Rachel

Welcome @not-so-secret-secret-assassin !

My four younger siblings all do Taekwondo! And my youngest brother is a black belt as well! Cool!

What video games do you like to play?

Glad to have you here!

– Reagan

Hi Samuel! It’s great to have you here!

Congrats on already having a novella finished! And Fantasy and Sci-fi are right up my alley! My first novel, and the one I’m currently rewriting, is actually called “Frozen Fire”, which sounds pretty similar to “Fire and Ice”. haha!

And hey, another music composer! I do as well! Do you have any recorded…[Read more]

Pretty sure it was before Vessels came out, so I don’t know what album that would have been.

I write all of the music for my songs. I just use virtual instruments for the most part, and yeah, other software to arrange and mix. Here’s a short clip of what it looks like. 

And nothing to be nervous about! Everyone starts somewhere! 🙂

Are you…[Read more]

1. I actually didn’t know about his old stuff. I just remember my sister showing a video of him performing “Trees” live at a small local place in Columbus Ohio and talking about how cool it was she went to school with him. That was before they went big. The school was Worthington Christian. She didn’t actually know him personal, just knew who he…[Read more]

Welcome!

1. I love TwentyOne Pilots! My sister actually went to school with Tyler Joseph, and I started a band with a guy who used to play with him.

2. Rak Chazak!

3. That’s so cool you’re a songwriter! So am I! I actually have a Synth-pop band called Andromeda Coast. Do you write any music as well?

Glad to have you back!

*Prances about stupidly* Not sure if being a Wise Jester is much better than a Bumbling Henchman. At least I’m wise?

Hey, @valtmy

We just shot a video that should hopefully answer your question. Let us know if this helps!

How To Write Effective Descriptions Without Giving Too Much Or Too Little

When should your story end? How actually finish your story and not prolong it with more ideas.

Thanks @supermonkey42 ! Hope this helps!

Just finished another video!

How to Write For Longer Than 5 Minutes At A Time, and Finally Knockout That Manuscript

Thanks, @skredder !

Hope this helps!

Glad it helps!

And yeah, obviously, you don’t want to spoil your story before you publish it. You don’t want to give everything away. Just give little teasers, and of course, talk about your process of creating your novel, because that doesn’t give anything away, but increases interest.

One thing you might want to do is look at what other…[Read more]

@daeus @dekreel Or am I? *waves hands around like a really old-school hollywood movie ghost* Still think this is cool idea, btw.

Here’s our video, @dragon-snapper !

Hope it helps!

5 Reasons You Should Be Talking Up A Storm About Your Novel Before You Even Publish It

Great question, @dragon-snapper

We’ll shoot a video on this, but I can give a quick answer here.

In short, definitely!

First of all, why is your timetable so long? Why not publish this year?

Second, I think it’s a great idea to talk about your novel. In fact, the more the better!

Did Disney keep it a secret when they were planning The Force…[Read more]

…And we just finished the first video that is a result of this topic!

Check it out!

How To Find The Motivation To Finally Finish Your Story

Let me know if this helps! 🙂

This is awesome! Thanks guys!

And keep them coming! Don’t hold back! 😁

@Dekreel I know! Sorry! Life has been crazy. But I’m back now!

Also, did you see the recent video Haley and I did to your question on self-doubt? Was that helpful?

Hi, @dekreel

We can definitely relate!

Haley and I shot a video that hopefully should provide some encouragement, and help you finally kick that comparitis and self-doubt to the curb!

How to stop doubting your ability to write, and finally stop comparing yourself to other writers.

Most YA novels are around 100k.

Playing the Numbers: Basic Word Counts