The Ducktator

@mineralizedwritings (Hi! How are you? Haven’t seen you in forever!) @theducktator @savannah_grace2009 @grcr @whalekeeper @esther-c @koshka @elishavet-pidyon @ellette-giselle @loopylin @highscribeofaetherium @theshadow @liberty @freed_and_redeemed @kyronthearcanin @trailblazer @acancello @anyone-else-i-forgot

Hear ye, hear ye! God willing, t…[Read more]

Yussss, it’s working againnnn

Wyoh was being mean to me. : (

@theducktator

How many siblings do you have? I have five, and this is quite accurate. XD

I only have three, but I’ve been around big families and have been in houses with lots of children running around. XD I’m glad I’ve succeeded 😂

Ours is named Fluffy the Beast. XD

No way, that’s…[Read more]

Bruh…

Ok we’re gonna try this again.

@theducktator @savannah_grace2009 @keilah-h @theshadow @grcr @smiley

Chapter 4

“I haven’t seen Antonio all day… He must not be a sophomore.” Hallie stood on her tiptoes, peering over the heads of the students who roamed the cafeteria.

“You trippin’? I thought you didn’t care that much.” Jennifer pl…[Read more]

@hybridlore @esther-c @theducktator

Thanks y’all!!

@whalekeeper @loopylin

Praying 🙏

@theducktator Yay! Im glad you’re feeling better. A lot of my friends and family have been sick lately as well. I’ve been pretty lucky that I haven’t gotten anything yet. Tis the season, I guess.

Liko

“Cookies?” Liko raised his eyebrows. “Who doesn’t?”

He paused, trying to remember what he was forgetting. His thoughts had drifted off to…[Read more]

@savannah_grace2009

Awwww!!!

But in six months he’s moving to Florida for college…..😭😭

At least I have a little brother <333 I love him to DEATH…I literally love him so muchhhh

That is so funny that your MC is named Hallie because (I know I’ve told you this before but Imma say it again hahaha) my little sister’s name is Hallie!!! so it’s just…

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@ellette-giselle @theducktator

Okay, good. Thanks!

so, does this mean you’re gonna start posting chapters?! 😃

Not quite. Now that the core is taking shape, I’m getting ready to move into a more structured outline, and need to decide which of all the middle events I have planned will suit the story best. I also still need to figure out some of t…[Read more]

@whalekeeper @theducktator @ellette-giselle

Okay, I’m starting to make some refinements to my ideas, starting with some guiding principles. That involves pinpointing a one-sentence premise and pinpointing the theme of the story, as well as thinking about the arc I want Alan to go through. This is supposed to be a document that I can reference to…[Read more]

@theducktator

Ok! That will be something I’ll add to my notes. 👍

@grcr

Yay! Thank you!!

@savannah_grac2009

Girllll, you’re so sweet!!! 🤪🥰 Seriously, your reaction really means a lot. 😊

That was actually kinda my goal—I wanted this story to be someone’s comfort book, because I loosely based a few aspects of it off of my comfort books. (I’m no…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle @raxforge @esther-c @savannah_grace2009 @grcr @theshadow @keilah-h @koshka @freed_and_redeemed @trailblazer @whalekeeper @theducktator @elishavet-pidyon @power

Announcing the winners!!!!

First, like the previous judges, I will go over each story.

Shadow:

What a short, sweet story! You are sucked right into a conflict,…[Read more]

@whalekeeper @theducktator @ellette-giselle

My progress today. I wrote down on sticky notes everything I knew so far about the plot.

Pink notes are what I already had planned from Alan’s perspective when I started this. Green is Martha’s Perspective. The blue and yellow at the top are some alternative ideas I had for the beginning. All the…[Read more]

@keilah-h

Thank you!! 😊

@theducktator

Thanks!

Ummm… sort of??? I mean, I based it loosely off of my relationship with my older brother—we tend to get along for the most part and rarely, if ever, actually fight. Of course we do goof off, but half of what we goof off about would look so weird in a book. XDD

I know what you mean though, and I d…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

I doubt I’m any help right now.

No worries. I usually write without outlining as well. I’m just trying to speed up my writing and thought I would give outlining a try to see if it would help me out.

@theducktator

My “outlining” consists of writing random notes all over the margins of my paper as I write and forgetting about them.…

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@whalekeeper @theducktator @ellette-giselle

Just an update for you all so you know I’m still working on this.

I’m currently trying to explore further for my outline and have switched to paper. Right now I’m trying to get everything I know about the story onto paper. I’ve started and stopped this a few times now, but feel I have fallen into a…[Read more]

@savannah_grace2009 @theducktator @grcr @smiley @keilah-h @theshadow

Chapter 1

“Why is it so hot?” Hallie Woodbury tucked a loose strand of ginger hair behind her ear.

“I only have two words that can answer that question: New. Mexico.” Easton straightened and tossed his light brown locks off his forehead with a quick shake of his head.…[Read more]

@theducktator oh that’s hilarious

@ellette-giselle all righty then!

@theducktator

I went through a space phase at that age too! It lasted several years, and I still think space is cool, but I’ve been studying a lot of science for school, and I’ve decided I can’t stand physics and chemistry. So, no astronomy career for me. XD

yesss same. I like physics but not chemistry. Well,…[Read more]

@highscribeofaetherium you can totally do that! just tag me again when you’re back to doing these.

@theducktator you can go first! I need to get better references for my characters anyway.

@ellette-giselle

Ok, thanks. I’ll try and finish it up this evening, otherwise I should have some time on Wednesday. I have a bit less free time than I anticipated.

@keilah-h @theducktator

I’m pretty busy atm and I also got some new art supplies I wanted to use on some drawings for myself, but you guys can give me descriptions. I can’t promise…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle @theducktator @linus-smallprint

Sorry guys, I’ve suddenly gotten really busy (got two essays I’ve got to write! Augh!) so it might be a bit before I can write down all my thoughts about Yumi.

And @ducktator I first read Mistborn when I was 14 (my dad listened to it and okay-ed it first) and I was fine with everything. I’d say it…[Read more]