[Koshka]

@ellette-giselle

Thought you might be interested. Here’s the playlist I randomly decided to compile for Leo’s story (CotR)

Instrumental – aesthetic music

From “Sounds of Power” Epic instrumental

• “Faith”
• “The Key”
• “Got Fight”
• “Courage”

From Emily Black’s “Cloak of the Light” sound track

• “The Fine Art of Sarcasm”
• “Chicago”
• “Betrayed”
• “Mystery Girl”
• “Headlights!”
• “Honor the Fallen”

From James Horner’s “Apollo” soundtrack

• “Launch Control”
• “Re-Entry and Splashdown”
• “Darkside of of the Moon”
• “Into the Lem”
• “Master Alarm”

Lyrics – character music

“Always on Time” by Elevation Worship

“On the Way Up” by Apollo LTD

“Always You” by Apollo LTD

“Living Proof” by Apollo LTD

“In the Night” by Andrew Peterson

“We Will Survive” by Andrew Peterson

“Miracles (Never Thought that I’d be One)” by Indiana Bible College

“My World Needs You” by Indiana Bible College

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@esther-c

GREAT point.

Why thank you. XD

 

Honestly, if you do want to write MG fiction (and I hope you do) I recommend doing some research into the psychology of 8-13 year olds. Not only will it help your writing, it will help you understand your readers, and your own memories. (On that note, try to remember what it was like to be a kid, not how you remember remebering what it was like. A lot of “kid’s” books I’ve read had childish adults in children’s bodies because the author forgot what childhood is like through a child’s eyes.)

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@rae

Ahh! Animal fantasy! I adore this stuff so much. Yes, one of my series is a bunch of wolves and foxes and possibly sea faring black footed sand cats all picking fights with one another. It’s great fun. XD

@raxforge

I definitely approve. We need more animal fantasy that isn’t down right weird. Squirrels are hilarious, and a secret kingdom of squirrels sending exiled tractors out into the known world absolutely needs written.

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@esther-c

*Literally comes out of nowhere*

MG!! My genre. Yes! We need more good MG fiction.

– What did/do you enjoy about your favorite MG novels?

Action, but not necessarily what you’d first think of. I wanted my heros to do something that mattered, even if it was sitting in a dark closet for hours, bravely taking hardship and fighting their own fears, because then I could do something that Mattered, even in a fictional world. I wanted heros I could look up to and admire, like Peter and Lucy and Sara Crew. I wanted characters I could identify with, that I could feel like I knew. And yes, I wanted them to be victorious in their great fight for good (which doesn’t mean fantasy. I adored The Trumpet of the Swan growing up, as well as Green Ember and Narnia).

I absolutely could not stand Elsie Dinsmore. Still can’t, actually. She makes me positivity furious.

– What do you think the MG category needs more of?

NobleBright fiction. Stories with loving families as well as lonely orphans. Stories where the darkness never really wins the war. True stories. Hopeful stories. Stories that glorify God’s love.

And of course, chocolate. How many characters do you know that get chocolate?

– What do you think it needs less of?

Um. Romance. I don’t mind adults falling in love and getting married in the background of a kid’s book. I don’t even really mind young teens liking each other, or decided that they will one day marry someone (Sarah and Janner, for instance). But really, kids today are under so much pressure to pair up, that they aren’t allowed to live their childhoods. MG covers the age where abstract thinking is developing, where kids are just starting to understand emotions and things they can’t see. Be careful. These kids will pick up on the emotions and turmoil of characters, even if they don’t understand what’s going on.

– If you have any plot or character ideas that you won’t use, I’d love to hear them!!

It’s not really a plot idea I’ve worked with in particular, but what if your MC is currently in this transition of Concrete to Abstract? You could show the confusion and stress that comes with this, how the world can be a very scary place (but that it’s okay, because we’re never really alone). Think of the characters you related to as a kid. What were their struggles?

However you want to approach this, it would add a depth to your MC that your young readers would relate with. 8-14 are some crazy years. Yes, you’re growing up, but more than that, your mind is changing. That’s terribly stressful.

 

 

Anyway, I hope some of that was helpful. Go forth and write good things!

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Some reads we never forget

Some books we never forgive

Haven’t seen the end of this yet

We’ll write as long as we live.

All eyes on the hidden door

To the lonely laptop borne

We’ll ride in through the scribbling storm

Till we write our long forgotten WIPs…

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@grcr

That’s really cool.

I know it would be a ton of work, but it’s beautiful. If you do get a comic book published, I’d buy it.

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@grcr

That looks so good! And like a ton of work. Wow.

So would the book open to the left? Is that a normal thing for comic books (*has no clue since current comic expirence  is nearly non-existent*)?

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@linus-smallprint

Oh good gravy, yes… that’s way too true. XD

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@hybridlore

Yay!!!!

*Poofs over to read*

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@ellette-giselle

Hmm. Some of that was confusing to me. XD

While I believe that differences between male and female should be preserved (skirt girl speaking), and that there is a Biblical flow of authority that shouldn’t be messed with, I also believe that women are called to be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers as much as men, even if that ministry might look different than another’s. And I know you weren’t saying that she isn’t called. Just, Leon saying that only some of what he was going to say applied to women felt strange to me. I believe that a woman submitted to God (and his authority in her life) bears His authority in the spirit realm. Maybe I’m confusing what you were meaning. Anyway……you didn’t ask for a ramble into doctrine.

Yes, this is war. I like Leon’s speech. I was getting excited at work reading it. XD

And the crossbow bolt. I’ve heard so many stories like that, but they still awe me.

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@ellette-giselle

True, but you couldn’t really make him 60, and you do have a lot of teens.

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@theducktator

I know, right? XD

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@keilah-h

My sister sent it to me. I’m not sure where she found it.

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@ellette-giselle

Why not bump Hans to twenty-one? So small a change shouldn’t mess up your plotting ect. but it looks like a new number. You do have a lot of ‘teens.

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@ellette-giselle

Yessss…but they’re kinda vague and uncertain. And I don’t want to give you ideas if I’m wrong.

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