Queen_of_Alvastia

I feel you sis

ever responded to your own message in a zoom class?🥲

@theloonyone WOO PINK FLOYD 🕺🪩 My dad says Another Brick in the Wall is the ultimate homeschool anthem XD  You have MAGNIFICENT taste in music, if I do say so myself. Just curious, do you listen to any grunge? I’ve always been a huge Nirvana fan and I just discovered Bush &#…[Read more]

This has brought to my attention that I don’t even have plot twists 😭😟

THIS is what goes for a plot twist in my stories: Bronwen and Muri (and Marea) have feelings *audience gasps*

Pretty sad lol

@theloopyone HELLO!!! I’ve heard so much about you (all good, no worries) I’m glad ya joined =D

I’m Ava, professional procrastinator and ward of LoopyLin. I like writing a whole slew of genres, but I’m currently most interested in westerns and survival stories.
(OOH @LoopyLin Fantasy x Western, cowboys and dragons EEE)
I got here late so I’ve…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

Oh definitely, and it shows. I have one story that has almost the EXACT same plot as The Hatchet by complete coincidence. I read the book about 6 months after I figured out the plot of my own story and I was just like dangit.. got there a few years late lol

My writing style itself is heavily influenced by a few of my f…[Read more]

@e-m-trepke

Well… that’s the thing… I don’t really read sci-fi, I just make my own sci-fi.

When I was younger I enjoyed Squish graphic novels.

There was one space-themed sci-fi I read and I liked it at first, but then things spiraled downwards and I lost interest.

Most sci-fi’s are space themed and yeah space is cool, but I’m more of a…[Read more]

@not-so-secret-secret-assassin

I’ve never read (or even heard of) The Wingfeather Saga, but what you’re telling me it doesn’t sound that good, but if someone likes it, then they like it.

@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]

Hey guys, this is just me rambling about Bronwen’s Western AU 🙂 Tbh I like it more than her normal story. Sidenote, this would be set in western Montana in the late 1800s. And it does have a happy ending and redemption arcs for Bronwen and company, buut I haven’t written it yet lol

Bronwen 
Appearance – Long, bushy dark hair, sharp green eyes, 5…

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@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]

@folith-feolin

Thanks for replying!

If you’re plateauing then just keep rolling with it you’ll most likely iron out repetitions in editing most likely. I think that in most cases authors just find something that works and therefore fall into the trap? of unconsciously (or maybe consciously) creating and following a formula for creating wor…

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@whalekeeper

So in conclusion, writing something with a totally different voice and focus might get you back into the learning phase again.

That’s a pretty brilliant suggestion! It made me realize I might be experiencing this now because I’ve been writing from one POV for months XD I recently had just an inbetween chapter with a different POV and…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

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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@anatra23

AAAHHHFGGG I’m really sorry I haven’t responded in so long, this reply was sitting open and written in a tab on my laptop for a week and a half, I’m just now hitting send.

Lollll that’s such a mood, I’ve done that too, so often XD

Thank you, this is very true. I didn’t really realize this, but it was pointed out to me that all the mai…

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