OrangeArmadillo

Okay, this one’s short, and there’s some info-dumping. But ya know, that’s what FiRsT DrAfTs ArE FoR. (I feel like I’m validating myself XD)

This is also probably the last chapter I’m posting on here, for reasons such as plot-changing, editing, and just because the story really begins on the next chapter 🙂

~ 5 ~

The boy woke up not to a sight,…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12

hehe

sorry I haven’t updated, I’m saving this WIP for NaNoWriMo

@elishavet-pidyon I love your style so much 😍😃 Could you tell me your story’s premise? (… And maybe some more snippets?) I’m genuinely intrigued.

I agree with @e-m-trepke that it’s important for your MCs to have clear motivations. There’s this other Youtube writer called Abbie Emmons. I highly recommend binge-watching her videos. They’re super fun to watch! She emphasizes character development and teaches you how to apply it to every plot device on the planet. I’ve never looked at plot the…[Read more]

@folith-feolin

It’s nice to hear that there’s someone else who doesn’t enjoy that series. I’ve only read the first book (starting the second) and there are all sorts of problems. The main character’s specialness, some info-dumping and a few questionable situations – like going off with this boy she didn’t know, keeping stuff from her parents for…[Read more]

@folith-feolin That’s a bucket-load of books 🙂 How far are you into writing them?

@folith-feolin That is definitely a valid point, especially with the example you gave. Many deaths don’t have the force they should have because readers have developed an immunity to the “emotion-pulling” technique. A few new formulas are in order.

Also, this is a random rabbit trail, but what is your opinion of Keeper of the Lost Cities?

@rose-everdeen

I’ve never been plateaued before either – I’m honestly still learning everything I can at this point 🙂 – but the first thing that comes to mind is, start something new. It doesn’t need to be wildly different, like switching from fiction to non-fiction. Just a story that has a different voice or style of writing.

My writing has…[Read more]

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]

This one’s a bit more intense (in case some of y’all don’t like that sort of thing) and rather confusing… XD But it was fun to write.

~ 4 ~

“The puppets leered down… on the sparrow’s pinstriped pride… Sing it with me, Doug. Come on. Come on, come on, come on!”

A slow chuckle. Silence. Then –

“What a strange thing that cage has inside…[Read more]