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@kathleenramm

I love that!!  Thanks so much!!  I especially like #9.  I can put scenes in every category that you and @erinrramm mentioned, so we’ll just see if I can put it into word form!!! 😃

@godlyfantasy12

I feel you–I’m a huge perfectionist!!!

Great idea!

@abigail-m

Thanks!!  That looks awesome, thanks!!!

Ikr?  A great example of a really good first chapter is from the Hunger Games.  I don’t know how she does it!!! 😃

@godlyfantasy12

Those look great!!  (ur nails are so cute btw 😉)

@godlyfantasy12

yass girl!!!!  Keep it up!!  (Next time can you buy me a caramel frappé and ship it to me? 😋 jk)

@abigail-m

that’s a great idea!!!!!  I think I’ll try that.

@golden-knight

Heyo!!!  How’s it going?

I’m Ella, btw, and a couple of things about me:

-I like tea better than coffee

-I LOVE basketball

-I adore music (shoutout to @joy-caroline )

-I use emojis and exclamation marks a LOT 😉

What are some interesting things about yourself?  Do you play sports?  Do you like coffee or tea better?  (I bel…[Read more]

@issawriter7

LOL!! 😆

That’s the hardest thing for me, because I don’t know how quickly to start it.  Some people write the inciting incident in their first chapter and some write it in the third, lol!!  (I personally agree with you on that)

Thank you SO much!!!!!

@epicaddie2

I totally will, thanks!!!

@scoutfinch180

Hmmm…  Yeah, I definitely see myself getting VERY distracted, but I think it’s something I need to work on… 😃  I definitely agree with you there!!

@godlyfantasy12

Will do!!

@gracie-j

Thanks SO much!!  I’ll definitely try it out. 😃 We’ll see how it goes… 😉

(btw, I just noticed–one more post and you’re at 700, lol 😄)

@william-starkey

Oh yeah.  So true.  I have a feeling I don’t do that well enough…

Wow, yeah , this is great stuff!!!  Thank you SO much!!  I’ll definitely have to keep this in mind!!!

Thank you SO MUCH everyone!!!  SUPER helpful!!!!

@joy-caroline

That’s GREAT advice!!!!  I especially love what you said about if the reader needs to know it or not at that moment.  Thank you SO much!!

@devastate-lasting

I know you’ve written a bunch of great chapters!!!! 😃

@epicaddie2

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!  That’s SUPER helpful!!!!  I agree, first lines tend to hook readers.  I do spend a lot of time on that, but I don’t want to overdue it.  (I have read some books where it seems like the author spent two years writing the first line, lol!! &#x…[Read more]

Nooo, I missed ONE.

Retagging @seekjustice

@godlyfantasy12

I am!!!  Are you working on that story w/ Arabella and November?  (sry forgot the title 😬)   How far are you into it?

I have a question:  do you find it easier to work on one WIP or two or more?  like, when you get tired of one, you can switch to another one temporarily.  or do you make yourself stick with one?  i’ve been trying…[Read more]

I also use Scrivener, which I love!!  So helpful.  I’ll attach a screenshot below to show y’all how it works.

You have parts, chapters, and scenes (as @godlyfantasy12 mentioned) that you can create.  There are also character and setting sketches.  It’s basically to help keep you organized while you’re writing.  (You can also change the color sche…[Read more]

@issawriter7

Agreed. 😉

@devastate-lasting

I’m serious!!!  It was very realistic in that going back in time isn’t always going to work out the way you want it to, because TIME IS A FICKLE THING!!!! 😋  I especially loved how you intertwined all the backstories so beautifully.  The last scene just made my mind go dead for a second, lol!!!  Gre…[Read more]