MineralizedWritings

@mineralizedwritings

You should absolutely read it! And yes, EXACTLY. If there isn’t hope for afterward, it makes it feel like the whole plot just isn’t worth it. (Then again, I did enjoy Resistance by Jennifer A. Neilson, but even then, it was a story of a girl learning to hope, not the other way around, even though there were times when she…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

EXACTLY. He’s one of the best characters in the series, in my so very humble opinion.

@mineralizedwritings

It could, although it would be a rather dark book. It would be interesting, but I’m afraid I was always far more intrigued by the Western Wilds.

YES! XD Definitely one of his best character names. (Now I’m wondering, did he…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings OOOH!!! So I’ve loved reading since…like forever. I just took to it immediately lol!!

That being said…I started writing at like 8! (But I ALWAYS loved making up stories)

Books that have really inspired me though? Are just books that I love!!

For instance if I love a book series, or books and I’m reading it just….<…[Read more]

@koshka Puddleglum is the best character ever. He’s practically the source of all my half-hearted optimistic humor.

@mineralizedwritings The City of Ember is beautiful! It’s influenced a couple of my dream WIPs (confidential, of course).

A lot of books influence me. But my inspirations fall under two catagories: Fantasy and (what I call) W…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

Horse and His Boy, or the second half of The Last Battle.

Hmm, I never really thought about Charn much. I’m not totally sure about it’s allegorical significance either.

Now you have me thinking…

The Silver Chair was certainly one of our favorites, or rather Puddleglum was. (Upon being trapped underground: “Well, at least…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

Ohhhh…I have no idea how many books inspired mine. Honestly I think that each thing I read influences them in some way or another.

Some books which inspired me to write at all were, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Green Ember series, The Little Princess, Young Underground, The Mistmantle Chronicles, and our reading books for…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

Oh! I honestly can’t tell how many books inspired my writings, (you know how it is.) But there are definitely some key ones.

In all honesty, it was reading the Green Ember series that first made me seriously consider writing more than just a short story or two for school. That shows a lot in the story I started then. There…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

I like your story idea!
Some things I’m curious about:

Is there anything wrong with the culture apart from the separation of East and West? Most dystopian books take an ideology and follow it almost like a slippery slope all the way to its worst outcome. So what is the issue so deeply ingrained in your society that L…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings thank you! November does end up being okay 😊 (we’ll be gets some scarring and such but yea 😂)

also I gotta try and write over 1,000 words sometime today cuz I have a goal to reach 20K in my WIP this week. (I’m at over 14K right now.) so….hopefully I’ll be able to share some scenes today lol

@mineralizedwritings

Lol thanks for some reasons I felt like I has too get it right the first time

Honestly, it always feels that way, but it’s genuinely not true. If your first draft ISN’T terrible you have more of a problem XD Plus, terrible is kinda a vague word. It’s like with drawing! You don’t look at your first sketch and say ‘oh my…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

Oh and a great resource that may help you is ShaelinWrites on Youtube! She’s very knowledgeable and her advice is both simple enough to make sense to a beginner and complex enough that you can keep learning things from it!

@mineralizedwritings

Okay, so first thing. Almost every single one of the problems you’re experiencing are a side effect of having a project that’s bigger than your current skillset, and that’s a GOOD thing! It means you’re going to grow a ton through figuring it out!

I experienced these exact issues the first time I drafted a story, and…[Read more]

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I used to love this book series “The city of ember”, but only the first book of the series really feels, alive. That being said, it really inspired me. I think that was less the author plateauing, and more of maybe… wanting to make more money and feeling obligated to tack on an ending and more plot… instead of leaving on open…

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Ack, did I really not reply to this?? *Facepalm* XD

@rose-everdeen Yes, the process of an art is always fascinating 😉 Wow, you’ve definitely thought through it! I never would have guessed it was your first time, from the way you described it. Sounds organized. Is it a long project?

(AND YES, PLACEHOLDERS DO MAKE SENSE XD I actually have…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings Thank you! I’ve been using watercolors since I was 12, so about 3 years. However, I only started consistently using them last year. And I do the same thing! I ADORE graphic novels and I’ve always wanted to write/illustrate my own series. I have many artists to thank for my style, because I really just mimic elements of more…[Read more]

@power @freedomwriter76 @mineralizedwritings Math. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it. But I DID choose doing math rather than listen to the hurricane that is currently slamming my house, so…..

….I mean, I was doing review of percents today and I don’t mind percents all that much……

@mineralizedwritings You too. 😀

@starshiness

Thank you! I’m thrilled that you like it.

We definitely agree on his expression. My sweet, thinking laddie…

(Thank you again! I’m not really a great artist either, but I try. 😉 This is what I’m good at drawing, but horses? Oh no. XD I’d enjoy your comments anytime. And so glad you like his cloak! I like drawing clothing like…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings  Nice to meet you. 🙂

1. The human doesn’t really play much of a roll, and you only see the outside of the human in one book. Also, the white blood cells just refer to their human as The Human (whose identity is unknown, aside from being female)

2. I make my comics by hand (which takes a LONG time), but then I scan them…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

Unfortunately the internet ate my post and your reply before I could pet your dragon. 🙁

*pets dragon*

Ugh I hate it when that happens!

my story would be sunset colors! Or if moonlight was a color, I’d pick that lol. what color is yours?

Ooohh that’s so pretty! I can totally see that! Hmm, GB is gold and red and a little a…[Read more]