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@beth-torres

A list of suggestions, because lists seem to help me. :]

1. SLEEP.

2. Think hard to see if there are any emotional problems holding you back. Maybe you’re comparing your work to other people too much. Maybe you struggle to connect with your first draft because it doesn’t have the same punch you expected it to have.

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Some things never change

@keilah-h

Or I’ll take something important to the character from them. (Like Toothless’s tail fin.)

You just triggered my repressed obsession for HTTYD and I’m not complaining. The Vikings are many things, but they are not ableist, and it’s so well done. 😂

@keilah-h

Yeah. I have an even split of disabilities caused during the stories and before. So many of them have to do with mobility. And then I realized, ‘oh duh, I’m just writing what I know.’ XD

@theducktator

Or combine option A and option B so some characters die, some are permanently wounded, but they did it for a good trade, and so ultimately accept it as a win-win. I love inflicted-and-permanent disability, it’s such a useful trope. (Plus it adds some much-needed disability rep.)

@elishavet-pidyon

Ah, good. I was also mildly bamboozled for a minute. XD

@theducktator

It is a very big book! And I don’t think we made anything too crazy in chemistry, but there were mild chemical reactions, and I dissected a pregnant shark. Maybe that’s irregular, though. Was that in Challenge 2…? 🤔

Hehehehe the teacher will never know… &#x1f60…

@hybridlore

Yeah, it was a little weird jumping in mid-year, but I’m glad I did.

Good! It can be rough jumping from one thing to another.

That seems like a given, but I don’t think I’ve ever went through an entire history of America in order—more like isolated events and time periods.

Yeah, same, up until that point. And for me, we focused more on…[Read more]

@hybridlore

I’ve only done this year and the last half of Challenge 2

I have a classmate who started just like that.

I also enjoyed American history and Shakespeare (somewhat.)

History is fun! I like Challenge 4’s history best, but it was cool to learn about all the unfamiliar American events.

Unfortunately, I don’t think I’m close enough to you t…

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@hybridlore

Also, just out of curiosity… are you going to a homeschool prom in the next three weeks or so? I know you’re closer to me than most, and it’s always fun to check.

@hybridore

Oh yes. I’m pretty happy with the length requirements because they don’t expect too much, while also allowing for some flexibility. My friend, who has a bunch of extracurricular assignments, is writing 50 pages. I would have been down for that (because my topic is complicated), but my tutor only prepared us one semester in adv…[Read more]

I can only contribute with this, which is immediately what comes to mind. XD

@hybridlore

20 pages total, 14 already written, and I’m probably going to go a couple pages over that limit. 😂

Are you a sophomore or junior?

@hybridlore

It’s complicated for me, because I use a snowflake method of constantly expanding my outline until it is a paper. I’m planning to hit 20 pages and I have a little less than two weeks to do so. It’s fun, though.

@theducktator

Very true. That first one… XD My outline is ten+ pages but some of it is just hopeless

Back to writing at :05

@theducktator

I feel great! *eye twitches*

Pausing for now to get some ice cream for my headache! Not sure if that is medically accurate, but whatever. XD

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