Rylie Goodwin

Hi there! I’m Ariel (or Archer), and I also hang out around Story Embers!

I’ll add a couple of questions to Kathleen’s:

1. What’s your favorite element of your fantasy world?

2. What’s the defining feature of your Cinderella retelling, as opposed to other retellings (if you can share without spoilers)?

Welcome to KP!

@kathleenramm I pretty much just practiced writing for a while, then I took a couple of courses on style and things, and then I just wrote a ton until sometime last year when I felt like my style is more like what it is now. And it’s still developing, though right now I’m finally finding it satisfactory.

@scripter-of-kingdoms

Ugh, I could go on forever with characters too, haha.

Out of all the character you’ve created, do you have one you know the best?

@devastate-lasting

Yo, I’m not even surprised that people always compliment you on your pros. It’s one of a kind.

Was pros something that came naturally to you or did you have to work on…[Read more]

@melancholic-writer

Hi! Welcome to the Kingdom of Pen! It’s awesome to have you here!

Just a few questions to get to know each other better:

1. What’s the premise of your fantasy novel?

2. When and why did you start writing?

3. Would you rather be able to breath underwater or fly?

Great to meet your acquaintance! Catch you…[Read more]

@ribbonash

I’m glad the conversation was a blessing!

Thank you! I really appreciate that. ^-^

Exactly.

I think I would agree with that. It can definitely be helpful to consider age when deciding what to include or not, what tone to go with or avoid, etc. as you’re thinking through a new idea.

I can see younger teens avoiding the YA section.…[Read more]

@joy-caroline

Awesome! I’m glad it was helpful. 🙂

@joy-caroline

I think that can still work as YA. Based on my personal experience, though, you might have an easier time getting older teens to read about characters in a variety of ages than getting younger teens to read it. When I was a younger teen, I was much more into reading about teenagers, and it was only as I got older and more mature…[Read more]

@anatra23 Haha very true XD I’ve had it stuck in my head a few times as well.

@imwritehere1920 She really does!! I’m super happy for her. I’m not exactly sure to be honest, I’ll have to ask her! Thank you for your support <3

@kathleenramm My biggest weakness is probably editing. Editing is the thing I’ve spent least time on. It always makes me feel like I’ve never edited enough lol.

Biggest strength? At this point, probably my prose. That’s the only thing I get consistently complimented on.

@ribbonash

It sounds like you have a good understanding of where lines need to be drawn in your own fiction! That’s an important understanding to have, and I’m glad you’re holding to that. 🙂

I was actually thinking about Calligraphy Guild (among other things) for parts of this conversation. XD The primary main character and her love interest…[Read more]

@ribbonash

No, I actually completely agree with you on content levels. That’s something I’m quite passionate about; explicit adult content (of any level of description; I do think such topics can be alluded to for edifying ends) should not be put in the YA section. It’s a stumbling block and it’s inappropriate. But I don’t think that more mature…[Read more]

I’m going to disagree with this point, actually. I think that 1) if your characters carry through a series that begins with them at a certain age, your readers will follow them through that and may even go through that growth with the characters. Take Harry Potter, for example. I’m not a fan of HP, personally, but plenty of kids “grew up with”…[Read more]

@joy-caroline

I really just second what everyone else is saying!! For me, it depends a lot on what genre it is and how the story ends. So for a fantasy novel, I’m gonna really highly consider a series since it’s common for the genre, but for my contemporary romance novel I’m writing, I’ve been going back and forth over if I want to do one or not.…[Read more]

@gracie-j Ooh okayy, that’s probably for the best then XD I need to get my permit renewed on Friday because it expired :))) After that I need to get 5 hours of in town driving experience and I should be able to get my license!

Absolutely!! Good luck with your college classes!!

@devastate-lasting Better late than never!! It really is, I’m super happy for her!!!

@joy-caroline Personally, if I think the first characters/plot could interact in any way during the next book (Supposing the second book has different characters) then I’ll try and weave a good way to bring back my last charries and create some kind of a bond or friendship there, thus making it a series. However, if it all occurs in the same…[Read more]

@joy-caroline You’re welcome!! Glad I could help! 🙂

@joy-caroline I guess it would be if you feel like more needs to be told about the character or the world. Or maybe if the overall story plot needs more room than one book.

I’ll give some examples. For my spy novel, The Black Cat, I feel like one book is not enough to explore my MC. It needs more than one novel to show Delano growing as a…[Read more]