Molly

@faith-q Thanks for tagging me and so sorry I missed your sprint! I’m glad you finished your chapter!

@godlyfantasy12

Ugh, I totally feel this struggle. It does get more difficult to handle characters transitioning to a new world when there is more than one of them, as well. It isn’t impossible, it just gets more challenging.

It sounds like the characters are waking up to a day where there may not be much else to do aside from introduce them t…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12 Wow! I loved this poem, you did such a great job with it. I was also surprised to hear that you don’t write poetry–this is really good!

Now, this is coming from an amateur in poetry, so disregard my comments if they don’t apply:

I noticed that there is no exclamation point in the second “Evil queen! Evil queen!” section here (I…[Read more]

@faith-q That sounds like an interesting character! JC and Issabelle have already said most of what I was going to say, so here are a couple little tips I have for you (and @gracie-j too!):

I suggest you take a look at the stories you mentioned and watch/read them with a notebook on hand, writing down what stands out to you the most about the…[Read more]

@typewriter77

Greetings, uh… I used to be the only guy on the forum so… uh thank you? I guess?

Correct me if I’m wrong.

art thou a dude?

@abigail-m

Such a sweet story! It’s kinda cool how something that can be such a hassle for one person can be a dream come true for another.

@relia

He sounds like such a cool character!

Although it doesn’t happened all the time, I love it when I see or meet someone who seems straight out of a fictional world. Everything about them is so…[Read more]

@nanisnook

Of course, and thank you so much for letting me read your story! I had a lot of fun and I think your chapters are off to a great start! 🙂

@joy-caroline

Hi JC! I have also always thought I would go the traditional route, but I’ve recently decided that self publishing is for me. This has been a long road to this decision (over ten years now!) and I’ll explain why I think self publishing is the way to go:

I thought that traditional publishing would help market my books for me. Sur…[Read more]

A few other notes because I apparently can’t keep them all in one post

It has occurred to me that no war was mentioned, and that I assumed there was a war because Ember’s brother was in the army and Ember’s family kept a bunch of weapons around. So, disregard my comments if there is no war…

Also, your sword fighting scene was great! I was act…[Read more]

Hi @nanisnook! I finished reading your chapters and wrote up some of my thoughts:

I really liked your chapters. Ember is a likable main character and her brother is also likable! I did feel a bit like the chapters went by pretty quickly with a lot of action (which was nicely done, by the way!) but not quite as many internal moments to pause and…[Read more]

@typewriter77 Yay! Another Redwall fan! I’d also love to get my hands on their recipes…

@typewriter77

It kind of depends on your characters, I think. A couple of the themes I’d be interested to see in a detective short story would be loving enemies, and trust. I feel like there are some unique ways those themes could be explored in a short story.

@relia I agree with Jenna and Lexi, you should probably edit the first book before you move on to the second one so that you have a solid foundation with the first book. Besides, sharing the first one with your family would be so fun and might even give you some useful feedback to incorporate or just keep in mind before you move on to the second book!

@devastate-lasting

Oh, wow. What kind of car was that? If you do end up writing this into a story I bet you could make up some really cool explanation, like… alien car, fairy car, super-high-tech-rich-guy’s car, I don’t know. XD

But I can imagine it being a really fun scene.

@lewilliams

Haha! It would would be really fun to write about a…[Read more]

@nanisnook

Hey there! I’d love to read your first three chapters! It’s super brave of you to put your writing out there.

If you don’t mind my asking, is there anything specific that you’re looking for feedback on? Or are you trying to get a general impression of reader interest?

Anyway, I’m super excited to read your chapters!

@lewilliams

Ah, I totally understand about college reading lists. And I would recommend The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander but you’ve already read that series…

If you like historical fiction (and are okay with a legal thriller) I would suggest The Trials of Kit Shannon by James Scott Bell! It’s a series about a girl in 1903 who is trying to…[Read more]