’t wait,” she squealed.

Becomes

“I’m so excited about the party tomorrow night,” she squealed picking out a dress, “I just can’t wait!”

I hope that helps 😀

@kaya-young Sorry I didn’t get back when I planned.  I got tied up. But I hope you’ll be a frequenter of this topic from now on!

That does sound interesting.  One of the things I like best about sci-fi is when it’s well thought out and researched.  In one of the Tom Swift Jr. books Tom makes a zero gravity machine by making a huge box with di…[Read more]

@seekjustice  CONFETTI CANNON!

@rochellaine  @kaya-young  @jenwriter17  @anyone

I’m editing!

@seekjustice Congratulations! 😀 😀

Thanks, and hope to see you again by Monday! (that means Tuesday, in Australia, though.) 🙂

@kaya-young Cool!  Glad you finally joined us here.  It’s a lot of fun.  I’ll be dropping out for about half an hour and then I’ll be back.  If you’re still here later I’ll see you.  What are you working on?

@kaya-young  *blinks away tears*  That’s such a beautiful song! Wow… It’s amazing. Thanks for sharing it! 😉

@kaya-young ooh you’re right! Maybe that’s a sign that I’m too obsessed with KP forums 😛

(And this is my 800th post).

@kaya-young You’ve never been on the Writers’ Corner before???

Or did I read that wrong? 🙂  I have been known to do that…

@kaya-young That’s exactly how it works. 😀  I wasn’t here when you posted, and I’m sure you left long ago, but I’m here now.

You can either just announce that you’re writing and hope someone is around to see it and join you, or you can get to know who is around at what time, or check the list of who is active on the forum and tag people to ask…[Read more]

@kaya-young I didn’t really see anything you did badly in the passages you have there, but I do like what @daeus said about defining your characters.

Each character should have a slightly different voice.  So, whereas one person says “I don’t know,” maybe the second person doesn’t like contractions, and says “I do not know.”  (I have a sister w…[Read more]

@kaya-young  The first part would flow much better if you separated the topics like this:

“You did a really good job with your prayer!”
“Thanks.”
Who wrote it again?”
“It was Teresa of Avalanna.”

And obviously you can put the non-dialogue parts where you find the most fitting.

At the end of the second part, maybe occasionally tell what the ch…[Read more]

@kaya-young I’m by no means an expert on dialogue, buy yeah it looked good to me 🙂

@kaya-young I thought this was good; I actually really liked the second bit 🙂

@kaya-young wow, really? thank you! <3 <3 <3

@kaya-young A piece from your writing would be helpful. Also, I’ve found that when character’s aren’t coming across well, it’s because I don’t have a consistent mental image of them. The different mental images make them act like ten people mixed into one which ends up as chaos.

@kaya-young
It’s difficult to give advice without knowing what in particular you are struggling with.. But here’s a couple thoughts.

Firstly- Make sure all your dialogue serves a purpose! Everything your characters say is communicating something to the reader. Like, giving a deeper understanding of the characters! 🙂 If they are just talking for…[Read more]

@kaya-young @dekreel @notawriter @skredder *squeals into pillow* This is pretty exciting!

*draws sword and points ahead* Tomorrow we read Ruth chapter 1, fellow readers!

@kaya-young Dekreel has good advice (and yes we’d love to see some of your dialogue! i love snippets…). I think my advice would be to observe how people talk. Observation is a great thing for writers. Just write the dialogue how people talk. Also, it might be helpful (yet I know how much some writers hate doing this) to take a piece of the…[Read more]