Welcome to KP, Wren!!

I’m Esther, a homeschooled senior, lover of stories, and writer of contemporary YA. I’ve been a member for about 4 years now, but it’s been a hot second since I’ve really been active. I’m excited to see so many new people joining though!

Now some welcome questions!!

~ if you could spend a day with any three…[Read more]

GASP. QUESTIONS.

Well yes!

In writing, I think I struggle most with focusing on the small details on the story, and keepings things consistent throughout. I picture the story and the characters in my head, but then I write it down and always seem to miss the small details (though, I do think I add too much noodle fluff). I am also…

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I’m Esther, a homeschooled high school senior and lover of stories. I’ve been a member for 4 years but have sadly been quite inactive for the past year or so 😭 I’m trying to change that by starting with welcoming our new members!

Now I have some questions for you because why not…[Read more]

I’m Esther, a homeschooled high school senior and lover of stories. I’ve been a member for almost 4 years now, but the past year or so I haven’t been very active at all 😭 So we’re changing that by welcoming new friends!!

Okiii, some questions for you!

~ if you could visit anywhere in the world,…[Read more]

Ok so first of allllll, sorry for replying an entire month late 😭

Second, I think Jonas made some really great points! I totally agree with him.

I’d also add that there’s a reason cliches and tropes exist–and that’s because they work. Oftentimes they can be overdone and end up boring and predictable, but they can also be…[Read more]

Okay yay!! I think I’ll introduce them later today! <33

This is really good, Sara!! It’s not like super confusing with a ton of political stuff going on that doesn’t make sense, but it’s not so simple that it’s not realistic. I actually think it’s really realistic and something I could totally understand happening in our world (and I think it actually has before… War of 1812 anyone…[Read more]

Hey, how are things going?? 💕

Oh my goodness, Hannah 🫂 I’m so sorry, that’s so hard. I’ve experienced a similar situation, so I understand some of the thoughts and feelings rn. 🥺 Sending hugs and lots of prayers ❤️‍🩹💕

How are you all doing?? How’s life and writing going??
(tagging, but if I didn’t tag you it means I forgot, not that I don’t want to hear from you XD)

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Ahhh yessss, it looks so good!!!

Marky boiiii ☺️

My mom had her surgery today (so they removed the tumor and did a biopsy on her lymph nodes to make sure the cancer didn’t spread). Good news all around! The surgery went well and the test on the lymph node came back negative for cancer!! 🥳 Praise the Lord!!! 🙌🏻

Also praising because we have sooo many people supporting us rn. We had t…[Read more]

I’m really bad at responding to posts on here 🤦🏻‍♀️ But when I saw your message come in I was praying! <3  I’ll continue keeping her and your whole family in my prayers!

Now we must be ever diligent in choosing an escape route to a hidden city, just in case our beloved kingdom is raided again.

Thanks for checking in! <3 I was gonna post an update a couple days ago but forgot 😝

Ok so, she had an appointment/meeting with the doctors on Thursday, and there they decided that the next course of action is surgery. I don’t think this is removal of the tumor, it’s just to check her lymph nodes and make sure the can…[Read more]

Joining to finally lock in and get this overview book review for school finished 😭

She had her appointment end of December and we found out that she does have breast cancer. Except it’s stage one I believe. They caught it really really early. It’s not fast growing and pretty small, but we still don’t know a lot about the next steps. She and Dad will have a consolation with the doctor in less than two weeks…[Read more]

You’ve been in my prayers these past couple of weeks! 🫶🏻

(Side note… I’m also joining YWW next week and I’m so excited!! I can’t remember if any active Keepers are currently on Ydubs tho)

Glad you guys are healthy and safe from the winds! <3

And thanks for the prayers 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Guysss!! Ok so I was trying to combine some reference pictures of my MCs on Artbreeder to get them to look exactly how I wanted them do, but it just wasn’t turning out how I had envisioned. My brother told me ChatGPT is the best AI at image generating right now, so I decided to give it a go and Easton and Hallie turned out so goo…[Read more]

Ok, that’s so interesting!!

Well uh… Happy— *does quick research* Feast of Holy Innocents! 🤪 (If you’re following the titles and all that)

Praying! 🙏🏻 How are you all feeling now??

I’d say the fact that I don’t have to get published young, or that I have to publish the first book I ever wrote.

And it’s really only been recently that I finally let myself slow down and enjoy writing for the sake of writing instead trying to rush and get published before I graduate high school. It’s really neat and ama…[Read more]

Yes I saw that! I posted it on another forum topic, but I can’t remember which. XD

Wow, that’s crazy. But I like that as an idea to go off of. I probably won’t make it too drastic just bc I don’t want to take the story that direction, but that does spark some ideas.

Thank you!

@koshka

You can do this! It’s worth it. (plus, hey, we’re all in this thing too…writer’s are crazy)

Aww, thanks girl!!

I’ve…[Read more]

Yesss, I love writing little kids. 🥰😂

@savannah_grace2009

Awww, girl that makes me so happyyyy 😂❤️❤️

@theducktator

Aww, that sounds so fun!! Those kinds of elevators are literally the besttt 😎

Your advice is so so helpful!!

And it drew attention to a weaker part of my book—my FMC identifying the lie she’s been believing and accepting the truth. That turn-around moment is a part I’m still working on, so you pointing that out is awesome. I think right now she’s just been living this lie without experiencing any consequ…[Read more]

In the third draft of my novel, my FMC’s arc includes her making some bad decisions and going down a path she regrets. But in the midst of the aftermath of those decisions, she is actually kind of enjoy…[Read more]

Saw this a few days ago… Looks like some moderator profiles were active. The KP profile has posts from ten years ago 💀,  it the captain one has no posts at all.

So the idea you got is already pretty good! But if you need more inspo…

The War of 1812 was interesting, because the United States had just won her independence from Great Britain roughly 30 years ago, and then there they are fighting again. But France/Napoleon Bonaparte also played a role in this by pitting the two against e…[Read more]

Working on the third draft of WAtW currently, and I’m adding in a couple of scenes, including this one, inspired by Sara! 😁

It’s unedited and I’m still not sure where it’s going to fit exactly, so it might feel clunky…[Read more]

My family doesn’t even celebrate Christmas until Christmas Eve.

Is there a reason why you do that?

I’m just curious because I’m going through an advent devotional right now, and the author introduced me to some of the feasts and celebrations leading up to Christmas (like St. Nicholas and St. Lucia), even though my denomination doesn…[Read more]