Lydibug

@loopylin

Poor Ellie, especially, she shouldn’t have to touch wet noodles anymore. Gross. I wrote a poem about washing dirty dishes, once. It’s a little weird, but I’ll post it in a poem thread

Not expecting anyone to respond if they don’t want to. Just a character update.

The Twins

“I am never eating cafeteria food again.”

Ellie flicked a mushy, disintegrating noodle off her hand and into the drain with a shiver of disgust.

Eddie scrubbed away at a pot in the sink next to her, her face determined.

“Come on, just try not to think…[Read more]

@beth-torres

Felicity

“Should we go find him?”

@jonas ack sorry forgot about this

Winnifred 

The odd threesome walked together down the hall. Watson, ever the cautious one, remained silent. Win was lost in her own thoughts. She was thinking about how her dream was turning out to be very interesting, and how she really should write it down in a journal when she woke up. Eventually, her mind…[Read more]

For all you ladies on here, there’s an online camp that runs every few months, set up sort of like our little kingdom here to help encourage writers and help them reach a goal. Before camp you’ll set a goal for yourself (writing ## chapters/scenes/blog posts/words/etc.) and try to reach it in that month. You’re a part of a tent of about 10 or so…[Read more]

Yayayayayayyyy!

I’ll definitely be posting on here this weekend!!

@ellette-giselle

Oooh, I like it!! I could definitely feel and experience what Jonathan was feeling and going through.

The only suggestion I would have would be to eliminate some of the passive voice (“The floor was sinking…” “…his brother was on his hands and knees…”). It will tighten up the prose and draw the reader in more.

But that’…[Read more]

@the_lost-journal

Thanks for reaching out, Kefa!! I’d love to chat some more!! 🤗

Hmm… my WIP…

Well, I have a few, but a couple of those have been put on the back burner for now. They were mostly ones written while I was trying to figure out my genre. Which, I’ve decided, is probably gonna be contemporary young adult fiction and histori…[Read more]

@keilah-h

Yeah, I mean, it’s really no big deal to me because they’re spelled slightly different (Halle and Hallie), and how they look and act is completely different so they’re very different people in my head. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@the_lost-journal

Ah, she is vengeful and sad. You could give her a little peace at the end; maybe she finds out what truly happened to her husband.

Pov you just notice that you created a new character with a name that nobody you know irl has but literally meet someone with that name a few months later

😑😑

*Okay, now I am closing this topic of further plank submissions*

*That was the last one, guys*

*Creaks open the door to this topic* *Blows away the dust*

I have a potential idea for a character, someone who falls into a gray antagonistic role. But all that to say, three things need to come across in his character:

1. He needs to be a real threat.

2. He also needs to be likable and fun to watch, preferably one of the most fun.

3. It…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

Great!! It took maybe fifteen minutes so I should clean it up a little. My pencil battery died and I used my finger for all the shade blocking 😂

@the_lost-journal

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…You are heartless.

@raxforge

In fights, it might help to give some hints at Rax’s weaknesses? I think of a fight like a dialogue, and the characters take turns knocking stamina off each other until something tips the scales.

@ellette-giselle

Oh I don’t think Marcel is invincible. He was actually quiet fun to RP with because he isn’t.

Phew, okay good! The idea when attacking Marcel is to tire him physically/emotionally. After a certain point his reflexes stop working and he just swings blindly at stuff XD

 She seems quite stiff and….. maybe harsh, in a weird kind o…

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@ellette-giselle

Barnes isn’t overpowered… She literally doesn’t have any powers and she gets hurt all the time in fights.

Apparently Marcel is tired of fighting and would rather go to the school prom?

He’s not tired of fighting, he was just badly hurt and needs a minute. I must admit I wasn’t expecting him to be healed right away, that was…[Read more]

@rae

It’s good! It gives a very clear picture of what’s happening, and how guilty Nahim is, while also confirming that the author knows it isn’t Nahim’s fault. Gives a clear picture of how his mindset needs to change.

Also Barnes doesn’t have to be there all the time, and she can’t be in two places at once so she won’t eliminate all the fighting opportunities in the story. I just felt like there could be some adult character to balance out all the chaos whenever we need her.